Cruise is Now Testing Driverless Cars in San Francisco
Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, is now testing a small fleet of fully autonomous vehicles on the streets of San Francisco.
DOT Grants Nuro the First Driverless Car Exemption in the US
For the past couple of years, autonomous vehicle startup Nuro has partnered with Kroger to test out self-driving delivery vehicles in Arizona and Texas. It recently claimed the first Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards exemption from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Modern Rides: Find the right contemporary vehicle for your contemporary life About the exemption […]
Cruise Automation Reveals Its First Fully-Driverless Car
GM’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation, recently debuted its first 100 percent driverless car. It’s called Cruise Origin. GM intends this model for production sometime in the future. Here’s what we know about the Origin so far. Go Green in 2020: Tips for observing a more eco-friendly lifestyle A progressive achievement Up till now, Cruise […]
Washington Transportation Officials Review Rules for Driverless Cars
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 29 states currently have driverless-vehicle laws. Washington is one of them. And though it will probably be some years before the state permits driverless cars on public roads, legislators are already discussing what rules to establish to prepare for this event. Autumn Activities: Family-friendly fall pastimes in […]
Researchers Seek Ways to Prevent Hacked Driverless Car Incidents in Major Cities
Per Forbes, a team of researchers from Georgia Tech and Multiscale Systems Inc. have been studying how potential hacks could trigger collisions and gridlocks in major cities across the nation — Manhattan, New York, in particular. This week, the group will present their research results in Boston at the 2019 American Physical Society March Meeting. Gridlocks […]
MIT Tech Helps Driverless Cars Navigate in Dusty and Foggy Conditions
Giving keener “electric eyesight” to autonomous vehicles https://t.co/C8MRRUV76j pic.twitter.com/m6UL58ezzh — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) February 14, 2019 Driverless cars face many challenges as the auto industry moves closer toward fully-autonomous models. For one thing, they’re still learning how to predict and respond to human driver behaviors. Additionally, their LIDAR systems have trouble detecting […]
Are Driverless Cars Safe?
The main selling point of driverless cars is that they are built to reduce human error. The technology is quite impressive, but the main question to be asked is: Are driverless cars safe?
Toyota Teams Up With SoftBank on Driverless Car Project
In the autonomous vehicle business, partnerships are everything. The cost and complexity of developing self-driving technology is such that auto and tech companies are striking alliances left and right in the pursuit of sharing costs and research toward the future of mobility. The latest partnership is now that between Toyota and SoftBank, which have announced […]
Apple Signs Driverless Car Deal With Volkswagen
Having mastered the technology of smartphones as one of the leaders in that industry, Apple has had its sights on getting into the driverless car race. Apple’s original plans of building an Apple-branded autonomous car have been abandoned, and the company is now focusing on software for self-driving cars to be used by its employees. Dead […]
Driverless Cars and the State of Insurance
The thought of self-driving cars becoming mainstream is both thrilling and a little scary. The idea of spending your daily commute catching up on work, reading a book, playing a game, or even meditating sounds indulgent. The thought behind self-driving cars is that these vehicles will be able to sense and respond to their surroundings […]
Renault-Nissan Alliance Plans Driverless Car Sharing
Two major trends seem to be dominating the world of cars these days – the push to self-driving cars and the growing demand for car sharing. The Renault-Nissan Alliance is reportedly working together to bring those two concepts together into one car sharing system that does not require human drivers. Goldman Sachs recently estimated that […]
Human Drivers Will Bully Driverless Cars, Says Mercedes-Benz USA CEO
With all the talk surrounding them, it might seem as though proper self-driving cars are taking their sweet old time arriving to the market. Some automakers have promised 2020 as the magical date when they will mass-produce autonomous automobiles, but there are many obstacles to overcome along the way. According to Dietmar Exler, chief executive […]
Lyft President Predicts Majority of Lyft Rides Will Be in Driverless Cars by 2021
The automotive industry isn’t quite ready for self-driving vehicles just yet, but Lyft President John Zimmer predicts that this technology will be available sooner than we think. In a recently published essay, titled “The Road Ahead,” Zimmer made the claim that the majority of Lyft rides will be in autonomous vehicles by 2021. Throughout the […]
Ohio Turnpike Could Be New Testing Ground for Driverless Cars
Before carmakers can even consider sending driverless vehicles to dealerships for sale—something that likely won’t happen for quite awhile—there needs to be plenty of testing. While closed courses and test tracks are typically great for that kind of thing, driverless cars need even more heavy duty testing, which means they need to go out on […]
Driverless Car Has IBM’s Watson As Its Copilot
Autonomous driving is the hot topic in the automotive world, with drivers and governments alike discussing how this technology can be harnessed to make our roadways safer than ever. Skeptics are concerned that since computers are certainly not human, the vehicles might not react correctly in certain situations and crash. One company has an idea […]
Michigan Leads States in Race to Get Driverless Cars on Public Roads
As the home of the big three United States carmakers, there’s no doubt that Michigan is one car-centered state. That’s why it comes as no surprise that this northern state is heading the charge into autonomous vehicle technology. When it comes to self-driving cars, it’s not a question of “if” these vehicles will come about—it’s […]
Survey Shows How Americans Really Feel About Driverless Cars
The automotive industry is in a race to create driverless cars—but are consumers ready to purchase them? This is exactly the question one insurance firm was looking to answer. To figure out how Americans truly felt about autonomous vehicles, CheapCarInsurance.net decided to survey 2,000 US citizens—and this survey revealed some very interesting insights into our […]
Attorney General Says Driverless Cars Could Be Used in Assassination Attempts
Driverless car technology is quickly becoming the new big thing in the automotive industry. During auto shows, there are only a few carmakers that don’t mention their future plans for an autonomous car. In truth, it’s hard not to get excited about the potential for vehicles that can drive themselves. Think about how much more […]