Pandemic won’t drive autonomous vehicles away
The uncomfortable truth about self-driving cars is that there is still not a clear, revenue-generating business model that offsets high...
Read MoreWashington impedes progress on self-driving cars
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Imagine how different the discussion about returning to the office or school would be if we could deploy...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle reporting data is driving AV innovation right off the road
At the end of every calendar year, the complaints from autonomous vehicle companies start piling up. This annual tradition is the result...
Read More3 Questions: John Leonard on the future of autonomous vehicles
As part of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future’s new series of research briefs, Professor John Leonard teamed with professor of...
Read MoreStaying connected: Does autonomous tech bring us together?
Michael Bless, author and historian of science at Vanderbilt University, is right to highlight the huge impact of technology. In even just...
Read MoreLiDARs for self-driving vehicles: a technological arms race
A fiery debate has been raging in the autonomous driving world about the role of LiDAR in the future of self-driving cars: an unparalleled...
Read MoreAdvanced tolling maybe the killer app for autonomous vehicle test tracks
Since the days of the DARPA grand challenge, Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Technology has generated a great deal of excitement. Companies such...
Read MoreThe top five ugliest cars today and why ride-looks might ultimately disappear due to AI self-driving cars
Is your car ugly? I don’t mean whether it possibly has a smattering of unsightly dents or dings, nor whether the paint is chipped and...
Read MoreLatest Tesla software update: Autopilot changes, successes, & fails
There’s no contesting the fact that Tesla updates its Autopilot driver-assist technology on a regular basis. Moreover, the best part...
Read MoreWhy self-driving cars might never become a commodity
Studies from the American National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that human error (e.g., misjudgment, speeding,...
Read MoreThe Herculean task required to reduce liability claims involving autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles need their own space to operate, a report says, and auto executives agree that putting them on the same roads as...
Read MorePaving the way for passenger options in autonomous vehicles
In the event a passenger perceives an emergency during a trip in a fully autonomous vehicle, what are the passenger’s options? How can...
Read MoreDemand for autonomous delivery robots rises as pandemic continues
From Michigan to Tokyo, the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge in demand for contactless delivery robots....
Read MoreAI ethicists clash over real-world aptness of the controversial trolley problem, but for self-driving cars it is the real deal
One of the most controversial topics embroiling AI Ethics is the infamous Trolley Problem. Let’s unpack the matter and see what we can...
Read MoreGhost Road, autonomous vehicles myths, & the future — Cleantech talk with Anthony Townsend
In the second half of this episode of our Cleantech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc....
Read MoreExploring the three elephants in the autonomous vehicle room
The expression “elephant in the room” refers to an important question that everyone knows about but no one wants to discuss...
Read MoreWhy Elon Musk’s autonomous driving ideas don’t worry insurers
Five years ago, the impact of technology on auto insurers was thought to be straightforward: Self-driving cars were coming soon, and they...
Read MoreAV transformation design and verification turbocharges OEMs
Autonomous vehicles are ushering in a new era of self-driving cars, taxis, trucks, and a host of other means of transport, which is having...
Read MoreOur Neanderthal DNA might get triggered by AI, initially set off by self-driving cars
Scientists are scouring human DNA to try and see if there might be any predispositions toward COVID-19 vulnerability. This search for...
Read MoreSoftware platforms as engines of change: AV cooperation
The pandemic and safety are overhauling AV’s engine of change. Over the last two weeks alone, a host of partnerships and acquisition deals...
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