‘Mini-city’ for self-driving vehicles launches in Greenbelt
A former research farm in Ottawa’s Greenbelt is being turned into a hub for testing the algorithms, sensors and other technology...
Read MoreChina building a highway with dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles
A new highway in China is being built that will have dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles. The lanes reserved for self-driving cars...
Read MoreFord announces plans to build electric & autonomous cars in Michigan
Ford announced on March 20 it will invest $850 million to prepare its iconic Flat Rock assembly plant for building battery electric cars....
Read MoreTaiwan’s first AV testing facility
Taiwan CAR Lab (Taiwan Connected, Autonomous, Road-test Lab), the first closed off autonomous vehicle testing Facility, was officially...
Read MoreTransportation Secretary Elaine Chao addresses autonomous tech, infrastructure at AASHTO briefing
Widespread adoption of autonomous vehicle technologies depends largely on public trust, according to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao....
Read MoreChina is building a 5G smart highway for autonomous cars and AI traffic monitoring
China is moving forward in the global “race to 5G,” as state-owned carrier China Mobile has announced (via Xinhua) that it’s already...
Read MoreMichigan leans on manufacturing history in bid to become a hub for autonomous vehicles
This week, Waymo announced that it will turn an old factory in the Detroit, Michigan area into a retrofitting facility for level four...
Read MoreWorld’s most valuable AI startup SenseTime unveils self-driving center in Japan
The world’s highest-valued artificial intelligence startup SenseTime has set foot in Japan. The Beijing-based firm announced on Friday...
Read MoreAAA acquires largest autonomous vehicle test site in the country
The largest autonomous vehicle test site in the United States has been acquired by AAA of Northern California, Nevada and Utah, one of the...
Read More7 insane roads that will push self-driving cars to their very limits
The technology that powers autonomous cars has clearly improved by leaps and bounds over the years. Tech companies and automakers alike...
Read MoreOhio cities sign up to be autonomous-vehicle testing grounds
Four Ohio cities signed agreements with the state government this week to open their streets to the testing of connected and autonomous...
Read MoreMilton Keynes, the model town building itself around self-driving cars
In October, the largest self-driving car project backed by the British government wrapped up three years worth of testing aimed at getting...
Read MoreNew £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre will be Europe’s main site for autonomous and electric car R&D
Research into the next generation of autonomous and electric vehicles will be conducted at a new £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre in the...
Read MoreHow Southeast Michigan municipalities are building the road infrastructure of the future
Self-driving cars were once relegated to zooming around the highways in science fiction realms. But the technology that could make...
Read MoreSweden unveils advanced testing facility for self-driving vehicles
Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), in partnership with Charmers University, has unveiled the AstaZero 5G test facility for self-driving...
Read MoreArizona and Intel team up on Institute for Automated Mobility to develop driverless vehicle technology
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey today announced that he has signed an executive order creating the Institute for Automated Mobility (IAM), a...
Read MoreTrump plans to drop 10 U.S. self-driving car test sites
Ten sites picked by the Obama administration to be nation’s hotbeds of self-driving car testing will soon have to compete with the...
Read MoreFeds strip Willow Run robot car test site of proving-ground designation
A massive robot car test site at the former Willow Run bomber plant west of Detroit and nine other similar sites across the country have...
Read MoreHyundai-Kia pushing for autonomous technology
Hyundai-Kia has built a dedicated proving ground to develop autonomous vehicles and is targeting global leadership in the technology it...
Read MoreChina allocates 11 more roads for self-driving car tests to speed up development
China’s capital city has designated 11 more roads for self-driving vehicle testing, state news agency Xinhua said on 19 September, to try...
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