Autonomous driving and Elon Musk, the visionary
Like most events involving Elon Musk, yesterday’s Tesla Autonomy Day provided not just a glimpse of the future, but the industry, and to...
Read MoreThe three challenges keeping cars from being fully autonomous
Understanding where we are in the pursuit of self-driving cars can be as confusing as understanding where we are in the pursuit of AI....
Read MoreNunes: Benefits won’t be shared
So, my colleague Meredith gave a very eloquent introduction as to why the technology is unsafe, why it doesn’t work. But let’s...
Read MoreTesla vaunts creation of ‘the best chip in the world’ for self-driving
At its “Autonomy Day” today, Tesla detailed the new custom chip that will be running the self-driving software in its vehicles. Elon Musk...
Read MoreAre we there yet? A reality check on self-driving cars
READ THE BREATHLESS articles and bold tweets and you could be forgiven for thinking that the fully autonomous vehicle is around the...
Read MoreChina site tests autonomous cars in highway conditions
China is building its first site to test autonomous cars under highway conditions amid a global shift toward technologically advanced and...
Read MoreTeaching an autonomous car to perceive like a human
On April 2, 2019, Ford’s Chief Technology Officer, Ken Washington told Kara Swisher on Recode Decode with Kara Swisher that by 2021,...
Read MoreThese two companies are making autonomous cars safer on the road
At the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2019, Nvidia announced they would bring artificial intelligence-powered (AI) Level 2+...
Read MoreTesla Autopilot, full self driving, Elon Musk, ARK Invest — CleanTech talk with Tasha Keeney
For our hot new CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, I recently sat down with ARK Invest Analyst Tasha Keeney to discuss various...
Read More1987 self-driving technology — the future was almost ready decades ago?
Isn’t this funny: Here I am, happy about finally placing an order on a Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, including the full self-driving...
Read MoreMighty suspenseful: Musk reveals Tesla full self-driving tech on Monday. Brace yourself
There’s been a lot of suspense permeating the news lately. For example, in anticipation of the now released Mueller Report, the...
Read MoreIs Lidar necessary for self-driving cars? Audi seems to think so
There is a long running debate in the realm of autonomous vehicles about whether self-driving cars need to be equipped with lidar sensors,...
Read MoreDutch chipmaker NXP makes China push by backing radar company Hawkeye
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors has come a long way since Qualcomm’s outsized $44 billion offer to acquire it fell through last year....
Read MoreHalf-baked automated cars will put lives at risk, but (almost-ready) robotaxis will save lives
At the core of autonomous cars is deep neural networks, which improve as they encounter more scenarios, leading to safer autonomous cars....
Read MoreSelf-driving automobiles: Two visions of the future
Some predictions of the effect of self-driving automobiles, or autonomous vehicles (AVs), include that they will virtually eliminate...
Read MoreAeva will supply lidar sensors to Audi’s autonomous driving division
There’s no shortage of startups vying for a slice of a lidar market that’s expected to be worth $3.5 billion by 2024, but Aeva stands out...
Read MoreExclusive: Apple in talks with potential suppliers of sensors for self-driving cars – sources
Apple Inc has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars,...
Read MoreCadillac commits to sedans with CT5 semi-autonomous car debut at New York auto show
Once the self-described “standard of the world,” Cadillac has spent the last decade struggling to catch up to key competitors like...
Read MoreLIDAR Game of Thrones for driverless cars, there will be winners and there will be losers
The popular Games of Thrones series has a famed reputation for killing off characters of the provocative cable show, including primary...
Read MoreBoeing crashes and Uber collision show passenger safety relies on corporate promises, not regulators’ tests
Advanced technologies deliver benefits every day. But, sometimes interactions with technology can go awry and lead to disaster. On March...
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