Pages Navigation Menu

News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

Solutions for self-driving cars – Q&A with NVIDIA

Posted on Apr 11, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

To learn how electronics specialist NVIDIA is developing artificial intelligence and high performance computing solutions for the...

Read More

AI ethics welcomes the prospects of a standardized AI risk management framework, which could bolster autonomous self-driving car efforts too

Posted on Apr 11, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

We seem to be told repeatedly that taking risks is important in life. If you look at any everyday listing of quotable quotes there is a...

Read More

Should cars drive like humans or robots? Tesla forces the question

Posted on Apr 10, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology

Matt Smith didn’t necessarily mind that the software inside his Tesla would occasionally skirt a traffic law. For a while, his Tesla Model...

Read More

Here’s what happens when cops pull over a driverless Cruise vehicle

Posted on Apr 10, 2022 in Cars, Knowledge Center, News, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

It’s been a little over two months since Cruise started letting the people of San Francisco catch rides on its driverless robotaxis, and...

Read More

Insidious AI-based proxy discrimination against humans is dauntingly vexing for AI ethics, which can occur even in the case of autonomous AI self-driving cars

Posted on Apr 10, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Let’s discuss proxy discrimination amid the actions of modern-day Artificial Intelligence (AI). To get into the AI side of things, we’ll...

Read More

Inside Mercedes’ plan to deliver hands-free driving to the masses

Posted on Apr 9, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

I’m sitting in the passenger seat of a special Mercedes Benz S-Class on a blindingly bright California spring day, casually watching an...

Read More

Motional enlists TÜV SÜD for robotaxi evaluation

Posted on Apr 8, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Autonomous driving technology developer Motional says it intends to work with TÜV SÜD, the German independent technical service provider...

Read More

Dongfeng Motor granted China’s first autonomous road test license for inbound logistics

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in News, Technology, Trucks

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Dongfeng Motor’s Chenglong H5 was granted China’s first autonomous heavy-duty truck testing license for open-road...

Read More

VW plans self-driving taxis and delivery vans using the ID Buzz

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Volkswagen’s ID Buzz has generated quite a… stir… since launching officially earlier this year. The company isn’t...

Read More

rFpro expands into Japan with Yokohama facility

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in News, Technology

Simulation software specialist rFpro has expanded its operations into Japan with the establishment of a facility in Yokohama where a...

Read More

US Xpress pilots 24/7 autonomous freight with Kodiak Robotics

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in News, Technology, Trucks

Self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics and U.S. Xpress, an American truckload carrier with a large footprint, have completed a...

Read More

Tesla is going to make a new futuristic-looking electric vehicle as a ‘dedicated robotaxi’

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Elon Musk announced that Tesla is going to build a new futuristic-looking electric vehicle as a “dedicated robotaxi” – though there’s no...

Read More

Automotive vehicle networking technology is becoming a standard

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

An uptick in self-automated vehicles has become more mainstream over the past couple of years. From government-issued vehicles to...

Read More

Huawei unveils several patents for autonomous driving, chips and face recognition

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in News, Technology

According to a report released by the European Patent Office on Tuesday, Chinese tech giant Huawei had applied for 3,544 patents in Europe...

Read More

Toyota joins Tesla in developing self-driving tech with low-cost cameras

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in News, Technology

SAN FRANCISCO: Toyota Motor unit Woven Planet has joined Tesla in trying to advance self-driving technology without expensive sensors such...

Read More

90% of long-haul trucking may soon be self-driving. Are you ready to share the road with an autonomous 18-wheeler?

Posted on Apr 7, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Elon Musk has called them the most impactful technology on the horizon. But unions are lobbying against their widespread use, citing...

Read More

Autonomous origins: Did it all start with cruise control?

Posted on Apr 6, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Do we really want autonomous trucks? Or need them? I’m not a big fan, but it doesn’t matter what I think, because the engineering effort...

Read More

Aurora and Werner Enterprises are testing self-driving tractor-trailers on a lonely Texas highway

Posted on Apr 6, 2022 in News, Technology, Trucks

Self-driving startup Aurora Innovation has gone trucking in Texas. Aurora announced Wednesday that it has begun a pilot test of...

Read More

Are you up to speed on autonomous trucking?

Posted on Apr 5, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Let’s set the scene. You’ve been hearing about autonomous technology for what feels like years. You read about advancements in the...

Read More

AI ethics stepping up to guide how AI for children needs to be suitably devised, which can be overlooked for example in the rapid drive toward autonomous self-driving cars

Posted on Apr 5, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

It is often said that our children are our future. Another oft-repeated refrain is that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is our future. What...

Read More

Would you like to receive regular updates on new links?

Your Email