The intersection between self-driving cars and electric cars
CARS HAVE NOT been good for the environment, to put it lightly. Transportation accounts for 28 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions, and...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles’ potential to remove discrimination in transportation
The political economy of autonomous vehicles is poised to improve if not radically change the discrimination and racism that is built into...
Read MoreUsing patent analytics to see why Amazon bought Zoox
Amazon’s competitive impact on autonomous vehicles nearly tripled as a result of the acquisition. Zoox’s patent portfolio is...
Read MoreHow to flunk those cognitive deficiency tests and what this means too for AI self-driving cars
Seems like the news recently has been filled with revelations about the taking of cognitive deficiency tests. This is especially being...
Read MoreAftermarket autonomy: This magic box gives your car self-parking abilities
Like a magician setting up a trick, AnujaSonalker starts by making it clear that there is no hidden driver in her car’s front or back...
Read MoreCan Tesla deliver on Musk’s autonomous vehicle optimism?
Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk recalibrated the world’s timeline expectation for the arrival of autonomous vehicles on Wednesday by suggesting...
Read MoreRoad test: Chinese ‘robotaxis’ take riders for a spin
Chinese entrants in the race to put autonomous vehicles on the road are bringing “robotaxis” online in hopes that a hired-car...
Read MoreTesla Autopilot ‘self-driving’ possibly getting more aggressive in evasive maneuvering which could be a hidden sign about Level 5
A recent news story reported that a Tesla on Autopilot managed to avoid striking a deer by undertaking an aggressive maneuver of swerving...
Read MoreInterview: How Waymo’s Lidar plan works
Many autonomous vehicle (AV) developers have been in hot purdèè suit of lidar technologies, which are important because of their ability...
Read MoreCoronavirus scrambles self-driving race, pushing Nuro’s delivery bots to front of the pack
When self-driving startupNuro emerged from stealth mode in early 2018, its ex-Googler cofounders had a simple reason for why they wanted...
Read MoreThat reported ‘snakes in a car’ frantic driver is thankfully okay, so consider these self-driving car ramifications
Just about everyone has heard of the famous movie Snakes On A Plane. Having been released in 2006 to great fanfare, the movie has become a...
Read MoreTowards a driver-less world? Autonomy and its impact on the fleet business
As the world works its way through the current pandemic, one thing seems clear: rather than generating new trends, the current COVID...
Read MoreRobo-cars are coming, but probably not like you’d expect
Autonomous vehicle technology companies like Mobileye are aiming to launch “robo-taxis” in the coming years, while similar companies are...
Read MoreSelf-driving tech is becoming a game of partnerships
BUILDING A SELF-DRIVING car was never going to be easy. But Karl Iagnemma says he didn’t expect it to be this hard. “Vehicles are these...
Read MoreHidden secrets that the Burger King ‘Autopilot Whopper’ teaches us about Tesla and self-driving cars
What do AI, self-driving cars, Tesla, Autopilot, and hamburgers such as the infamous Burger King Whopper all have in common? Well, a...
Read Morewhat3words: the future of driverless navigation?
One year ago, we spoke to Giles Rhys Jones, what3words’ Chief Marketing Officer, to better understand how navigation and navigation tech,...
Read MoreHow May Mobility’s autonomous shuttle ambitions backfired
By all appearances, May Mobility was a scrappy success story. The autonomous transportation startup made its debut at Y Combinator’s demo...
Read MoreChinese ride-hailing giant Didi’s self-driving push
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, which is backed by companies including Apple Inc. and SoftBank Group Corp., began a self-driving...
Read MoreIs Recognithe next hot autonomous vehicle startup?
In CleanTechnica‘s exclusive, in-depth interview with Peter Mertens, former board member of Audi, Volkswagen Group, Volvo, & Jaguar...
Read MoreCan Argo.AI make Ford & Volkswagen self-driving leaders?
The self-driving car race seems like it’s been going on forever, but also at times seems like it has no ending — since it’s so hard to get...
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