SAE International and General Motors launch AutoDrive Challenge II; Level 4 autonomy
SAE International announced the launch of the SAE AutoDrive Challenge II through a continued partnership with GM. Participating university...
Read MoreRoboflow: Popular autonomous vehicle data set contains critical flaws
A machine learning model’s performance is only as good as the quality of the data set on which it’s trained, and in the domain of...
Read MoreIsraeli company to provide laser sensor systems for Chinese self-driving trucks
JERUSALEM, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — Israeli vehicle laser sensor maker Innoviz Technologies said on Wednesday that it will provide sensors...
Read MoreTesla owner says remotely disabled Autopilot features have been restored
Tesla has restored the Autopilot driver assistance features it remotely disabled on a used Model S, just days after Jalopnik published a...
Read MoreUber pays Google $9.7 million to settle legal beef in tangled self-driving car fight
Another piece of the tangled legal fight sparked by Uber’s attempt to catch up to Google’s self-driving car program has been resolved,...
Read More‘Disgruntled’ former Waymo self-driving car operator arrested for causing car crash
A former Waymo contractor was arrested after allegedly forcing one of the company’s self-driving cars to crash in Tempe last month,...
Read MoreBMW i Ventures invests in AutoFi, a San Francisco-based vehicle financing startup
The era of haggling with a salesperson to purchase a vehicle may soon be over, as technology continues to play a role in the purchase of a...
Read MoreResearchers create ears for cars to improve road safety
For drivers, there are times when it feels as if that fast-approaching emergency vehicle, with its siren blaring, has come from nowhere....
Read MoreLyft touts benefits of self-driving cars, but warns of ‘second order’ effects
Autonomous cars will prove critical to the future of cities, according to Raj Kapoor, Lyft’s chief strategy officer and head of business...
Read MoreSelf-driving car bill drafts silent on maker accountability (1)
(Updates throughout with controversy over lawsuits.) House and Senate lawmakers moved a step closer to drawing up driverless car...
Read MoreGroups call on U.S. lawmakers to develop ‘meaningful legislation’ for AVs
Officials from trade groups representing automakers and tech companies, as well as consumer and vehicle safety, called on Congress to...
Read MoreTesla’s Autopilot in spotlight in new NTSB reports on crashes
(Bloomberg) — A Tesla Inc. vehicle that slammed into a California highway barrier in 2018 with its automated driver-assist function...
Read MoreThe engineers behind Google’s Bookbot have launched a delivery robot startup
The engineers behind Google’s short-lived Bookbot — a robot created within the company’s Area 120 incubator for experimental products —...
Read MoreCOAST Autonomous signs MOU with Saint Leo University in Florida
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — COAST Autonomous (“COAST”) announced today that it has signed a...
Read MoreAptiv’s self-driving cars have given 100,000 paid rides on the Lyft app
What started out as a temporary pilot project to test a robotaxi service in Las Vegas has turned into a multi-year partnership between...
Read MoreWe still can’t agree how to regulate self-driving cars
There was a sense of déjà vu on Capitol Hill today as a House panel convened yet another hearing on how to best regulate autonomous...
Read MoreGordon Murray’s Motiv reinvented as electric autonomous pod with a single gullwing door
Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has released photos and specifications of its new Motiv autonomous city car. Developed in collaboration with...
Read MoreFiat Chrysler and AutoX confirm plans to work on robotaxis
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is joining forces with the Chinese startup AutoX to bring self-driving robotaxis to China. The companies...
Read MoreUS House panel will discuss self-driving cars next week
On February 11th, a House panel will hold a hearing that could help shape the future of self-driving vehicles in the US. The Consumer...
Read MoreTesla accused of abruptly pulling self-driving from a used Model S
Tesla’s much-vaunted ability to add features to its cars over the air has turned into a real inconvenience for some drivers. An...
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