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.
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 […]
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?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
London Introduces Its First Driverless Cars’ Design
It looks like London is jumping on the self-driving car bandwagon—and its driverless cars are going to have a familiar design. England’s capital recently announced that it will begin testing its first driverless cars on the streets of London. These new cars are going to resemble the electric passenger shuttles Heathrow Airport currently uses. Want […]
California DMV Finally Releases Report Of Accidents Involving Google ‘s Driverless Cars
When news broke that Google’s self-driving cars – or driverless cars, whatever you want to call them – had been involved in 11 traffic accidents, people were understandably concerned. Then eyebrows were raised further when Google only gave slight details about the accidents, saying they were only “minor collisions” and their cars weren’t at fault […]
Driverless Cars Could Cause Big Safety Concerns
The theory behind driverless cars were they’d make roads safer, but now experts are saying that might not hold true. US security firms, Mission Secure Inc and Perrone Robotics Inc, report the technology needed to operate these driverless cars could also be a security weakness that would leave them vulnerable to computer hackers. Once inside the system, […]
Why Elon Musk is Wrong About the Future of Driverless Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk enjoys saying things; even when those things are, in all likelihood, partially or entirely BS. Recently, he made the news for saying things about autonomous cars—chiefly, that in the future, all new cars will eventually be manufactured with self-driving capabilities (probably true), and that because of this technological breakthrough, cars you […]
Hyundai Supports Driverless Cars with Student Competition
From new car-connected apps to designing whole cars, innovations in the automotive industry are relying increasingly on the contributions of young minds. One of these inevitable developments has become the self-driving car. While the genesis of the autonomous car has been primarily seen in Silicon Valley, thanks to Google’s efforts, major automakers around the world are having […]
UK Testing of Driverless Cars Coming in January
Driverless cars have been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. The technology that would allow vehicles to navigate the roads with little to no help from a human driver is both frightening and exciting. Frightening because it will involve us drivers having to relinquish control of our vehicles and trust a […]
AAA Survey Finds Autonomous Cars Make Drivers Feel Less Safe
AAA and Harvard conducted a survey to determine drivers’ thoughts toward self-driving vehicles. They discovered that a significant number of drivers feel less safe knowing that autonomous test cars are on the road. Choosing a Reliable Vehicle: Mitsubishi models earned top safety ratings What were the results of the survey? Currently, 38 states along with […]