The Autonomous: Experts say standards can lift sensor fusion to the next level
Sensor fusion is an essential prerequisite for self-driving cars, and one of the most critical areas in the autonomous vehicle (AV)...
Read MoreTop reasons the investment spigot is reopening for self-driving cars
Some are pointedly asking: What’s going on? Readers have fervently lobbed that question as a result of the most recent spate of...
Read MorePlaying it safe. There is no other way to launch self-driving cars
Over the last several decades, Ford and the rest of the auto industry have spent a vast amount of resources developing robust,...
Read MoreInside the industry: Self-driving tech is beset with difficulties
Perhaps the most complex challenge facing the car industry today is vehicle autonomy, the path to achieving it and the motivations for...
Read MoreXPeng: Set up for the electrification and autonomous driving revolution
To say 2020 has been full to the brim with interesting developments would be underselling the year’s events. Covid-19 has obviously taken...
Read MoreThe role of machine learning in autonomous vehicles
The prospect of a future where we don’t have to drive is very appealing for many. This collective eagerness to see autonomous vehicles on...
Read MoreSelf-driving car legislation will try again next year
Engineers, generally speaking, don’t like surprises, unexplained phenomenon, or any changes after design details have been nailed down....
Read MoreWhat’s in a name? For Tesla’s Full Self Driving, it may be danger
Federal regulators perked up when Tesla last month started letting some customers test new autonomous driving software that it had added...
Read MoreWhy those puddles on the roadway can be startling hazardous for self-driving cars
Have you ever encountered roadway puddles that turned out to be worse than you thought? It is easy to misjudge a puddle and assume that...
Read MoreDespite promises, totally self-driving cars still in the future
Tesla recently made headlines with the beta launch of its Full Self-Driving system. That system comes with a disclaimer saying, “It may do...
Read MoreCOMMENT: How to pivot autonomous drive strategies in the post-pandemic period
The disruption of COVID-19 has had a major impact on many automotive companies. Autonomous drive projects have been particularly hard hit...
Read MoreWhen a tree falls on top of a self-driving car
A popular riddle that has been asked since at least the 1800s is whether a tree that falls in a forest will make a sound if there isn’t...
Read MoreTesla Full Self-Driving Beta appears to detect and avoid road debris in video
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta has impressed with its capacity to navigate city streets, and it now looks like it can also detect and...
Read MoreElon Musk’s next big thing could be using the SpaceX Starlinknetwork to connect Tesla vehicles
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk upended the auto industry when his company launched the fully-electric Model S sedan in 2012. In the eight...
Read MoreCutting through the self-driving hype: A realistic view of an exciting opportunity
Earlier this year, AI analyst Emerj pointed out that despite the bullish public pronouncements of the auto industry CEOs, it is “still a...
Read MoreUnder the skin: How HD radar may advance self-driving vehicles
Things that most people can take for granted, such as the elevation of an object (for example, a car on the ground compared with a bridge...
Read MoreThe near-miss quandary is unavoidably messy for self-driving cars
Reckless and fleckless drivers. I’m sure you experience their antics and angst-producing driving activities all the time....
Read MoreWaymo and other self-driving car companies readying real-world driverless transportation
The driverless taxi era has finally arrived, in parts of Arizona, at least. Two weeks after Alphabet-owned Waymo started its driverless...
Read MoreForbes China Innovation Summit: Autonomous vehicles poised for growth
The bright future anticipated for years for autonomous vehicles increasingly appears to be becoming a reality. Related revenue is forecast...
Read MoreWill AEB systems testing scenarios evolve?
Auto makers have had the opportunity to establish realistic, minimum safety goals for assisted driving and autonomous driving. They have...
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