Tesla: King of self-driving cars? Unbelievable
Tesla, king of cars, how? Here’s the thing: the primary function of cars is to drive. Tesla’s focus on self-driving while some others are...
Read MoreAutonomous delivery will reduce the cost of residential package delivery
On Tuesday’s quarterly earnings call, FedEx FDX Executive Vice President Brie Carere shared that the 72% of its recent US deliveries have...
Read MoreRoadway self-driving cars to get blindsided by this year’s July 4th fireworks curbside celebrations
People are itching to use fireworks for this July 4th. According to the latest reported sales figures, fireworks are selling like...
Read MoreSeven mind-bending reasons why a Tesla car was seen sporting heaven-forbid LIDAR sensors on its rooftop
Adding to how much the world has become topsy-turvy, an actual and official Tesla car was recently spotted wearing LIDAR sensor technology...
Read MoreAmazon can benefit from its Zoox acquisition better than anyone else
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced it’s agreed to acquire Zoox, a company building autonomous vehicles from the ground up with a...
Read MoreQ&A: The masterminds behind Toyota’s self-driving cars say AI still has a way to go
Getting a car to drive itself is undoubtedly the most ambitious commercial application of artificial intelligence (AI). The research...
Read MoreAutonomous parking: around the corner or distant fantasy?
Parking has never been the simplest task, but choose the wrong time or a busy place and it becomes a nightmare. Could autonomous driving...
Read MoreWhy Elon Musk taunted Bezos for being a copycat in Amazon’s buyout of Zoox, an Autopilot-like self-driving car stalwart
It is time to blare the trumpets and roll out the red carpet for some good old-fashioned maxims that explain the recent announcement of...
Read MoreChristopher Columbus and evaluating autonomous vehicles as an investor
In recent times, the news surrounding Autonomous Vehicles has been quite active. Examples include Amazon AMZN acquiring Zoox for over a...
Read MoreAutonomous taxi firms can’t afford to forget about disabled passengers
Autonomous vehicles (AVs), like self-driving taxis, continue to garner media attention as industry and political stakeholders claim that...
Read MoreStarsky Robotics founder discusses future of autonomous trucking
Automated technology developers are shooting for the moon when they could instead be implementing ground-level initiatives in trucking...
Read MoreMighty dust storm drifting toward southeastern U.S., even self-driving cars to be flummoxed
Meteorologists are closely following some mega-sized dust plumes that are slowly drifting from the Sahara Desert and for which those murky...
Read MoreAutonomous driving business models: Part one
Autonomous driving is one of the most disruptive developments witnessed. It will change the way we think of cities, roads, parking,...
Read MoreLife at the sensor edge: The increasing demands of autonomy
As the automotive industry rapidly evolves its autonomous-driving capabilities, some interesting trends are emerging that help propel the...
Read MoreOh, the places we’ll go: Why education is pivotal for launching a self-driving service
Self-driving vehicles will change how we view and utilize mobility services, from the seamless experiences that take people and packages...
Read MoreThe political economy of autonomous vehicles
In the 1960s flying cars, moving walkways, smart homes, smart watches, talking robots, video conferencing even tanning beds were things of...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle pioneer Urmsontalks about safety and risks
Chris Urmson is a robot scientist really into cars, having earned a Ph.D. in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University after writing a thesis...
Read MoreAI ethics ‘tuning knobs’ a questionable mesh, including for self-driving cars
AI systems are being churned out at quite a rapid pace, meanwhile, there are considerable qualms about whether such AI will exhibit...
Read MoreCOVID-19 to climate change: How zero-emission AVs could help respond to our next global crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed hardship on multiple fronts, from public health to a looming economic crisis. What’s more, wildfire...
Read MoreHave some dad fun: Tell him that self-driving cars on Earth might discover intelligent life on other planets and see what he says
Dad’s know everything. Well, almost. Ask him if there is intelligent life beyond our planet. Nobody yet knows, though there are plenty of...
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