Driverless cars will be on UK roads by 2021, says government
CNN International–Feb. 6, 2019
A statement issued by the Department for Transport (DfT) says that the UK is “on track to meet its commitment to have fully self-driving vehicles on UK roads by …
Driverless cars will be on Britain’s roads by the end of the year under …
In-Depth–Daily Mail–Feb. 5, 2019
In-Depth–Daily Mail–Feb. 5, 2019
5 reasons why autonomous cars aren’t coming anytime soon
CTV News–Feb. 4, 2019
PITTSBURGH — In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in …
Amazon Dives Into Self-Driving Cars With a Bet on Aurora
WIRED–Feb. 7, 2019
Amazon Wednesday made perhaps its most significant move yet into the self-driving car space, announcing an investment in autonomous tech developer …
A Self-Driving Dream Team Gets $530 Million From Sequoia, Amazon
Highly Cited–Bloomberg–Feb. 7, 2019
Highly Cited–Bloomberg–Feb. 7, 2019
Global Autonomous Cars Market to Surpass US$ 86.85 Billion by 2026
Business Wire (press release)–Feb. 8, 2019
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to Coherent Market Insights, the global autonomous cars market was valued at US$ 9.91 Billion in 2017, and is …
Will self-driving cars cause ‘gridlock’ on city streets?
The Week UK–Feb. 4, 2019
Self-driving cars could cause severe traffic problems by cruising around … for autonomous vehicles to drive around while unoccupied rather than stopping.
Another self-driving car startup is starting small, and that’s a good thing
The Verge–Feb. 7, 2019
Boston-based self-driving startup Optimus Ride said on Thursday that it will provide rides in its golf cart-sized vehicles to tenants of a $1.4 billion mixed-use …
Do driverless cars have fatal flaws that will never be resolved?
Independent Online–Feb. 7, 2019
This, the first fatality in a driverless car, made headlines around the world. An investigation found that the driverless system had simply failed to ‘see’ the white …
Ford tests ‘autonomous‘ cars that communicate using light-based …
TechRadar–Feb. 7, 2019
Researchers at Ford are experimenting with ‘driverless‘ cars that use a simple light-based language to win the trust of pedestrians. A modified Transit Connect …
Unlike most of US, autonomous vehicles in the UK won’t require riders
Mashable–Feb. 6, 2019
As soon as this year, self-driving cars in the UK could be truly driverless. That is, except for the remote control driver monitoring the vehicle while it drives in trial …
We need robot driving schools for our autonomous cars
TNW–Feb. 9, 2019
Utopian fantasies centered around miraculous autonomous cars have existed for some time now, but recent developments in the automotive industry have led to …