Cities are trying—again—to plan for autonomous vehicles
On the one hand, autonomous vehicles offer an excellent opportunity to rethink how American cities operate, down to each lane line,...
Read MoreRoborace sets a Guinness World Record for fastest autonomous car
Mostly when we think of autonomous vehicles, we think of ordinary road cars converted to be self-driving development vehicles or slow,...
Read MorePlus.ai, FAW Jiefang form JV to develop self-driving trucks for China; first production-class L2 semi-autonomous truck
Silicon Valley-based Plus.ai has formed a joint venture with FAW Jiefang, China’s oldest and largest truck manufacturer, to develop...
Read MoreDelta partners with Georgia Tech and 5G-enabled lab on autonomous vehicle research
Delta Air Lines is to partner with Georgia Tech and the Curiosity Lab on research into autonomous vehicles. The project will see...
Read MoreJapan will let self-driving cars wander freely ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially kick off, tourists and locals are in for quite a display around the area. Japan will allow...
Read MoreDeepMind, Waymo team up to boost ai accuracy in self-driving cars
It takes a lot of training to refine and improve the artificial-intelligence (AI) algorithms that power self-driving vehicles....
Read MoreUPS has invested in autonomous trucks after ongoing tests
TuSimple, the San Diego-based self driving truck company, has entered into a partnership with UPS to test self driving tractor trailer...
Read MoreFord squashes the bug problem plaguing autonomous cars
Self-driving cars are supposed to change the way we get around, but before they can do that, engineers have to solve a lot of problems...
Read MoreGAC Group unveils autonomous high-end SUV
(ECNS) — The new energy arm of Guangzhou-based carmaker GAC Group has unveiled the first luxury electric SUV model with the latest...
Read MoreLumotive and Himax Technologies target autonomous vehicles with industry-first liquid crystal on silicon solution for high-performance lidar systems
SEATTLE and TAINAN, Taiwan, Sept. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lumotive, the Bill Gates-funded startup developing LiDAR systems for...
Read MoreTomtom maps out revamp with bet on self-driving cars
Once a household name for its satellite navigation for cars, TomTom NV has taken a backseat in recent years as smartphones, loaded with...
Read MoreVolvo demonstrates driverless truck in Japan
Volvo’s Japanese subsidiary has demonstrated a highly autonomous truck on the northern island of Hokkaido which travelled for around a...
Read MoreMeet Olli 2.0, a 3D-printed autonomous shuttle
From afar, Olli resembles many of the “future is now!” electric autonomous shuttles that have popped up in recent years. The tall...
Read MoreSelf-driving carmakers urge regulators to whiff the steering wheel out the window
The federal government should rewrite the safety rules for automobile manufacturing so self-driving carmakers can deploy vehicles without...
Read MoreChina’s DidiChuxing to launch self-driving pickup service in Shanghai
SHANGHAI – Chinese ride-hailing giant DidiChuxing plans to start using self-driving vehicles to pick up passengers in a district of...
Read MoreWaymo urges U.S. to ‘promptly’ remove barriers to self-driving cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc, on Thursday urged the National Highway...
Read MoreARTC unveils Taiwan’s first self-driving electric minibus
Taiwan: automotive research & testing center (artc), the most important transportation-vehicle testing and r&d institute in...
Read MoreZenuity and CERN Team up on Fast Machine Learning for Autonomous Driving
STOCKHOLM, aug. 29, 2019 /prnewswire/ — zenuity, the autonomous driving software company headquartered in sweden, has become the...
Read MoreSelf-Driving Racecars Are Edging Up Toward Human Records
A self-driving racecar league called the Roborace motorsport competition is in its first competitive season, and teams are already hot on...
Read MoreBestmile raises $16.5 million to optimize autonomous vehicle fleets
Bestmile has raised $16.5 million in venture capital as the Switzerland-based startup continues expansion of a platform that manages...
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