State-of-the-art autonomous vehicle test site opens in Ohio
Thanks in part to collaboration between the public and private sectors, central Ohio is now home to one of the largest contained testing...
Read MoreTomTom launches a fully autonomous test car to develop HD maps
TomTom has launched its first autonomous test vehicle as it looks to improve its various mapping technologies aimed at the burgeoning...
Read MoreDidi Chuxing’s autonomous driving unit is now an independent company
Didi Chuxing’s autonomous driving unit is now an independent company, the Chinese ride-sharing and transportation giant said today. Didi’s...
Read MoreThis startup has an answer to Elon Musk’s aversion to LiDAR
Tesla boss Elon Musk has no use for LiDAR, the laser radar sensing system most automakers install on their autonomous vehicles. Earlier...
Read MoreWhat is ‘Ultra Cruise’? GM teases mysterious autonomous technology to investors
Last year, General Motors filed a trademark for something called “Ultra Cruise.” The company has never explained what Ultra Cruise is, but...
Read MoreVW wants to test robotic EV chargers for self-driving cars
The cars of the future will be electric and robotic, so why not use robots to charge their batteries, too? Volkswagen announced a pilot...
Read MoreHamburg, Germany, has its first autonomous shuttle bus
There are only be five stops along the 1.8-kilometre-long route in Hamburg’s Hafencity. Initially, the only passenger will be an attendant...
Read MoreHamburg, Germany, has its first autonomous shuttle bus
There are only be five stops along the 1.8-kilometre-long route in Hamburg’s Hafencity. Initially, the only passenger will be an attendant...
Read MoreFord bought a robotics company to boost its self-driving cars
Back in April, Ford chief Jim Hackett admitted that the company overestimated the arrival of self-driving cars. He added that the...
Read MoreCongress wants the self-driving car industry’s help to draft a new AV bill
Congress is calling on stakeholders in the self-driving car industry to help reignite their efforts to draft a bill aimed at speeding up...
Read MoreRecogni raises $25 million for power-efficient autonomous car inferencing
RK Anand — along with Ashwini Choudhary, Eye-Fi founder Eugene Feinberg, former Lilium sensor systems engineer Gilles Backhus, and Valerie...
Read MoreCustomers are not fully prepared for electric and autonomous vehicles: Study
Despite the auto manufacturers and technology companies spending billions on self-driving technology and electric vehicles, customers are...
Read MoreBMW trimming lineup to meet demands of EV and autonomous cars
Look up the array of cars and SUVs BMW is selling these days, and it will blow your mind if you are a BMW fan who has driven the same ride...
Read MoreFord acquires Quantum Signal to bolster autonomous car effort
Mere months after Ford announced it would collaborate with Agility Robotics to explore a range of autonomous home package delivery...
Read MoreVSI Labs’ Automated Drive West Project: Preparing for a cross-country road trip with autonomous vehicle
This August, autonomous vehicle (AV) research firm VSI Labs is embarking on the classic American cross-country road trip–with a twist. VSI...
Read MoreNvidia’s autonomous robocar replaces the combustion engine for good
In July 2019, the first racing competition for self-driving cars -Roborace – took place at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The race...
Read MoreSelf-parking garages, robovans, and more car news this week
TAKE IT FROM us, the experts at WIRED Transportation: When you’re trying to get from A to B, navigational prowess is just as vital as...
Read MoreFour autonomous cars facts that are hard to believe
Nearly every automaker and technology company are working on autonomous technology. While companies are looking to bring autonomous tech...
Read MoreCongress takes another stab at passing self-driving car legislation
Just when everyone had pretty much given up hope of getting lawmakers in our hyper-polarized nation’s capital to agree on a new set of...
Read MoreAnswer due ‘soon’ on GM’s driverless request
ORLANDO — Eighteen months after General Motors requested an exemption from safety standards that may pave the way for deployments of...
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