Driving to nowhere: Why we purposely use our cars for purposeless driving, and the impact for self-driving cars
The drive to nowhere. The latest media reporting indicates that people are increasingly opting to go for drives to escape their...
Read MoreWhy simulation is the cornerstone of autonomous vehicle development
A crucial component of ‘Vision Zero’ is thought to be the autonomous vehicle (AV). Not only are AVs likely to run on cleaner, electric...
Read MoreSelf-driving vehicles get in on the delivery scene amid COVID-19
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages...
Read MoreCars could go completely driverless ‘very soon,’ says CEO of Chinese autonomous driving tech start-up
The time that cars could go completely driverless is coming “very soon,” according to Jianxiong Xiao, CEO and founder of AutoX, a...
Read MoreDo autonomous vehicles need LiDAR??
In Part 1 (published 4/12/2020), I explored the parallels between the automotive LiDAR and telecom optics investment booms, and posited...
Read MoreThe challenges of developing autonomous vehicles during a pandemic
April 28, 2020 In the months since the coronavirus prompted shelter-in-place orders around the world, entire companies, industries, and...
Read MoreDelivery robots aren’t ready—when they could be needed most
AMERICANS CHOOSING TO —or forced to—stay inside during the Covid-19 pandemic are leaning heavily on food delivery. Instacart sales soared...
Read MoreSelf-driving startups work through health crisis
Investor-funded startups competing hard to commercialize highly automated heavy-duty trucks found themselves having to deal with...
Read MoreTesla and owners go reckless again with new automated driving feature
Let me be absolutely clear. Any manufacturer of any product that pushes out a safety critical feature that is not fully developed, tested...
Read MoreGlobalData: COVID-19 puts brakes on driverless cars
In recent years, the automotive industry has been addressing the megatrends set to transform long-term urban mobility and the industry,...
Read MoreWith Baidu and Deepblue’sdriverless commercial landing, WIMI Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI) is focusing on AI visual service 5G market
The development of the automatic driving industry is becoming the focus of the competition among the first tier cities in China. After...
Read MoreWill autonomous vehicles always be a pipedream?
Five years ago, almost every manufacturer was making presentations about autonomous vehicles and how they would be on the road by 2020....
Read MoreWhy Waymo gave up on driver-monitored Autopilot
Around 6 months after Tesla’s Autonomy Day, Waymo CEO John Krafcik gave a presentation to German auto giants that he was seeking to...
Read MoreDangers await self-driving car tryouts as post-pandemic roadway efforts get underway
Many parts of the economy and commercial industry have been brought to a temporary halt as a result of the pandemic, including the...
Read MoreCruise commits to delivering the Holy Grail: Self-driving EVs powered entirely by renewable energy
One of the promises of autonomous vehicles is that they will be safer for passengers, occupants of other vehicles, and bystanders, thereby...
Read MoreThe autonomous car industry is about to get hammered
Good morning and welcome back to Speed Lines, The Drive’s morning roundup of what’s going on in the world of transportation. I...
Read MoreSurprise! 2020 is not the year for self-driving cars
In March, because of the coronavirus, self-driving car companies, including Argo, Aurora, Cruise, Pony, and Waymo, suspended vehicle...
Read MorePutting autonomous driving back on the road
The self-driving car was a dream deferred even before the Covid-19 outbreak brought the U.S. economy to a standstill. By early 2020, plans...
Read MoreThe underlying ethics of autonomous driving (6/6)
When we get behind the wheel of a car, we don’t really think about anything other than where we are going, how long the journey is likely...
Read MoreAV: Bringing standards together for safety
How many safety standards does it take to screw in the lightbulb in a highly automated vehicle? A few years ago, automotive market novices...
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