China is building a 5G smart highway for autonomous cars and AI traffic monitoring
China is moving forward in the global “race to 5G,” as state-owned carrier China Mobile has announced (via Xinhua) that it’s already...
Read MoreJapanese self-drive cars map developer to buy rival US startup: Report
Japanese map platform developer Dynamic Map Platform plans to acquire Detroit-based Ushr for nearly 20 billion yen (US$181.1 million) in a...
Read MoreMitsubishi Electric develops robust sensing for autonomous driving
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has developed sensing technology for highly accurate detection of...
Read MoreBikes put spanner in works of Dutch driverless car schemes
The Dutch love affair with the bicycle has emerged as an obstacle to government plans to introduce driverless cars to the roads of the...
Read MoreApple’s self-driving cars disengage from autonomous mode about once per mile, highest rate in California
From December 2018 through November 2019, Apple’s fleet of heavily modified Lexus RX450h SUVs recorded an average of 871.65...
Read MoreSelf-driving tractor-trailer start-up TuSimple achieves unicorn status in funding round that values it at $1 billion
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple has achieved unicorn status on Wall Street with a fresh funding round that values the start-up at $1...
Read MoreMay Mobility raises $22 million for self-driving shuttles
May Mobility, a self-driving shuttle provider based in Ann Arbor, Mich., has raised a new round of funding that will help the company...
Read MoreWorld’s largest parade of autonomous cars happened, fittingly, in China
Autonomous cars have yet to generate passion among car enthusiasts — and if we’re honest about it, they probably never will. Nevertheless,...
Read MoreSoftBank fund invests big in self-driving deliveries
A Silicon Valley startup working on self-driving delivery vehicles on Monday announced nearly a billion dollars in fresh funding from the...
Read MoreColumbus, Ohio, prepares to launch second AV shuttle service
Self-driving shuttles are headed into a residential neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, as the city sets out on its second autonomous bus...
Read MoreThe mystery of Tesla’s autopilot-less European model 3
There are recent reports that Tesla’s “Autopilot” isn’t type-approved in Europe, and therefore absent in the first batch fresh off the...
Read MoreAmazon’s self-driving bet and more car news this week
THAT OLD SAW about watching the money turns out to work as well in the wild world of transportation as anywhere else. First up, the...
Read MoreTesla vs. self-driving competition — new MIT video
Autonomous driving technology promises to unleash sweeping changes on our society. However (perhaps fortunately), it’s likely to be some...
Read MoreToyota’s moonshot: Self-driving car for sale – in a year
They call it Toyota’s moonshot: In just one year, Japan’s biggest carmaker wants to start selling a self-driving vehicle that...
Read MoreSorry, self-driving cars won’t make your Uber ride any cheaper
Automakers like GM and Ford are banking on the the assumption that if they can lower the cost per mile of self-driving taxis to $1 or...
Read MoreAutonomous cars are driving the reinvention of IP protection
Early 1900s society struggled to transition from horse-drawn buggies to automobiles. It may seem odd today, but there was a time when...
Read MoreGM’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...
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