Bad news: Self-driving cars may be roaming empty much of the time
Running a ridesharing or ride-hailing business these days is not for the faint of heart. Both Uber and Lyft are infamous for losing...
Read MoreChina’s drive to dominate autonomous cars
While Silicon Valley took an early lead in the race to develop autonomous vehicles, many observers believe it will soon be surpassed by...
Read MoreWill autonomous cars eradicate driving jobs? Don’t hold your breath
Automation, job security, and truck driving were center stage at last week’s Democratic debate. Andrew Yang and Elizabeth Warren in...
Read MoreUpdated: 42 primers on driverless car innovation and disruption
“Baloney” and “nonsense” captured the zeitgeist of many reactions to my early articles on the potential of Google’s self-driving car...
Read MoreTesla’s Musk is overpromising again on self-driving cars
Tesla’s Elon Musk is well known for over-promising when the company’s cars and features will be available and how many will be produced....
Read MoreZoox cofounder Jesse Levinson says there’s ‘no chance’ Tesla will launch fully self-driving cars next year, despite Elon Musk’s claims
When asked if there’s “any chance” that Tesla will have fully self-driving cars ready next year as Tesla CEO Elon Musk...
Read MoreWhy Elon Musk is wrong about LiDAR technology
Earlier this year, at one of Tesla’s events, the company’s famous founder, Elon Musk proclaimed that, “LiDAR is a fool’s errand,” and...
Read MoreThe problem with all self-driving cars looking alike
Have you ever seen a sea of yellow cabs, all of which seem indistinguishable from each other? It used to be that if you booked a yellow...
Read MoreAutonomous car trials: are they smart or reckless?
Later this year, a Nissan Leaf will travel from Cranfield University to Sunderland, a distance of 230 miles. It will navigate roundabouts,...
Read MoreTesla Smart Summon is deemed safe enough & came just in time
Some argue that Tesla Smart Summon should not be released because it is “beta” software. That is not a strong argument. According to...
Read MoreCan Dubai go green with flying taxis and ‘rooms on wheels’?
DUBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With a bus stop only five minutes from her Dubai home, it is normally convenient for Deborah...
Read MoreAnatomy of an autonomous vehicle service ecosystem
If you have seen one of the many schematic charts full of logos illustrating the autonomous vehicle ecosystem, you would be forgiven for...
Read MoreConsumers need help with AV tech
Most companies in the automotive industry are working to develop some element of autonomous driving or support for such a capability....
Read MoreBoomerang kids to bounce out sooner due to self-driving cars
They call them boomerang kids. The word “kids” is rather misleading since the ages involved are typically young adults, so substitute the...
Read MoreThe best way to get driverless cars on the road is to make them less conservative
Hakan Samuelsson, the CEO of Volvo recently said it was “irresponsible” to put autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the road if they were not...
Read MoreAfraid of self-driving car testing on public roads? Compared to what?
A front-page article in last Sunday’s Washington Post beat an old drum: “Some Silicon Valley Residents Anxious Over Self-Driving Cars.”...
Read MoreHollywood and autonomous vehicles: how films, cartoons, and TV shows have shaped our AV biases
A March 2019 AAA survey found that almost three in four Americans remain afraid of fully self-driving vehicles. The survey also noted that...
Read MoreLet’s break down the common self-driving car myths
If you’ve never seen or been near (or inside) a self-driving car, the concept can seem a bit much. Cars driving themselves? What?...
Read MoreLIDAR put into a Tesla–and the world doesn’t come to an end
There is a LIDAR sensor in a Tesla. There is a LIDAR sensor in a Tesla? There is a LIDAR sensor in a Tesla! Those were the range of...
Read MoreSolving the loneliness epidemic via self-driving cars
We are in the midst of a loneliness epidemic. And, unfortunately, it is predicted to worsen. According to stats by the U.S. Health...
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