The case for all-electric self-driving cars
Electric cars don’t suffer a huge loss in range when equipped with autonomous driving technology, and there’s potential to...
Read MoreDaimler-backed Momenta says its robotaxis will be fully driverless and profitable in 2024
In China and the U.S., there’s much debate about when and how humans will achieve fully autonomous robotaxis at scale — cars that...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle control tower project receives funding in Ski, Norway
The CONNECTING project in Ski, Norway looks to progress the removal of on-board operators from autonomous vehicles, instead making the...
Read MoreINRIX: Miami-Dade County to digitize streets for ride-hailing; preps for automated vehicles
In conjunction with the start of Co-Motion MIAMI, Miami-Dade County, announced its plans to use INRIX Road Rules to digitize ride-hailing...
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 MoreXpeng Motors begins deliveries of its electric P7 ‘Smart Sedan’, creates new competition for Tesla in China
Chinese electric vehicle startupXpeng Motors has started country-wide deliveries of its new flagship P7 electric sedan China. The P7,...
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 MoreBaidu-backed maker of self-driving vehicle sensors said to be in talks to go public
Blank-check company Graf Industrial Corp is in talks to merge with Baidu-backed Velodyne Lidar, a deal that would take public the maker of...
Read MoreTesla’s most robust self-driving package will cost more — again
It’ll soon cost you $8,000 to buy a Tesla upgrade package, which includes some features that don’t even exist yet....
Read MoreUC Riverside receives $1.2M grant to build GPUs for autonomous vehicles
Three UC Riverside engineers have received a $1.2-million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new generation of...
Read MoreNew ‘deepfake’ tech to accelerate autonomous car development
A UK-based software company has developed ‘pioneering’ technology inspired by viral videos that, it hopes, will accelerate the...
Read MoreLyft releases new self-driving vehicle data set and launches $30,000 challenge
Following the release of the Perception Dataset and the conclusion of its 2019 object detection competition, Lyft today shared a new...
Read MoreVolvo will use Waymo’s self-driving technology to power a fleet of electric robotaxis
Waymo is the “exclusive global L4 partner” for Volvo Car Group, the two companies announced Thursday. That means that Volvo will integrate...
Read MoreNew radar allows cars to spot hazards around corners
Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, researchers have developed an automated system that will allow cars to peer...
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 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 MoreDriveU.auto, a LiveU spinout, comes out of stealth with $4M
Teleoperators who remotely monitor and control autonomous vehicles rely on high-performance connectivity to transfer 4K video, multiple...
Read MoreNVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz join forces in an autonomous car power play
The race for autonomous driving is on and today NVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz are announcing an agreement to advance the entire fleet of the...
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