Cruise’s modified strategy marks a mega phase shift in self-driving car industry
When you are knee-deep in a particular industry it can be difficult at times to notice when an overall change or shift is taking place....
Read MoreHow safe do self-driving vehicles need to be?
ORLANDO — For self-driving vehicles, safety remains in the eye of the beholder. Dozens of companies are rolling out hundreds of autonomous...
Read MoreHere’s why kids may ride bikes more because of self-driving cars
A recent study reported that kids in the United States are no longer riding their bikes as much as they used to and the annual numbers...
Read MoreEthics in the age of autonomous vehicles
Megan, Oliver and Clark talk through how companies should be thinking about ethics when building out the self-driving ecosystem, while...
Read MoreWhat it is really like being inside a self-driving car on our public roadways
I got into a discussion recently about the mysteries of self-driving cars. It happened while I was on a cross-country flight, prompted by...
Read More1 big thing: Cruise robotaxis need more work
In a surprise to no one, Cruise today acknowledged it will not meet a 2019 target to deploy driverless cars in an urban robotaxi service....
Read MoreStorming Area 51 seeking to find secreted truly autonomous vehicles is a big no-go
Unless you live in a cave or perhaps are hiding in an underground bunker that lacks internet access, you’ve likely heard about the Area 51...
Read MoreTesla and Elon Musk might find their way to self-driving cars via neuralink and brainjacking
I was speaking at an AI autonomous vehicle industry event this week and was asked whether there is any kind of connection between Elon...
Read More“Move fast and break things” won’t make self-driving cars safe
There’s an old parable of a person leaving the pub late at night and searching in vain for his keys under a streetlamp. A bystander asks...
Read MoreCity planners eye self-driving vehicles to correct mistakes of the 20th-century auto
As self-driving vehicles begin to transform the way people get around, urban planners around the country are beginning to think about how...
Read MoreIn a world of autonomous vehicles, this is why we’ll need more public transport than ever
The media is fascinated by autonomous vehicles (AVs), in particular their safety and when or if they will arrive en masse. A bigger and...
Read MoreHere are the executives running the biggest and most important self-driving-car companies
The serious players in the self-driving-vehicle game are starting to emerge. Over the past few years, Alphabet’s Waymo, GM’s...
Read MoreTesla floats fully self-driving cars as soon as this year. Many are worried about what that will unleash.
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is promising to launch “full self-driving” capabilities to hundreds of thousands of cars through an over-the-air...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles slowly merge into real-life traffic
(TNS) — Asking a driverless minivan to join suburban traffic required pushing a button labeled “START RIDE.” What followed was a cool...
Read MoreQuanergy partners with Chery to propel new era of autonomous vehicles and smart cities
Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors and smart sensing solutions, announced a...
Read MoreAre autonomous vehicles farther away than we think?
The last few years have been filled with countless predictions and hype around the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs), with billions of...
Read MoreHow autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along
Two years ago, Lime was a great addition to guacamole, rather than a sidewalk. The market wasn’t sure about car sharing and whether it had...
Read MoreThe promise of self-driving delivery vehicles: Insights from Nuro cofounder Dave Ferguson
How many times have you gotten into your car to simply drive over to a local store to buy an item that you needed at your home? I’d wager...
Read MoreCould a morality setting be the future of autonomous vehicles?
A driver faces a terrible ethical dilemma: hit a pedestrian in the middle of the road, or swerve out of the way and drive into a brick...
Read MoreDespite high hopes, self-driving cars are ‘way in the future’
A year ago, Detroit and Silicon Valley had visions of putting thousands of self-driving taxis on the road in 2019, ushering in an age of...
Read More