Self-driving cars will be safe, we’re testing them in a massive AI Sim
The Register–Aug. 17, 2018
The British government this week unveiled plans for an ambitious AI simulator to be used to test self-driving cars. It’s part of a stated mission to …
An idea for making self-driving cars safer: Reprogram humans
Los Angeles Times–Aug. 17, 2018
That is essentially the argument some self-driving car boosters have fallen back on in the months after the first pedestrian death attributed to an …
PlayStation creator backs start-up that uses ‘theoretical neuroscience …
CNBC–Aug. 16, 2018
Japanese start-up Ascent Robotics wants to create software for self-driving carsand sell it to vehicle-makers and equipment manufacturers.
Ford takes an anti-Uber approach to self-driving cars
Engadget–Aug. 16, 2018
As Uber and Tesla have learned, it doesn’t take a lot of bad press to shatter public trust on autonomous vehicles. Ford has taken that lesson to …
Ford says slow and steady will win the self-driving car race
The Verge–Aug. 15, 2018
Ford doesn’t want to be the first company to offer self-driving cars to the public; it wants to be the brand most synonymous with the word “trust.
Autonomous vehicles are coming. Now comes the hard part.
CNNMoney–Aug. 14, 2018
Would you rather surf a giant wave or get crushed by it? That’s the choice state and national governments face as they stare down the coming …
Autonomous Vehicles Fall Into The Trough Of Disillusionment … But …
Forbes–Aug. 15, 2018
Autonomous vehicles have plunged into the Trough of Disillusionment! When I say it like that, it seems like the end is near, that the billions of …
Kroger Tests Driverless Cars for Grocery Deliveries
New York Times–Aug. 16, 2018
A self-driving vehicle outside a Fry’s supermarket, which is owned by Kroger, as part of a pilot program for grocery deliveries in Scottsdale, Ariz.
After Uber accident, fewer people want self-driving cars
San Francisco Chronicle–Aug. 16, 2018
Public support for self-driving cars has plunged in the wake of a deadly accident this spring, according to a new survey. And young, tech-savvy …
Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Near: Meet the Teen Who Rides One …
Bloomberg–Jul. 31, 2018
When she’s ready to start her day, Kyla summons a self-driving car using the Waymo app on her phone. Five minutes later a Chrysler Pacifica …
Valley Metro experiments with driverless cars through Waymo …
Local Source–AZCentral.com–Jul. 31, 2018
Local Source–AZCentral.com–Jul. 31, 2018
Late to the Driverless Revolution
Wall Street Journal–Aug. 17, 2018
“The idea was, if you’re going to make self-driving cars, you have to work with a car company,” recalls Chris Urmson, who made the trip with …
Consumers Say ‘Not In My Backyard’ For Real-World Autonomous Car …
Forbes–Aug. 16, 2018
11 April 2018, Unterschleißheim, Germany: The words ‘Autonomous Driving Test Vehicle‘ written at the back of an autonomously driving BMW …
Self-driving cars start delivering groceries in Arizona
Curbed–Aug. 17, 2018
Residents of Scottsdale, Arizona, can now get their groceries delivered via a self-driving car, courtesy of a new pilot program launched this …
Sharp Growth In Autonomous Car Market Value Predicted But May Be …
Forbes–Aug. 13, 2018
A Mercedes-Benz V-Class van stands parked during the Daimler AG Tech Day autonomous driving and artificial intelligence (AI) demonstration …
Will self-driving cars kill parking?
TechCrunch–Aug. 2, 2018
Some people have postulated that autonomous ridesharing cars will never need to park and cities of the future will not need street parking, …
Autonomous vehicles won’t only kill jobs. They will create them, too
CNBC–Aug. 11, 2018
When Will Mouat, 41, heard there might be a career opportunity in self-driving cars, he jumped. Even though he did not have an engineering …
How Will Autonomous Cars Respond to Emergency Vehicles?
Forbes–Jul. 31, 2018
As we get closer to the widespread deployment of autonomous vehicles, there’s still discussions about what sensors will be required to make …
How 5G connectivity and new technology could pave the way for self …
MIT Technology Review–Aug. 15, 2018
Most of the demos involve people driving cars and trucks outfitted with … “There could even be special lanes where autonomous vehicles are …
Waymo’s self-driving cars log 1 million miles on public roads in a month
CNBC–Jul. 20, 2018
Waymo, the Alphabet self-driving car company that was spun out of Google, is picking up speed. The company’s autonomous vehicles just …
To Make Self-Driving Cars Safe, We Also Need Better Roads and …
Harvard Business Review–Aug. 14, 2018
The big question around self-driving cars, for many people, is: When will the technology be ready? In other words, when will autonomous …
Uber’s self-driving cars are back on public roads, but under human …
The Verge–Jul. 24, 2018
Uber’s self-driving cars are back on public roads in Pittsburgh this week, four months after a fatal crash prompted the company to shut down its …
Uber is putting its self driving cars back on public roads for the first …
Business Insider–Jul. 24, 2018
Business Insider–Jul. 24, 2018
Uber self-driving cars back on public roads, but in manual mode
Highly Cited–TechCrunch–Jul. 24, 2018
Highly Cited–TechCrunch–Jul. 24, 2018
5 semi-autonomous cars took a road test and barely passed
Mashable–Aug. 9, 2018
Don’t start planning for your self-driving commute anytime soon. Human drivers are still very necessary as a recent road test for five cars‘ …
The self-driving cars hitting the road in Texas today are unlike any we …
The Verge–Jul. 30, 2018
There’s a very different-looking kind of self-driving car on the streets of Texas today. Instead of the spotless white look of the autonomous cars …
How a Billion-Dollar Autonomous Vehicle Startup Lost Its Way
Bloomberg–Aug. 13, 2018
Quanergy Systems Inc. found itself in the center of a sudden frenzy over self-driving cars in 2014. It makes lidar, which bounces lasers off …
Stanford engineers create new AI camera for faster, more efficient …
Stanford University News–Aug. 17, 2018
The image recognition technology that underlies today’s autonomous cars and aerial drones depends on artificial intelligence: the computers …
Not so fast: rethinking our approach to driverless cars
TechRadar–Jul. 28, 2018
Autonomous vehicles are big business. So it’s no surprise that some of the highest-valued technology companies in the world are looking to get …
Researchers teach autonomous cars to deal with irrational humans
TNW–Aug. 13, 2018
A team of researchers recently determined that both human drivers and autonomous vehicles tend to prioritize the safety of their own vehicle …
Cars are the new hot spot for companies to sell you things
Mashable–Aug. 18, 2018
As we take more and more Lyft and Uber rides — and eventually once autonomous cars drive us around — the purpose of the car will transform …
Sacramento Eases Into the Self-Driving Scene
WIRED–Aug. 1, 2018
Because self-driving cars are far from ready to handle all road situations, remote-driving is the not-so-secret secret of the autonomous vehicle …
Uber Parks Its Self-Driving Truck Project, Saying It Will Push For …
NPR–Jul. 31, 2018
With the new shift, Uber says that where it can, it will move employees from the trucking unit to work on self-driving cars. It will also continue …
Uber’s self-driving trucks division is dead, long live Uber self-driving cars
Highly Cited–TechCrunch–Jul. 30, 2018
Highly Cited–TechCrunch–Jul. 30, 2018
Autonomous cars would navigate Sacramento streets with a backup …
Sacramento Bee–Aug. 1, 2018
Sacramento has signed a deal with a Silicon Valley firm to use downtown streets as a testing ground for autonomous vehicles that will be …
Ford’s self-driving vehicle division is set to go — autonomous
Digital Trends–Jul. 25, 2018
Ford is getting serious about its self-driving car unit, and to that end, has spun out its autonomous car division into its very own company.
Ford commits $4 billion to autonomous vehicles, forms new subsidiary
Automotive News (blog)–Jul. 24, 2018
Automotive News (blog)–Jul. 24, 2018
Why Tesla Dropped Nvidia’s AI Platform For Self-Driving Cars And …
Forbes–Aug. 15, 2018
Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally let “the cat out of the bag” about his plans to replace Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia’s artificial …
Elon Musk Wants All Autonomous Cars to Be as Secure as Tesla’s
Futurism–Aug. 13, 2018
THE ELON GIVETH. Not all of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s tweets are cryptic — sometimes, a tweet is just a tweet. On Saturday morning, Musk …
A Waymo engineer told us why a virtual-world simulation is crucial to …
Business Insider–Aug. 16, 2018
Carcraft has tested vehicles in five billion miles of simulations, while Waymo has racked up a mere eight million miles of autonomous driving in the real world.
FiveAI to start a trial of its shared autonomous car fleet in London in 2019
TechCrunch–Aug. 13, 2018
After raising $35 million to develop driverless car technology and a strategy to build a fleet of shared vehicles, UK startup FiveAI is announcing …
Driverless cars could be trialled on London’s streets as soon as next …
Local Source–Evening Standard–Aug. 13, 2018
Local Source–Evening Standard–Aug. 13, 2018
BMW board member tells why self-driving cars won’t work
NEWS.com.au–Aug. 9, 2018
NSW’s first trial of a driverless shuttle bus will begin later this month. An automated ‘Smart Shuttle’ will operate at Sydney Olympic Park.
Self-Driving Car Reality Check – ‘We Aren’t There Yet ‘
Forbes–Aug. 13, 2018
Autonomous vehicles aren’t substitutes for human drivers, and ones that can “go anywhere, anytime” aren’t available at the local car dealer and …
The Top 10 Places Self-Driving Car Passengers Go
Forbes–Jul. 28, 2018
Health Salon or Spa. Autonomous vehicles might elevate this experience, making passengers feel more relaxed, cared for, and special.
Kroger starts testing driverless grocery delivery in Arizona
Autoblog (blog)–Aug. 18, 2018
Self-driving car delivery from the Fry’s store will cost $5.95 with no minimum order. It is only available at addresses within the store’s zip code of …
This Startup Would Like Self-Driving Car Companies to Share Data
WIRED–Aug. 7, 2018
Unless you’re a self-driving car developer, in which case you have the makings of a nightmare. See, on most days of the year, walkers act fairly …
Walmart To Test Self-Driving Cars For Grocery Pickup Service
NPR–Jul. 25, 2018
The future is here and soon it will be toting grocery shoppers around Phoenix. Walmart and Waymo — formerly Google’s self-driving car project …
Uber dumps self-driving truck division to focus on autonomous cars
The INQUIRER–Aug. 1, 2018
The company achieved the world’s first commercial shipment delivered by a self-driving truck in 2016, with a vehicle that drove 120 miles along …
As driverless–car crashes mount, fear of riding in them rises, too
Washington Post–Jul. 26, 2018
Americans have been shaken by crashes of driverless cars and their semiautonomous counterparts, two recent surveys show, and consumer …
Brainstorm: Autonomous Vehicles‘ Biggest Challenges
ECNmag.com–Aug. 1, 2018
Autonomous vehicles have the potential to change everything from driver, passenger, and pedestrian safety, to the delivery and distribution of …
Nearly half of Americans don’t want a self-driving car: survey
Fox Business–Aug. 16, 2018
Fewer Americans are embracing self-driving car technology following high-profile incidents involving Uber and Tesla vehicles, according to a …
Why Does Arizona Get All Those Self-Driving Tests?
PYMNTS.com–Aug. 17, 2018
When writers get around to penning the history of autonomous vehicles, Arizona likely will gain mention in the early chapters of those books.
Semiautonomous Cars Have Flaws. That’s Why They Need Tests
WIRED–Aug. 8, 2018
So until that moment comes—when fully autonomous cars are predictably safe—the IIHS wants to build a safety ranking system, just like how it …
Uber’s self-driving cars are back. Well, sort of.
Mashable–Jul. 25, 2018
Uber’s self-driving cars are back on the road in Pittsburgh, but with a lot of changes. In the four months since a self-driving Uber hit and killed a …
Troubles reported at Sunnyvale self-driving tech unicorn
Silicon Valley Business Journal–Aug. 13, 2018
Plans for an IPO by self-driving vehicle tech unicorn Quanergy Systems Inc. have reportedly been put on hold as it shifts focus to finding other …