Sensors Midwest 2018: Autonomous vehicle design must balance several factors
When autonomous-vehicle design in mentioned amongst a group of engineers and designers who are intimately involved with that market, the...
Read MoreMercedes-Benz unveils modular self-driving vehicles for people or cargo
As the competition surrounding autonomous vehicles intensifies, Mercedes-Benz Vans on Monday unveiled a hybrid strategy around a...
Read MoreVolvo aims for safety standard for autonomous vehicle communication
Safety engineers behind the Volvo 360c, a new autonomous concept from Volvo Cars, are aiming to create a universal standard for a safe...
Read MoreBritain could ban classic cars from roads in next 30 years
Jim O’Sullivan, the CEO of Britain’s state road management company Highways England, says that Britain could ban the use of...
Read MoreStartup takes a bit of Silicon Valley to Tokyo
Ascent Robotics, founded two years ago, hopes to deliver a Level 4 autonomous vehicle in two years and showcase it at the 2020 Tokyo...
Read MoreFew carmakers submit self-driving car safety reports
The Trump administration has asked automakers to voluntarily outline how they are developing and testing self-driving cars on public...
Read MoreMercedes’ first full-electric vehicle is one of many aimed at challenging Tesla
Mercedes-Benz is firing the opening shots in what will surely be a bloody battle to dominate the next generation of powertrain technology....
Read MoreBorgward opens US HQ in Silicon Valley, launches AI safety platform for AVs
The Borgward Group – reviving a historic German brand-name under Chinese ownership – has announced a US headquarters and a research and...
Read MoreThis week in the future of cars: We’ll be blunt about this
WE’RE GOING FAST…SOMEWHERE. This week was full of people and corporations making market-moving decisions. Not all seemed wise....
Read MoreVolvo’s new self-driving concept car is a swanky first-class suite on wheels that’s designed to take on airlines
With its latest self-driving car concept, Volvo wants to take on the airline industry. Without a need for a steering wheel, Volvo opened...
Read MoreParkWhiz raises $20 million to help ready parking facilities for driverless cars
Chicago-based ParkWhiz announced Friday that it has raised $20 million in new venture capital and plans to use the investment to fund its...
Read MoreDenso leads $65 million Series C funding round in ThinCI to make autonomous cars a reality
DENSO Corporation, a $48.1 billion company and one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers of technology and components, continues to...
Read MoreSiemens and ACM announce expanded partnership to advance the next generation of connected vehicles
The American Center for Mobility (ACM) is excited to announce its second partnership with Siemens. Siemens Intelligent Traffic Systems...
Read MoreBYD pushes into autonomous tech with new Qin Pro developer edition
BYD took to the stage in Shenzhen, China, on September 5th at its Worldwide Developer Conference to share its plan for autonomous mobility...
Read MoreThis is when you’ll see autonomous trucking
The autonomous driving race is a hotly debated one. That’s as enthusiasts become too bullish on the technology, capability and time...
Read MoreNo cyber security, no autonomous vehicle revolution
A hooded figure tapping away at a computer console and taking control of a mass fleet of autonomous vehicles is certainly not a scene that...
Read MoreCurrent sensor makes autonomous vehicles safer
Blackmore Sensors and Analytics, creator of what it calls the world’s first Doppler lidar for automotive applications, confirmed that...
Read MoreWaymo shifts to ‘industrializing’ self-driving tech as Robotaxi launch nears
It’s nearly showtime for Waymo CTO Dmitri Dolgov. Almost a decade since he and a dozen other engineers went to work on Google’s...
Read MoreA new doppler Lidar solves self-driving cars’ need for speed
AS EVERY NEW Yorker knows, San Franciscans walk painfully slowly. It’s a common observation, and now it’s a measurable one,...
Read MoreWaymo, Uber driverless projects make scanning sensors cheaper
Google’s Waymo, Uber and carmakers GM and Mercedes-Benz are among the companies working to put driverless vehicles in showrooms. That...
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