Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Are Set to Return in a Downsized Test
New York Times–Dec. 5, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO — Eight months after one of Uber’s self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, the ride-hailing company is close to putting its autonomous …
Elon Musk’s Boring Company to Launch “Road Legal” Autonomous Cars
Futurism–Dec. 7, 2018
The Boring Company’s aggressive deadline to open its first underground tunnel is almost upon us, but the company isn’t quite ready yet to unveil it to the world.
Even self-driving leader Waymo is struggling to reach full autonomy
Ars Technica–Dec. 7, 2018
Indeed, it’s not clear if fully driverless vehicles have ever accounted for a significant fraction of Waymo’s testing activities. According to an August story by Efrati, …
Self-driving cars are racing self-driving regulations to the streets
Highly Cited–Marketplace.org–Dec. 7, 2018
Highly Cited–Marketplace.org–Dec. 7, 2018
Uber hires former US safety official for self-driving effort
CNBC–Dec. 3, 2018
Uber on Monday confirmed it hired a senior U.S. auto safety official involved in the federal government’s handling of self-driving cars for its autonomous vehicle …
GM Files Blockchain Patent to Manage Data From Autonomous Cars
Cointelegraph–Dec. 3, 2018
American car manufacturing giant General Motors (GM) has filed a blockchain patent for a solution to manage data from autonomous vehicles. The patent …
GM Patent Touts Blockchain As Data Solution for Self-Driving Cars
Highly Cited–CoinDesk–Dec. 3, 2018
Highly Cited–CoinDesk–Dec. 3, 2018
Business Strategies
Autonomous Vehicles Market is touching new levels – A …
MarketWatch–Dec. 3, 2018
Dec 03, 2018 (Heraldkeeper via COMTEX) — HTF Market Intelligence released a new research report of 104 pages on title ‘Global Autonomous Vehicles Market …
Waymo Finally Launches Its Autonomous Ride-Hailing Service
The Drive–Dec. 5, 2018
Waymo One allows customers in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area (including Chandler, Tempe, Mesa, and Gilbert) to request a ride in an autonomous car …
Waymo’s driverless cars on the road: Cautious, clunky, impressive
International–AZCentral.com–Dec. 5, 2018
International–AZCentral.com–Dec. 5, 2018
This futuristic car could solve a multibillion-dollar problem facing …
Business Insider–Dec. 2, 2018
A 2016 McKinsey study estimated that autonomous vehicles, including drones, would account for about 80% of all consumer parcel deliveries during the next 10 …
US lawmakers make final push to win approval of self-driving car bill
Reuters–Dec. 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Key U.S. senators are making a last-ditch effort to win approval of a bill to speed the use of self-driving cars without human controls, …
The Wesleyan Yip
Autonomous Cars Market Regional Trends & Growth to 2024: Key …
Digital Journal–Dec. 6, 2018
Autonomous cars market in North American region is anticipated to grow steadily over the projected timespan with a CAGR of over 14% in 2017. This press …
What Crashing Autonomous Cars Tell Us About the Future of Product …
Entrepreneur–Dec. 6, 2018
And now a self-driving car from the Google self-driving subsidiary has been involved in an accident on the open road. (Though, to be fair, in Waymo’s case the …
Why autonomous vehicles won’t reduce our dependence on cars in …
The Conversation AU–Dec. 3, 2018
The technology of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is progressing rapidly, but have we really thought through how they’ll work in reality? In its report on AVs in …
Samsung to build 5G and V2X networks for autonomous car tests at …
VentureBeat–Dec. 6, 2018
Samsung is collaborating with the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KOTSA) to develop mobile network infrastructure for autonomous vehicles at the …
Autonomous cars are set to change how we have sex
Document Journal–Dec. 3, 2018
They’re still a fair way off, but autonomous cars, freeing us from the need to keep our eyes on the road, will become our own personal bubbles, encapsulated in …
Teens Trust Driverless Cars; Older Folks, Not So Much
PCMag.com–Dec. 6, 2018
Still, that’s about half of all respondents essentially ready to put their commute, and their lives, into the hands of autonomous vehicles. Plan your future Uber and …
Hyundai partners with AI start-up to make HD maps for autonomous …
ZDNet–Dec. 3, 2018
Hyundai said it will continue to make additional efforts to develop HD maps for safety in autonomous vehicles. Hyundai Motor is collaborating with network giant …
How Autonomous Vehicles Will Transform Cities and Suburbs by …
Newsweek–Dec. 6, 2018
“The goal here,” says Niels de Boer, who heads autonomous vehicle research … If Singapore exemplifies the promise of driverless cars to alleviate the mistakes …
Ford’s CTO on Scooters, AI, and Bringing Autonomous Cars to Miami
PCMag.com–Dec. 7, 2018
We’re focused on designing the solution as a system, so that when people have access to this new technology, have access to autonomous vehicles, they’re …
Report: Uber’s Self-Driving Vehicles Returning To Pittsburgh Streets
CBS Pittsburgh–Dec. 7, 2018
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Uber appears ready to get their self-driving cars back … that the autonomous vehicles will ride in a one-mile loop between Uber’s two …
Waymo’s Self-Driving Taxi Service Signals Rough Roads Ahead for AVs
Futurism-Dec. 8, 2018
Self-driving vehicle company Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving CarProject, has been making steady progress with its vehicles for months. The Alphabet …
BMW Is On Verge of Adding Automakers to Self-Driving Consortium
Bloomberg–Dec. 4, 2018
BMW AG, long an advocate of collaboration among rival manufacturers in the race toward self-driving cars, is in talks with at least two peers about joining its …
BMW in talks with automakers over joining its self-driving group
Automotive News Europe–Dec. 4, 2018
Automotive News Europe–Dec. 4, 2018
REPORT: Almost 1 million driverless ‘robotaxis’ could be on US roads …
Business Insider Australia–Dec. 3, 2018
Research from CLSA suggests the number of autonomous vehicles on US roads will rise from 800 this year to 796,000 in 2022. CLSA defined levels of vehicle …
Lyft Pitches Its Focus, Amid Uber IPO Frenzy
Bloomberg–Dec. 7, 2018
The biggest distraction in the IPO conversation next year will likely be self-drivingcars. While Uber was first out of the gate among the two companies to develop …
Uber confirms hiring of US auto safety official for handling its self …
Firstpost–Dec. 3, 2018
Uber Technologies Inc on Monday confirmed it hired a senior U.S. auto safety official involved in the federal government’s handling of self-driving cars for its …
BMW names Vukotich as new head of autonomous driving development
euronews-Dec. 8, 2018
BMW names Vukotich as new head of autonomous driving development … (£6.25 billion) in 2018 as costs for developing electric and autonomous cars spike.
A Not-So-Sexy Plan to Win at Self-Driving Cars
WIRED–Dec. 4, 2018
She had heard something about a self-driving Uber that killed an Arizona woman in … For May Mobility, the ambitious autonomous vehicle developer behind the …
Browse Live News
Global Autonomous Cars–Driverless Cars Market 2018-2025 The …
Journal of Industry–Dec. 6, 2018
Global Market Study Autonomous Cars–Driverless Cars Market Provide Forecast Report 2018 – 2025 presents an detailed analysis of the Autonomous …
The true cost of autonomous cars
Axios–Dec. 6, 2018
Early in the much-promoted new driverless age, autonomous vehicles are experimental and cost far too much for mass private ownership. So companies are …
Congress Races to Pass a Self-Driving Car Law By Year’s End
WIRED–Dec. 5, 2018
Self-driving industry reps, meanwhile, want to avoid a patchwork of local and state regulations, ones that might, say, require self-driving cars to have a specific …
London and Edinburgh to trial self-driving cars
UKTN–Dec. 5, 2018
People in London and Edinburgh will soon be the first in the UK to experience self-driving vehicle services as part of three new public trials announced by …
BMW technology: How the carmaker is developing its autonomous …
Pocket-lint.com–Dec. 4, 2018
Not only does the State of California allow the testing of autonomous vehicles on the road, but many of the technology partners that BMW might look to work with …
This Self-Driving Car Uses a Fold-Out Robot Arm to Deliver Parcels
Futurism–Dec. 3, 2018
This self-driving car can now do more than just transport packages to customers’ homes — it can actually deliver the goods. On Friday, Cleveron — the tech firm …
7 insane roads that will push self-driving cars to their very limits
Digital Trends–Dec. 2, 2018
The technology that powers autonomous cars has clearly improved by leaps and … So, ask yourself, would you be happy climbing into a driverless car for a ride …
United States Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Incentives Report …
Business Wire (press release)–Dec. 4, 2018
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Incentives in the US, Forecast to 2025″ report has been added to …
America’s first self-driving car bill gets last-minute push from Congress
The Verge–Dec. 3, 2018
Senators have been negotiating for over a year to pass a bill that would pave the way for a regulatory framework that would govern autonomous cars. As the end …
Will Self-Driving Cars Help a Chronically Sleep-Deprived America?
Sleep Review–Dec. 4, 2018
The recently revealed Volvo 360c concept car has made waves, crystallizing the idea of a fully autonomous self-driving vehicle that would conceivably have no …
For Self-Driving Cars, Sensors Galore
Photonics.com–Dec. 5, 2018
Self-driving cars bring both opportunities and challenges to photonics-based sensors. Autonomous vehicles will need dozens of sensors ofmany types — lidar, …
Israeli technologies are making self-driving cars safer.
The Times of Israel (blog)–Dec. 4, 2018
This scenario may not be too far from becoming reality if the buzz around self-driving is true. The idea of breezy commutes where autonomous vehicles will make …
When Self-Driving Cars Meet Florida Drivers
CityLab–Dec. 4, 2018
Ford’s Argo team brought a fleet of autonomous vehicles to the famously congested streets of Miami, in order to test AVs in some real-world situations.
This 1911 Film Predicted the Dangers of Autonomous Vehicles, Like …
Jalopnik–Dec. 6, 2018
All of our modern-day concerns about autonomous vehicles are here: how will they interact with police, will they burrow into the crust of Saturn, and will they …
Here’s What Could Be In Congress’s Last-Minute Push For …
Jalopnik–Dec. 4, 2018
U.S. senators are making a last-ditch effort to pass self-driving car legislation just before the new year, and have made a number of changes to earlier versions in …
Exclusive: How Do You Sell Driverless Cars, If Drivers Are Your Best …
Newsweek–Dec. 6, 2018
Building cars that can drive themselves through busy downtown streets safely and efficiently is above all a staggering achievement in artificial intelligence, which …
Shifting Gears: Autonomous Vehicles Drive Auto-related Industries in …
International Policy Digest–Dec. 4, 2018
The future is here. Or, it’s on the way, at least. For years, autonomous vehicleshave been featured in television and film. Cars like the Batmobile or the car from …
Autonomous Vehicle Design Begins To Change Direction
SemiEngineering–Dec. 6, 2018
Tools that are commonly used in semiconductor design are starting to be applied at the system level for assisted and autonomous vehicles, setting the stage for …
Axios Autonomous Vehicles
Axios–Dec. 7, 2018
Why it matters: Companies are pouring billions of dollars into autonomous vehicletechnology, but almost three-quarters of American drivers say they would be …
Miamians may get to test Ford Motor Co. autonomous cars
Miami Today–Dec. 4, 2018
As Ford Motor Co. continues toward its planned 2021 rollout of non-commercial self-driving vehicles in Miami-Dade, county transportation personnel are eying …
As Jaguar eyes driverless cars, steering wheels to stay: designer
The Korea Herald–Dec. 5, 2018
Sharing his thoughts about the role of design in future mobility, legendary car designer with Jaguar Ian Callum said Wednesday that Jaguar’s driverless carswill …
Tech buses provide a clue to how driverless cars may alter the future …
San Francisco Business Times–Dec. 7, 2018
Traveling to offices as far as Stockton or Napa could become the new normal for some Bay Area commuters, as driverless cars inch closer to reality. Commercial …
Self-driving cars planned for 2 Japanese airports
Nikkei Asian Review–Dec. 6, 2018
TOKYO — Japanese trading house Marubeni will test out automated vehicles at airports serving the Tokyo and Nagoya areas next month, teaming with …
Of driverless cars in Zimbabwe
NewsDay–Dec. 4, 2018
The disruptive technology hype is abuzz with innovations such as the driverless or autonomous cars, drones, artificial intelligence among others. All these …