VW, Ford to develop pickup truck, continue talks on autonomous driving
Volkswagen has signed a deal to develop a pickup truck with U.S. rival Ford and continues discussions about extending its alliance to...
Read MoreAptiv releases comprehensive open-source dataset for autonomous driving
Global auto parts supplier Aptiv, formally known as Delphi Automotive, announced today the full release of nuScenes, an open-source...
Read MoreNext step in photonic technologies: apply for funding
Photonic technologies including lasers and fibre-optics contribute almost £13 billion to the UK economy. These technologies, which...
Read MoreThis self-driving AI faced off against a champion racer (kind of)
Developments in the self-driving car world can sometimes be a bit dry: a million miles without an accident, a 10 percent increase in...
Read MoreBMW builds its own IT platform to process data from its autonomous vehicles
A self-driving vehicle needs more than additional hardware, these vehicles require access to vast amounts of quality data, along with...
Read MoreOrlando poised to become capital of autonomous vehicle research
Autonomous vehicles represent the future of transportation. When they replace human drivers, the world will see far fewer accidents, less...
Read MoreFederal regulators want to know what you think of self-driving cars with no steering wheel
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is asking for comments from interested parties and the general public, whether NHTSA...
Read MoreNVIDIA ups the ante in self-driving but hits a roadblock
NVIDIA NVDA faced criticism from Intel INTC owned Mobileye after it introduced Safety Force Field (SFF), a policy to protect driverless...
Read MoreLidar and perception startup Innoviz raises $132 million
Innoviz, the Israel-based startup developing solid-state lidar sensors and perception software for autonomous vehicles, has raised $132...
Read MoreThe war to remotely control self-driving cars heats up
EVEN IN THE middle of the day, the 50-mile trip from San Francisco to San Jose is a pain. Like a toddler, Bay Area driving toggles between...
Read MoreSelf-driving test sites use virtual pedestrians to streamline development
For car manufacturers developing driverless cars, recreating critical road scenarios in testing sites can be a tedious experience. Moving...
Read MoreVelodyne achieves $0.5 billion in lidar sensors shipped
Velodyne is the highest volume supplier of lidar sensors to the automotive industry. In an in-depth article, David Hall spoke to Forbes...
Read MoreGroundbreaking autonomous bus trial begins in Manchester
In a first in the UK a full-sized bus is being trialed which operates autonomously in a Manchester bus depot. The project is part of a...
Read MoreLidar gets rid of moving parts thanks to liquid-crystal metasurfaces
The market for lidar sensors for use in autonomous vehicles is now hotly contested; almost every month a new supplier appears on the...
Read MoreMobileye CEO clowns on Nvidia for allegedly copying self-driving car safety scheme
While creating self-driving car systems, it’s natural that different companies might independently arrive at similar methods or results —...
Read MoreRicardo develops technology to avoid motion sickness in autonomous vehicles
With a widespread public expectation that autonomous vehicles will offer comfort levels approaching those of a living room environment,...
Read MoreTexas two step: Drive.ai focuses self-driving efforts in Arlington
Drive.ai has reached a crossroads with its self-driving test program. The Silicon Valley startup will conclude testing in the north Dallas...
Read MoreLidar startup Ouster raises $60 million in production run-up
Ouster has raised $60 million as the San Francisco-based lidar startup opens a new facility that will have the capacity to assemble and...
Read MoreHow self-driving has changed since Uber’s crash and more car news
THINKING ABOUT THE fantastic pie-in-the-sky future is always a fun exercise. I, too, want a self-driving car. But some weeks, it’s clear...
Read MoreTransportation weekly: Nuro dreams of autonomous lattes, what is a metamaterial, Volvo takes the wheel
This week, we’re shoving as much transportation news, tidbits and insights in here as possible in hopes that it will satiate you through...
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