Why don’t you have a self-driving car yet? This 2-part series explains the big remaining problems
People often ask, “Where’s my self-driving car?” “Why don’t I have one and when will it come?” A lot of people feel they were promised a...
Read MoreAVs need oversight to realize societal benefits, experts say
Autonomous vehicles (AV) have the potential to reduce crashes, improve transportation equity and grow transit ridership — if all levels of...
Read MoreClearer terms required in driverless tech
After a string of vehicular accidents involving autonomous driving technology occurred in both China and abroad, experts have called for...
Read MoreWe replaced a bus service with an autonomous shuttle
The latest deployment by Pendel Mobility connected a tram stop to a university campus with an autonomous shuttle....
Read MoreA visual guide to the software architecture of autonomous vehicles
This article provides a high-level overview of common AV software architecture design in late-2022....
Read MoreInvestors bank on China’s alternatives to Nvidia’s auto chips
In China, a crop of homegrown chip companies has popped up as Beijing strives to decouple from America’s advanced technology and manage...
Read MoreThe future of autonomous delivery bots
This article comes from a recent Forbes Futures In Focus podcast interview with Alastair Westgarth, CEO of Starship Technologies, an...
Read MoreSafety of the intended functionality (SOTIF) for autonomous driving
The automotive industry is a 100-year-old industry where safety has been taken extremely seriously. In the past decade, we have...
Read MoreFord & T-Mobile test autonomous tech that works with smartphones to protect pedestrians & cyclists
I’ve never struck a pedestrian, largely because I try to slow down in places where I’m likely to encounter them when driving. That slower...
Read MoreQ&A: Lennart Asbach, head of department, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Here Asbach discusses the refinements needed in the application of AI in testing, the essentials of an effective simulation program and...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles require autonomous roads
Whether it’s barrels blocking lanes or paint lines that aren’t visible, we’ve been building and managing roads for humans who can guess...
Read MoreCruise plans to expand driverless ride service: Lower prices key to driving demand
Cruise plans to expand its driverless ride service to Austin and Phoenix before the end of the year, the company’s chief executive Kyle...
Read MoreState—not federal—policy guides US autonomous driving
In April, US federal legislation was introduced that would expand the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s regulatory...
Read MoreAI ethics and the quest for self-awareness in AI
Are you self-aware? I’d bet that you believe you are. The thing is, supposedly, few of us are especially self-aware. There is a range or...
Read MoreAs companies pursue autonomous trucks, a key question remains
Everything was going along just fine–and then it wasn’t. On April 6, a tractor trailer fitted with autonomous driving...
Read MoreChinese cities race to experiment autonomous driving, ready to accelerate commercial use
Don’t get surprised if a visitor board a taxi or bus in Shenzhen, a tech hub in South China’s Guangdong Province, and...
Read MoreMy Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69 first drive was a fail
I went on my first test drive of Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69.2, the latest big FSD software update, and unfortunately, it was a...
Read MoreMono-camera object-pose estimation in autonomous driving systems
Autonomous vehicles must operate safely on the road and select optimal routes. Overall safety and efficiency are established through the...
Read MoreCarmakers play numbers game in $53 billion self-driving splurge
In BloombergNEF’s latest road transport outlook report, we see autonomous vehicles accounting for roughly 8% of the kilometers that...
Read MoreConnected revolution: The future of US auto insurance
Most consumers are used to buying a car and insurance separately—and the latter can be a laborious process. Consider a hypothetical US...
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