Self-driving evolution & design challenges
In this short article, we seek to raise important issues about the philosophy behind “self driving” and its broader implications in...
Read MoreOla’s plan to move from escooters to autonomous EVs is ludicrous
After successfully entering the Indian escooter market, in January, Ola Electric started teasing its debut in the electric car segment —...
Read More3 companies leading Tesla in autonomous driving
While Tesla (TSLA -0.45%) has become one of the global leaders in electric vehicle production, it is still playing catch-up in the fully...
Read MoreVehicles of the future: Christoph Erni of Juice Technology on the leading edge technologies that are making cars & trucks smarter, safer, and more sustainable
The automotive industry has been disrupted recently with new exciting technologies that have made cars and trucks much smarter, much...
Read MoreAI ethics wrestling with the inevitably of AI accidents, which looms over autonomous self-driving cars too
Do you perchance know someone that seems to be particularly accident-prone? Seems like we all do. Perhaps the person is that type that is...
Read MoreThe problems that electric semis can & can’t solve
As electric trucks trickle into the market and we get closer and closer to long-haul models like the Tesla Semi, it’s becoming easier and...
Read MoreRobotaxi services must go beyond to be car replacements, and maybe even link up
Most self-driving players are aiming to build a robotaxi (and even Tesla recently announced even more effort on that plan, though they...
Read MoreZoox will coast off self-driving competitors as much as owner Amazon
I’m often asked which company is “winning” the self-driving vehicle race, a question that doesn’t have a straightforward answer. Safety...
Read MoreWhy Tesla needs a specialized robotaxi
At the Tesla Cyber Rodeo, Elon Musk said, “There’s going to be a dedicated robotaxi that is going to look quite futuristic-looking.” Then,...
Read MoreCan Cyngn’s new AV technology pull in more investors?
Amid all the noise about autonomous vehicles from Tesla (TSLA), General Motors (GM), Waymo, Volkswagen, Ford (F), and other bellwethers,...
Read MoreAI ethics fretting over the use of AI to goad humans into unethical behaviors, possibly even via those autonomous self-driving cars
I have two quick questions for you: Who do you go to for overall advice? What if the advice given to you is ostensibly unethical?...
Read MoreDaimler’s Martin Daum: Autonomous trucks will benefit industry without threatening jobs
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As autonomous trucks gradually move closer to commercialization, Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum sees this technology...
Read MoreAnticipating others’ behavior on the road
Humans may be one of the biggest roadblocks keeping fully autonomous vehicles off city streets. If a robot is going to navigate a vehicle...
Read MoreAI startups finally getting onboard with AI ethics and loving it, including those newbie autonomous self-driving car tech firms too
Fail fast, fail often. Whatever you are thinking, think bigger. Fake it until you make it. These are the typical startup lines that you...
Read MoreAutonomous trucks will roll in slow [commentary]
A headline might sing like a canary, yet not deliver on its promise. As I write this, there’s a headline popping up all over the place. It...
Read MoreBlending machine learning and radar for enhanced navigation
Two hot technologies these days are artificial intelligence (AI) and self-driving cars. One of the sensors used with the latter is radar....
Read MoreThe ‘race’ to win the autonomous truck market
There is no doubt that autonomous trucks will change the face of logistics. But there are questions that many would like clarity on around...
Read MoreThree ways AI is impacting the automobile industry
Autonomous cars are as intrinsic to visions of the future as holograms and space travel. Since the birth of science fiction, the...
Read MoreHow do autonomous trucks “see” the world?
We’ll call a human a truck driver after he or she completes a two-week training program, yet it takes tens of millions of miles and...
Read MoreAI ethics and the acclaimed AI uncanny valley, which also rattles AI-based self-driving cars
Sometimes there are slightly oddish things that catch your attention and get your intuitive juices going that there is somehow something...
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