Mercedes-Benz safety-car concept monitors the road ahead and your kids
Before humans give up the wheel for good, Mercedes-Benz believes there will be a transitional period where people and machines share the...
Read MoreWind River Systems partners with autonomous vehicle security startup Karamba
California-based software developer Wind River Systems Inc. has partnered with Israel-based Karamba Security Ltd., a developer of...
Read MoreHand gestures and horses: Waymo’s self-driving service learns to woo the public
On a sunny spring day in suburban Phoenix, a white minivan stops at a crosswalk to let a man pass. He gives the vehicle a wave, signaling...
Read MoreNo, Nissan’s position on Lidar is not the same as Elon Musk’s
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent disparagement of the laser scanning technology called lidar, calling it a “crutch” and any...
Read MoreUltrafast motion-planning chip could make autonomous cars safer
About two years ago, we covered a research project from Duke University that sped up motion planning for a tabletop robot arm by several...
Read MoreDataspeed and Cepton partner to bring LiDAR to autonomous vehicle
Dataspeed Inc., an autonomous vehicle (AV) solution provider has announced a partnership with Cepton Technologies, Inc., a provider of 3D...
Read MoreForetellix launches new approach to testing autonomous vehicle safety
Israeli startup Foretellix has launched a revolutionary autonomous vehicle development tool, Foretify, which brings a proven...
Read MoreBlind trust, culture clashes and robot empathy: Mercedes-Benz on autonomous cars
At CES 2019, Mercedes-Benz revealed the Urbanetic autonomous shuttle, a futuristic proof-of-concept to illustrate the kind of work that is...
Read MoreLooking at the different stages of autonomous vehicle testing – and why they’re so crucial to rolling out the tech
Autonomous vehicle testing is well underway – but more real-world experiments are needed to prove the technology’s safety, say experts....
Read MoreHow Nissan’s ‘invisible-to-visible’ tech could pave the way for autonomous cars
Nissan’s engineers are working on more than just cars. At CES 2019, the Japanese automaker unveiled “invisible-to-visible” (I2V) tech that...
Read MoreMaserati to use BMW self-driving technology, Elkann says
Maserati will be the first of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ brands to use self-driving technology being developed with BMW AG, Fiat...
Read MoreGroundbreaking driverless car project showcases vision for a connected transport future
The multi-organisational team behind the £5.5 million FLOURISH connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) project is today [Monday 13 May]...
Read MoreApple’s self-driving car could have variable light control to protect privacy of riders, doors that open extremely wide
Apple is working out ways its “Project Titan” self-driving vehicle could be improved to give its users more privacy via a...
Read MoreAccessibility must be at the heart of new transport tech
New modes of transport and pioneering technologies should transform travel for older people and those with disabilities, the government...
Read MoreEffective verification of automated driving – Daimler presents the PEGASUS research sub-project “Testing”
PEGASUS (Project for establishing generally acccepted good quality criteria, tools, methods, scenarios and situations for the approval of...
Read MoreValeo at Viva Technology: innovations and challenges in the fields of electric, autonomous and connected vehicles
For the fourth year running, Valeo is taking part in the Viva Technology conference, from May 16 to 18, at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles,...
Read MoreElon Musk’s hefty anti-LIDAR gamble undermines Tesla chances of survival
Readers have asked me to augment my remarks about Tesla’s Investor Autonomy Day, in which I had indicated Elon Musk decidedly and...
Read MoreBelieving machines can outperform people can lead to acceptance of self-driving cars
Self-driving cars could hit roads if more people agree that machines can outperform humans, at least in some task, claimed a study. The...
Read MoreTesla restructures Autopilot software team, Elon takes the reins
Tesla is again restructuring its Autopilot software team, according to sources talking to Electrek. CEO Elon Musk is taking the reins with...
Read MoreMobility technology patent applications of the week: Dyson’s EV, Nissan’s autonomy, NIO’s battery swap, and more
Covering the future of mobility can be challenging, given that a lot of the technology that will shape how we get around in the future...
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