Colorado bear busts in and finally sort of busts out of a car, providing bearish lessons for AI self-driving cars
Get ready for a bit of a surprise. Imagine that you’ve driven up to the mountains to enjoy some fresh air and are relishing the chance of...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars will eventually be safer than those driven by people, says Chinese search engine giant Baidu
Baidu, China’s dominant search engine and artificial intelligence company, has mounted a rigorous defence of autonomous driving, pledging...
Read MoreThe future of delivery robots
Delivery robots – just a few years ago, the stuff of pure science fiction – are now very much a reality and quickly becoming a part of...
Read MoreOur autonomous future depends on educating drivers
The heartbreaking headlines have become all too familiar. “Tesla driver dies in first fatal autonomous car crash in US” “Recent...
Read MoreThe ardent belief that we need a line in the sand deadline for attaining AI self-driving cars else we’ll never get there
Deadlines. You either love them, hate them, or experience both sentiments at the same time. A deadline can be handy as a focal point that...
Read MoreAurora’s stock listing is a bet on autonomous cars, and on Uber
Facing technical and financial challenges, Uber Technologies Inc. was under pressure last year to bring on new leadership and investors...
Read MoreTeleoperation and the future of safe driving
More than a decade ago, the major AV companies made a promise. They claimed that autonomous vehicles would by now be completely...
Read MoreDump truck accident pours liquid asphalt from overpass onto vehicles below, providing lessons for AI self-driving cars
Asphalt is all around us, that’s for sure. Our highways are typically made of asphalt. Streets are made from asphalt. Parking lots....
Read MoreWhen will we have widespread autonomous vehicles?
How far away are autonomous cars? On this episode of “The 5,” recorded on Oct. 21, Fool contributors Travis Hoium, Jason Hall,...
Read MoreWhy do Tesla fans say they don’t experience drowsiness & distraction on Autopilot?
As a Tesla driver who has used Autopilot plenty (for years) and has had FSD Beta for a few weeks, let me try to answer this question...
Read MoreThe world is square
How we choose to describe something very often constrains how we think about it. For example, placing the adjective “flat” in front of...
Read MoreWhat do SAE automated driving levels mean anyway?
Social media hyperbole has combined with somewhat opaque industry standards to create a level of misunderstanding about nascent autonomous...
Read MoreRobo-taxis are headed for a street near you
In the coming years, mobility solutions—or how we get from point A to point B—will bridge the gap between ground and air...
Read MoreAdvent of self-driving cars calls for update of laws and research
Self-driving cars are becoming a reality because of the rapid advancement of computing power and neural networks. In Hong Kong, the...
Read MoreWall Street quant talent makes leap to self-driving startups
Wall Street giants like Citadel and D.E. Shaw & Co. are becoming a stealth talent pipeline for autonomous-vehicle startups, according...
Read MoreSome say self-driving robotaxi isn’t a business; billions are being bet that it is
Most of the biggest names in self-driving cars are aiming to make money selling Robotaxi service — most quickly described as a...
Read MoreWhen a ghost seemingly has taken your AI self-driving car
Hey, dude, where’s my car? That was the question on my mind when I walked out to the parking lot to get into my car and it was not there....
Read MoreFreeway phobia seriously scares some human drivers which possibly can startle AI self-driving cars too
The joys of riding in a car. When I was a youngster, my grandparents delighted in taking me for a trek in their car, especially on the...
Read MoreWhat’s it like from the pilot seat of a driverless truck?
Self-driving tech companies have collectively logged millions of miles in either controlled or real-world testing, but just about every...
Read MoreHow long will cars have steering wheels?
The short answer is never say never, but it will be quite some time before drivers (especially those who enjoy it) are willing to give up...
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