Waymo opens Robotaxi service without a safety driver to more users
In the US city of Phoenix, more people should be able to call self-driving taxis. This helps especially in the corona crisis to protect drivers and guests. The Google sister …
Bosch and Ford test driverless parking
Together with the car manufacturer Ford, the supplier is testing the “Automated Valet Parking” parking system in the USA. In doing so, they rely on new camera technology. The supplier …
Tesla boss Musk rejects criticism of the Autopilot as “idiotic”
Tesla’s driver assistance system has come under fire after several fatal accidents. Elon Musk considers the controversy surrounding the name “Autopilot” to be “idiotic”. Tesla boss Elon Musk has expressed …
Continental & Nvidia develop supercomputers for autonomous driving AI
Continental wants to use a powerful computer to automate the development of robot car AI even more – and is even ahead of Tesla. So far, there has been a …
Tesla no longer allowed to advertise “Autopilot” in Germany
The regional court in Munich believes that the car manufacturer’s advertising statements on autonomous driving are misleading. The competition commission has thus prevailed. The Munich Regional Court banned the California …
Volkswagen and Ford establish partnership in autonomous driving
By taking this step, both groups want to save costs in the development of technology for autonomous driving. The cooperation also affects electric cars. Volkswagen, as announced, joined the Ford …
Autonomous driving – how far have we come?
A self-driving motor vehicle (sometimes also an autonomous vehicle ) is a car or other motor vehicle that can drive, control and park without the influence of a human driver …
Another Robotaxi company relies on Minivan from Chrysler
American start-up called Voyage has made a deal for using the Chrysler Pacifica model as the basis for its robotaxis. For Fiat Chrysler, the decision to prepare a minivan model …
Volvo wants an autonomous car equipped with LiDAR from 2022
Many car manufacturers see LiDAR as a technology allowing the rapid acquisition of the data necessary for the autonomous driving of their vehicle. One company, however, is an exception, Tesla, …
Tesla Autopilot accident rate drops by half in first quarter of 2020
The Autopilot is much talked about when it is responsible for an accident. Yet according to the latest Tesla report, the accident rate per miles traveled has never been so …
Tesla Autopilot adds new features to recognize traffic lights and stop signs
Recently, Elon Musk through social media, said that there will be an OTA upgrade in the coming weeks for the new automatic identification of traffic lights and stop signs, and …
Toyota and Momenta partner to build autonomous vehicle maps
On March 18, Momenta officially announced a strategic cooperation with Toyota to provide high-definition maps based on camera vision technology. With this cooperation, both parties will jointly promote the Toyota’s …
Hacking risks grow as more self-driving cars hit the road
In 2019, researchers found that if 20 percent of automated vehicles were stopped remotely, an area like Manhattan could grind to a complete halt. Indeed as experts prepare for a …
Tesla Autopilot is a flawed system and should be renamed, says senator Ed Markey
In a press release, Congress senator Edward John Markey has attacked Tesla Autopilot and called it a flawed system. He also blamed Tesla for using a misleading name ‘Autopilot’ for …
Tesla could beat Waymo in the race to self-driving future
Autonomous driving technology is currently in its infancy, but evolving rapidly. More companies are testing autonomous vehicles than ever. Tesla and Waymo are two prominent names competing to capitalize on …
Waymo Driverless Program Expanding to Trucks
There have been multiple reports that Waymo is testing self-driving trucks. As per its chief product officer Daniel Chu, the company is really excited about long haul trucking opportunity as …
Lyft completes over 75,000 self-driving rides, the future of driverless taxi is here
Autonomous driving future has the possibility to completely revamp the way we feel about transport. It can bring down traffic, make our roads safer and also give drivers more free …