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News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

You scared, bro? Maybe your autonomous car should ease your fears

Posted on Jul 14, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

In a recent survey by Myplanet of various technologies, “autonomous driving” came in as the most uncomfortable of the thirty-five...

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Linux, Androidand autonomous vehicles: Who says elephants cannot dance?

Posted on Jul 14, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

In 2003, Louis Gerstner published “Who says elephants cannot dance?”  The book described his role in transforming IBM IBM +1.2% from the...

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Racing into the future of autonomous driving

Posted on Jul 14, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

On a cloudy day last August, Emily Zhang held her breath at the Hockenheimring racetrack in Germany’s Rhine Valley. Less than two weeks...

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Hear from Volvo’s tech boss on the future of autonomous driving

Posted on Jul 14, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Webinars

Volvo Chief Technology Officer Henrik Green will be part of an Automotive News Europe Congress panel discussion titled, Assisted or...

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Female robot Erica slated as ‘actress’ for new movie woefully miscasts AI, repercussions for self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 13, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

A recent news story shaking up Hollywood involves the reported casting of a robot to be the star of a $70 million budgeted science fiction...

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HORIBA MIRA presses industry to drive ahead on new automated lane keeping regulations

Posted on Jul 13, 2020 in News, Perspective, Policy & Regulation

With new UN regulations on Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS) coming into force next year, leading automotive engineering consultancy...

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The intersection between self-driving cars and electric cars

Posted on Jul 13, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

CARS HAVE NOT been good for the environment, to put it lightly. Transportation accounts for 28 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions, and...

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Autonomous vehicles’ potential to remove discrimination in transportation

Posted on Jul 13, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The political economy of autonomous vehicles is poised to improve if not radically change the discrimination and racism that is built into...

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Using patent analytics to see why Amazon bought Zoox

Posted on Jul 12, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Amazon’s competitive impact on autonomous vehicles nearly tripled as a result of the acquisition. Zoox’s patent portfolio is...

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How to flunk those cognitive deficiency tests and what this means too for AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 11, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Seems like the news recently has been filled with revelations about the taking of cognitive deficiency tests. This is especially being...

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Aftermarket autonomy: This magic box gives your car self-parking abilities

Posted on Jul 11, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

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...

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Can Tesla deliver on Musk’s autonomous vehicle optimism?

Posted on Jul 10, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk recalibrated the world’s timeline expectation for the arrival of autonomous vehicles on Wednesday by suggesting...

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Road test: Chinese ‘robotaxis’ take riders for a spin

Posted on Jul 9, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Chinese entrants in the race to put autonomous vehicles on the road are bringing “robotaxis” online in hopes that a hired-car...

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Tesla Autopilot ‘self-driving’ possibly getting more aggressive in evasive maneuvering which could be a hidden sign about Level 5

Posted on Jul 9, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

A recent news story reported that a Tesla on Autopilot managed to avoid striking a deer by undertaking an aggressive maneuver of swerving...

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Interview: How Waymo’s Lidar plan works

Posted on Jul 9, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Many autonomous vehicle (AV) developers have been in hot purdèè suit of lidar technologies, which are important because of their ability...

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Coronavirus scrambles self-driving race, pushing Nuro’s delivery bots to front of the pack

Posted on Jul 9, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

When self-driving startupNuro emerged from stealth mode in early 2018, its ex-Googler cofounders had a simple reason for why they wanted...

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That reported ‘snakes in a car’ frantic driver is thankfully okay, so consider these self-driving car ramifications

Posted on Jul 8, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

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...

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Towards a driver-less world? Autonomy and its impact on the fleet business

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

As the world works its way through the current pandemic, one thing seems clear: rather than generating new trends, the current COVID...

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Robo-cars are coming, but probably not like you’d expect

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicle technology companies like Mobileye are aiming to launch “robo-taxis” in the coming years, while similar companies are...

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Self-driving tech is becoming a game of partnerships

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

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...

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