GM’s Cruise self-driving car division lost $728 million in 2018
General Motors recently reported an $8.1 billion net profit for 2018, marking a major turnaround from the year prior. But not all of the...
Read MoreU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao joined by Jacksonville officials to formally announce $25 million BUILD rant for revitalization projects
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today made the formal announcement of a $25 million grant to support the Bay...
Read More‘Project Titan’ self-driving car could be summoned and paid for on an iPhone
The keyless entry and remote unlocking systems available today are useful, but have their limitations. Conventional systems use...
Read MoreAmazon invests in self-driving car startup run by former Google and Tesla executives
Aurora Innovation, the autonomous tech startup run by the former head of Google’s self-driving car division, just landed a funding round...
Read MoreOptimus Ride deploys more self-driving vehicles
Optimus Ride, an MIT spin-off, is gearing up to deploy its self-driving vehicles within a mixed-use development located in Reston, Va....
Read MoreUnlike most of US, autonomous vehicles in the UK won’t require riders
As soon as this year, self-driving cars in the UK could be truly driverless. That is, except for the remote control driver monitoring the...
Read MoreGM’s spending on autonomous vehicles comes in below forecast
General Motors spent much less than it expected last year on its GM Cruise autonomous vehicle operations. As part of its 2018 earnings...
Read More2020 Volkswagen Passat to offer ‘partially automated driving,’ wireless Apple CarPlay in Europe
When Volkswagen’s European-spec 2020 Passat makes its appearance at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show next month, it’ll showcase more...
Read MoreFord tests light-based visual language to help autonomous vehicles communicate with pedestrians
Hand gestures, head nods and thumbs-up signals all help to ensure drivers, pedestrians and cyclists know what each other is doing. But how...
Read MoreGovernment moves forward on advanced trials for self-driving vehicles
In a strong signal of support for the UK automotive and technology industries, the government has announced today (6 February 2019) that a...
Read MoreBMW iNEXT undergoes winter trial tests: advancing the future of driving pleasure at the polar circle
The future of driving pleasure is approaching fast and the BMW iNEXT takes the next hurdle of its path to serial production maturity. The...
Read MoreWaymo is nearing Robocar deal with Renault-Nissan alliance
Waymo is in advanced talks to develop autonomous cars with Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., according to people...
Read MoreAlphabet’s Waymo focuses on expanding self-driving car reach
Alphabet’s (GOOGL – Get Report) (GOOG – Get Report) making news Tuesday thanks to the company reporting its fiscal...
Read MorePSA granted license to test self-driving vehicle in China
PSA Group has obtained a license from local authorities to test an autonomous vehicle on roads in the southwest China municipality of...
Read MoreSelf-driving truck startup Ike raises $52 million
Ike, the autonomous trucking startup founded by veterans of Apple, Google and Uber Advanced Technologies Group’s self-driving truck...
Read MoreWaymo offers way more upside to Alphabet stock long term
Alphabet’s s (GOOGL) autonomous driving “moonshot” could be a key driver of share growth in the long term. Shares of the...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars could increase traffic by avoiding parking, study says
Self-driving cars could make urban traffic worse, according to a new study published by Transport Policy. The study claims autonomous cars...
Read MoreNo driver? No problem when Vancouver, Surrey put driverless shuttle to the test
The future of transportation is as close as Vancouver and Surrey this month when the cities host demonstrations of a driverless shuttle....
Read MoreDenver’s RTD deploys first autonomous shuttle in local pilot program
When in Denver, ride an autonomous shuttle. Such activities are now available in the city, thanks to Denver’s Regional...
Read MoreTesla is decades away from full self-driving cars
In my initial takedown of Tesla’s (TSLA – Get Report) December quarter report —- I did not yet have the benefit of the...
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