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News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles reality check part 2: Moving people

Posted on Dec 22, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

As I noted in Part One of this series, Autonomous Vehicle (AV) naysayers have been coming out of the woodwork to push the narrative that...

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Autonomous vehicles reality check part 1: The Argo.ai headline that got buried

Posted on Dec 20, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

The Gartner Hype Curve is the lingua franca for the startup space. The stages are Technology Trigger, Peak of Inflated Expectations,...

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Seven reasons why you should test utilizing Digitrans’ Outdoor Rain Plant

Posted on Dec 20, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Humans can evaluate situations and make decisions based on experience and adapt their behavior according to road and weather conditions....

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EU shows support for unmanned and autonomous systems for going green

Posted on Dec 20, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

The European Union and its Member States have worked for years to reduce the impact of humans on the planet, and new efforts are intended...

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Q&A: Kenworth on its autonomous-truck development

Posted on Dec 19, 2022 in Perspective, Trucks

Attendees of the 2022 American Trucking Associations’ annual meeting in San Diego in October got to see a number of trucks on display with...

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Powering data-driven autonomy at scale with camera data

Posted on Dec 15, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

At Woven Planet, we’re using machine learning (ML) to build an autonomous driving system that improves as it observes more human driving....

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Tesla Full Self-Driving data looks awful: We challenge Elon Musk to prove otherwise

Posted on Dec 14, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The little data that is coming out of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta looks awful, and that’s putting it mildly. We challenge Elon Musk to...

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My failed take on an autonomous trucking future

Posted on Dec 10, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

This was originally writting on my notion. Porting this over has done heinous things to the formatting, so please excuse any readability...

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LiDAR alone will NOT solve the autonomous vehicle problem — 2D/3D fusion labeling introduction

Posted on Dec 8, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

LiDAR sensors are vital in the development of autonomous vehicles. These sensors allow the detection of objects in a wide radius and...

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The technology that’s not going to save your city

Posted on Dec 7, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

In October 2017, I was invited to give a lecture at Uber’s San Francisco headquarters. Staff there had read my books and were curious what...

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Robo truckers and the AI-fueled future of transport

Posted on Dec 6, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

ECONOMISTS AND POLICYMAKERS are becoming increasingly concerned about the effects of automation and artificial intelligence on...

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Ford may be on to something in deferring Level 5 autonomy

Posted on Nov 30, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Automotive strategists once talked about the evolution of all-electric vehicles (EVs) and completely autonomous vehicles (AVs) as tied...

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This $220 billion market opens up a path for driverless cars

Posted on Nov 29, 2022 in Markets, Perspective, Technology

Andrew Grant from BloombergNEF Intelligent Mobility research here. My Bloomberg News colleagues have published several reports on the...

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3 things I learned about trucking tech in 2022

Posted on Nov 29, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

I mark 2015 as the year the North American trucking industry got the memo that massive, change was on the horizon. Each year since then,...

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Better semiconductor stock: Mobileye vs. Nvidia

Posted on Nov 27, 2022 in Finance, Markets, Perspective

Mobileye (MBLY 0.31%) and Nvidia (NVDA -1.51%) represent two very different ways to invest in the semiconductor sector. Mobileye, which...

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Armin Gräter on autonomous driving & agile processes

Posted on Nov 24, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Armin Gräter is deeply involved in European collaborations related to connected and automated mobility in various roles. With his...

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What does sensor fusion mean for the future of radar?

Posted on Nov 24, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

There has been much debate about sensor technology within the automotive industry and the role that cameras, radars and LiDARs will play...

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Tesla’s FSD Beta 10.69.3.1 in Detroit: The most confused version yet

Posted on Nov 23, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Our friend Toni is back at it in Detroit, testing the latest version of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta technology. We’re not...

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Who’s who in self-driving truck development

Posted on Nov 23, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

The process of developing, validating and ultimately commercializing fully autonomous trucks has proven to be a long and arduous journey,...

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Amazon was a secret player in Ford and VW-Backed Argo’s demise

Posted on Nov 22, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Good morning everyone, Keith Naughton here. Ed Ludlow, Monica Raymunt and I have an intriguing backstory to share about Argo AI, the...

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