Self-driving truck startup Pronto pursues gradual path to automation
Pronto, the new self-driving truck startup launched by Anthony Levandowski, is pursuing a more incremental path toward autonomous driving...
Read MoreArizona City faces $10M legal claim over Uber self-driving car fatality
The family of the woman killed by an Uber self-driving car last year has filed a $10 million legal claim against the city of Tempe,...
Read MoreUber and GM Cruise are making their respective AV ‘visualization’ tools open source
By now you’ve probably seen those top-down graphical images of a self-driving car as it navigates through a neon-hued world made up of...
Read MoreWaymo rules and Apple trails in California self-driving car benchmarks
Before they are let loose on public streets and highways, autonomous vehicles will need to prove their capability and safety. Absent a...
Read MoreReport finds ‘Transit Leaps’ needed to properly integrate with AVs
Mineta Transportation Institute’s (MTI) latest perspective, “Automated Vehicles have Arrived: What’s a Transit Agency to Do?” analyzes the...
Read MoreThe Netherlands tops list of countries most ready for AV technology
Once again, The Netherlands topped the rankings of countries most ready for autonomous vehicles, followed by Singapore, Norway, the U.S....
Read MoreSelf-driving cars might kill auto insurance as we know it
Dan Peate, a venture capitalist and entrepreneur in Southern California, was thinking of buying a Tesla Model X a few years ago—until he...
Read MoreJargon watch: What ‘roadmanship’ means to a self-driving car
Roadmanship n.A proposed safety standard for self-driving cars, based on the road etiquette of humans. In 1909, when horseless carriages...
Read More5 autonomous cars trends everyone should know about in 2019
Just a few short years ago the idea of cars driving themselves on our streets seemed like a crazy sci-fi fantasy. However, the rapid...
Read MoreResearchers teach self-driving cars to predict pedestrians’ next moves
Researchers at the University of Michigan are developing a system that teaches self-driving cars to predict pedestrian movement. When...
Read MoreUAE’s first autonomous vehicle to be unveiled at Auto Shanghai 2019
Dubai-based high-performance luxury sports car developer W Motors will unveil the UAE’s first autonomous vehicle at Auto Shanghai 2019 in...
Read MoreDigging into self-driving data and more car news this week
The self-driving car world is a secretive one, where software, hardware, and testing methods are jealously guarded (and occasionally spark...
Read MoreAn ex-marine wants to print autonomous vehicles for your city
On an isolated stretch of industrial flatland outside Knoxville, Tenn., a minibus is taking shape in a car factory unlike any other. The...
Read MoreVision system for autonomous vehicles watches not just where pedestrians walk, but how
The University of Michigan, well known for its efforts in self-driving car tech, has been working on an improved algorithm for predicting...
Read MoreFord and VW discuss autonomous car team-up at a $4 billion valuation
Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG are progressing toward a potential agreement to join forces on self-driving cars and have overcome...
Read MoreWaiting for the payoff: Auto, tech giants bet big on self-driving cars
At this year’s Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, muscle cars and collectibles will share the spotlight with new vehicles that...
Read MoreBlackBerry, federal government pour $350M into autonomous cars
BlackBerry and the federal government are spending a combined $350 million on autonomous vehicle technology, which they say will create...
Read MoreNew Passat to offer partially automated driving
Volkswagen’s latest edition of its popular midsize Passat will be the first VW model capable of partially automated driving up to 131.5...
Read MoreGoodyear, Local Motors join forces on autonomous shuttles
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company GT, -0.91% is expanding its ongoing work with autonomous or driverless vehicles, which includes...
Read MoreBlackBerry to get $40M in federal funds to support self-driving car development
The Liberal government is giving $40 million in federal money to BlackBerry to help the company develop self-driving car technologies....
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