Ford Going Fully Autonomous Route As Engineers Fall Asleep At The Wheel
Ford Motor Co. has become convinced that fully autonomous is the necessary route to go for safe self-driving cars. Having Ford engineers fall asleep during autonomous vehicle test rides has created a...
View ArticleBMW and Mobileye Sharing Sensor Data To Support Autonomous Driving
BMW and Mobileye are partnering to share real-time sensor data from BMW vehicles equipped with Mobileye’s mapping system supporting autonomous driving. Mobileye’s Road Experience Management data...
View ArticleRenault-Nissan Alliance Bringing Self-Driving Zoes to Paris Test Run
Renault-Nissan Alliance will be testing electric self-driving vehicles for mobility services in France with transport operator Transdev. The research project will start with field tests in the...
View ArticleUber CEO Travis Kalanick Caught In Crossfire From Negative Publicity
A wave of negative news coverage has put ride-hailing giant Uber in a squeeze to clean up its image that may open opportunities for competitors. CEO Travis Kalanick apologized last week to employees...
View ArticleIntel To Test Its Own Fleet of 100 Self-Driving Cars
Intel plans to roll out 100 almost fully automated “Level 4” self-driving cars for testing starting later this year. They’ll be tested in the U.S., Israel, and Europe. The fleet will start small and...
View ArticleFCA Joins Autonomous Vehicle Collaboration With BMW, Intel And Mobileye
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced today it has signed a memorandum of understanding with BMW, Intel, and Mobileye to develop autonomous veghicles. The automaker says its aim is to be the first...
View ArticleFord and Domino’s Testing Pizza Delivery In Autonomous Fusion Hybrid
Ford is testing out its self-driving test car through a test project with Domino’s Pizza over the next few weeks. The pizza delivery giant will have its employees carry out pizza orders for delivery in...
View ArticleSamsung Receives Approval In California To Test Self-Driving Cars
South Korean technology giant Samsung has entered the race to bring autonomous driving technology to market by gaining testing approval in California. Samsung Electronics Co.’s approval this week by...
View ArticleGM’s Cruise Automation Doubles Test Fleet, Reports More Collisions
GM’s Cruise Automation is doubling its autonomous test fleet and reports that the test fleet was involved in more collisions last month. Cruise Automation is General Motors’ self-driving unit. Cruise...
View ArticleAutoNation and Waymo Team Up to Service Self-Driving Cars
AutoNation, the U.S.’ largest automotive retailer, has struck a new multi-year deal to service Waymo’s self-driving car fleet. This agreement calls for AutoNation to provide long-term vehicle...
View ArticleGM Unleashes Self-Driving Bolt in San Francisco, Passing 117 Pedestrians and...
This week, a self-driving General Motors Bolt made its debut in San Francisco, rattling its brain with a cacophony of double-parked cars, orange traffic cones, and a taco truck. On Tuesday, GM’s...
View ArticleVolvo’s Drive Me Initiative Now Live using Swedish Families as Beta Testers
Volvo is now engaging Swedish families to participate as beta testers for its public autonomous driving program, Drive Me. In a partnership between Volvo, the Swedish Transport Administration, a...
View ArticleTrov Partners With Waymo To Insure the Ride-Hailing Service’s Passengers
Insurance brokerage firm Trov Inc. and Waymo have announced a partnership to provide coverage for Waymo’s passengers with its upcoming driverless ride-hailing service. The joint agreement will see the...
View ArticleVolkswagen and Self-Driving Startup Aurora Innovations Power On Toward Level...
Volkswagen and self-driving startup Aurora Innovations are partnering to integrate Aurora’s self-driving systems into Volkswagen’s vehicles. Due to have a presence at this month’s Consumer Electronics...
View ArticleHyundai Mobis to Unveil Self-Driving Technology for Drowsy Drivers at CES
Hyundai Mobis, the parts and service subsidiary of Hyundai, is introducing a new self-driving technology addressing driver fatigue at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. Its...
View ArticleToyota Premieres Self-Driving Mobility-As-a-Service Platform, e-Palette, at CES
Toyota has just premiered a self-driving hybrid mobility platform, the e-Palette concept, at the Consumer Electronics Show. Endemic of the automaker’s Mobility as a Service (MaaS) efforts, the...
View ArticleWaymo to Test its Self-Driving Mettle in Atlanta’s Heavy Traffic
Notorious congestion hub Atlanta has been named as Waymo’s next testing ground for its fleet of self-driving minivans. The announcement came Monday via Twitter as Waymo declared Atlanta as its next...
View ArticlePittsburgh May See Self-Driving Ubers in 2019
Self-driving Uber cabs may hit Pittsburgh’s streets in mid-2019. At Bloomberg’s #TheYearAhead global economic forum event in Davos, Switzerland, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made the remarks while...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed Against General Motors by Motorcyclist for Self-Driving Vehicle...
A lawsuit has been filed against General Motors for a Dec. 7 crash involving a Cruise autonomous test vehicle and a motorcyclist. Last Monday, the plaintiff, Oscar Nilsson, filed the lawsuit in the...
View ArticleKPMG Ranks 20 Countries in Autonomous Vehicle Readiness
A new study by auditing firm KPMG International titled the “Automated Vehicles Readiness Index” has scored 20 countries in their preparedness to accommodate autonomous driving. In first place is the...
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