In an abandoned lot on the outskirts of Sacramento, Calif., R1, a domed gray vehicle half the size of a Toyota Corolla, is practicing driving itself. It stops at stop signs, yields to people, and handles sharp turns, as other self-driving vehicles do on test courses in Silicon Valley, Detroit, and China.
June 11, 2018self-driving
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Nuro
Driverless Delivery Startup Uses $92 Million to Focus on Safety
Nuro
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
Ford
Ford Refuses to Rush Into Robo-Taxis, Even After GM, Waymo Deals
Ford
General Motors Co. and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo rocked the auto industry last week with self-driving deals that will have each deploying thousands of robo-taxis onto U.S. roads over the next 18 months. Ford Motor Co., meanwhile, will continue biding its time.
June 8, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous
A driver takes his hands off the wheel as a ZF concept truck drives itself on a test track. Managing handoffs between the driver and system is among the challenges facing developers. (ZF Group)
Defining Driver Responsibility When Trucks Begin to Drive Themselves
A driver takes his hands off the wheel as a ZF concept truck drives itself on a test track. Managing handoffs between the driver and system is among the challenges facing developers. (ZF Group)
As truck makers and technology developers work toward introducing vehicles with some level of automated driving features in the years ahead, it will be essential for drivers to have a clear understanding of what those systems can and cannot do and how much they can rely on them.
June 8, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
An attendee takes a photograph of an RDM Autonomous Vehicles Pod vehicle outside the SMMT Connected conference on autonomous vehicles in London, on March 30, 2017. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News)
Brexit Britain Wants to Become a Leader in Driverless Vehicles
An attendee takes a photograph of an RDM Autonomous Vehicles Pod vehicle outside the SMMT Connected conference on autonomous vehicles in London, on March 30, 2017. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News)
Britain is stepping up its plans to be a leader in self-driving cars. The government is awarding 25 million pounds ($33 million) this week to as many as six projects that will research and test autonomous vehicles on highways and on trials of remote-control parking.
June 5, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
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Driverless Tech Part of SoftBank’s 300-Year Plan
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SoftBank Group Corp.’s Masayoshi Son wants his company to grow for 300 years, and he’s willing to pour billions of dollars into far-out technology to make it happen.
June 4, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
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New York, Los Angeles Team With Schumer on Self-Driving Vehicle Rules
Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg News
New York City and Los Angeles, worried that a Senate self-driving car bill would make them hand over control of their streets to the federal government, have found a powerful ally: Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
May 31, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous, TCA
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GM Partners With Tech Investment Firm to Bring Self-Driving Vehicles to Market Next Year
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General Motors Co. and the SoftBank Vision Fund are partnering to invest in GM Cruise to bring self-driving vehicles to market by next year, the company said May 31.
May 31, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
This March 19, 2018 still image taken from video provided by ABC-15, shows investigators at the scene of a fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber car on the street in Tempe, Ariz. (ABC-15.com via AP)
Fatal Uber Crash Sheds Light on Use of Thermal Imaging
This March 19, 2018 still image taken from video provided by ABC-15, shows investigators at the scene of a fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber car on the street in Tempe, Ariz. (ABC-15.com via AP)
Since the Uber accident in March, autonomous car researchers’ eyes have been opening to the need to teach robots how to drive in the dark and avoid people who wander into the road.
May 29, 2018
Business, Technology, Autonomous
This March 19, 2018 still image taken from video provided by ABC-15, shows investigators at the scene of a fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber car on the street in Tempe, Ariz. (ABC-15.com via AP)
Uber Self-Driving Car in Fatal Crash Wasn’t Programmed to Brake
This March 19, 2018 still image taken from video provided by ABC-15, shows investigators at the scene of a fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber car on the street in Tempe, Ariz. (ABC-15.com via AP)
Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving vehicle wasn’t programmed to stop for obstructions in its path, including the pedestrian it struck and killed last March in Arizona, according to federal investigators.
May 24, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous, TCA
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Uber Aims to Restart Self-Driving Car Tests in Pittsburgh This Summer
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Uber is shutting down testing operations in Arizona and focusing instead on testing in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, according to an internal e-mail from Eric Meyhofer, a Carnegie Mellon University graduate and the head of Uber’s self-driving car operations.
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