Cruise Ride Hail Study Highlights Safety of Self-Driving Taxis
Autonomous driving company Cruise has published new research that shows that its self-driven taxis are involved in fewer crashes than...
Read MoreAustin emergency officials grapple with autonomous vehicles
Austin’s first responders are grappling with autonomous vehicles hindering rescue operations on city streets, per records obtained...
Read MoreDriverless cars could be a revolution for people with disabilities – but they also have good reason to be worried
Like it or not, driverless cars will start to appear on our roads in the not too distant future. In theory, fully autonomous driverless...
Read MoreWhy Driverless Cars Are a Tough Sell
“Our century-long love affair with all things automotive dooms the driverless concept to a niche market,” one reader argues. Yes,...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles connect the world
Autonomous vehicles are a truly fascinating innovation. Most modern vehicles on roadways around the world have some level of autonomy,...
Read MoreChinese start-up says self-driving trucks save fuel, and lives
While most attention on the development of autonomous driving has focused on passenger cars — like Tesla’s controversial Full Self-Driving...
Read MoreThe Promise and Problems of Self-Driving Cars for the Disabled Community
Self-driving cars—cars that drive without a human operator—are supposed to change that. For people with disabilities, autonomous vehicles...
Read MoreProject Titan: Everything We Know About Apple’s Secret “iCar” Efforts
Rumours about Apple’s intention to build a car surfaced in 2014, and given Apple’s secretive culture, we still don’t...
Read MoreSmooth ride so far for ‘robocabs’ in China, but mainstream use still years away, say experts
BEIJING – Driverless taxis are no longer a curious sight for residents of the Beijing suburb of Yizhuang, where commercial operations are...
Read MoreRollout of driverless cabs in select U.S. cities raises safety questions
If you call a taxi in some U.S. cities, the car that picks you up might not have a driver. Self-driving “robo-cabs” are generating a lot...
Read MoreFreight Autonomy Startup Clevon Reveals Results Of On-Road Trial With DHL Express Estonia
Estonian freight autonomy startup Clevon just revealed the results of their year-long on-road trial with DHL Express Estonia for...
Read MoreChris Urmson Is a Trailblazing Technologist of the Self-Driving Car
“We kind of made up that term when we were at Google,” Urmson said of the self-driving moniker. “We were thinking about...
Read MoreFernride CEO Hendrik Kramer shares the significance of the autonomous electric trucking company’s $50M raise
Today German autonomous electric trucking innovator Fernride announced a $19 million increase to its Series A funding, bringing the total...
Read MoreWhy Robotaxis can make cities safer
In August, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow Cruise and Waymo — GM and Alphabet subsidiaries, respectively — to...
Read MoreDriverless Car Crashes Less Frequent, Cause Less Damage, Report
Waymo is using insurance data to demonstrate that its self-driving taxis are safer than human-driven vehicles. The company, owned by...
Read More‘The future of transportation’: NC A&T develops, launches trial of driverless electric shuttles
“It is exciting to live in an era where autonomy and artificial intelligence are changing our world,” said Ali Karimoddini, who led the...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles are bad for humanity — on Shabbat or any other day
When I first became aware of these cars…I assumed they were driving around town to update Google Maps or something similar. As all San...
Read MoreMining boss declares driverless trucks are ‘really reliable’
A resources executive announced autonomous heavy vehicles are highly dependable. Brandon Craig recently became very excited about fully...
Read MoreEngineering whistleblower explains why safe Full Self-Driving can’t ever happen
Pulled from the pages of science fiction, self-driving cars seem to be on the way to becoming real. Cruise and Waymo are expanding their...
Read MoreTesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta: Reacting to Emergency Vehicles and Future Challenges
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta is an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) that aims to pave the way for driverless vehicles. The...
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