Silicon Valley giant Intel on Wednesday announced plans for a fleet of self-driving cars following its completion of the purchase of Israeli autonomous technology firm Mobileye. A day after closing the $15 billion deal to buy Mobileye, which specializes in driver-assistance systems, Intel said it will begin rolling out fully autonomous vehicles later this year […]
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Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by Google’s parent Alphabet Inc., and Lyft Inc. are teaming up to road test autonomous cars in a potential challenge to Uber Technologies Inc. In its statement, Lyft said Waymo holds “today’s best self-driving technology.” The two plan to work together to bring autonomous vehicles into the mainstream with […]
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Apple Inc urged California to toughen up its proposed policy on testing self-driving cars, a move that would result in more public data that could help Apple catch up to rivals in the self-driving space by giving it a better window into their strengths and weaknesses. In a letter made public on Friday, Apple suggested […]
Read More Apple Inc. is wading in to the debate over regulation of self-driving cars, declaring it is excited about the potential for automated transportation and calling on U.S. regulators not to restrict testing of such vehicles. A five-page letter from Steve Kenner, Apple’s director of product integrity, to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the […]
Read MoreA Japanese company has brought us a step closer to autonomous public transport with its Robot Shuttle. In the future, we’ll take our commutes on driverless buses. That future is being trialled right now in Japan. The electric Robot Shuttle completed its first public trials this past week, the Jiji Press reports, traversing a 400 […]
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A car taking part public trial of driverless taxis was slightly damaged on Tuesday when it collided with a lorry in Singapore, its operator said. No one was hurt in the accident in One North, a suburban research campus where the vehicle has been on a limited run since August, US software firm nuTonomy said […]
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The option to hail a ride in a self-driving car, which was science fiction just a few years ago, will soon be available to Uber users in Pittsburgh, the first time the technology has been offered to the general public. Within weeks, the company announced Thursday, customers will be able to opt into a test […]
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Chief technology officer Chris Urmson, who has been with the project since it began in 2009, announced his departure Friday afternoon in a Medium post. Urmson did not give a reason for leaving and didn’t say where he would would head next. “After leading our cars through the human equivalent of 150 years of driving […]
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It was love at first sight when Google’s Stephanie Villegas caught sight of one of the company’s self-driving cars in 2011. Villegas was a contractor for Google at the time, working in mapping. “I saw the car parked outside the building, and I thought, ‘That’s what I want to work on.’ “ According to Silicon […]
Read More Self-driving cars are expected to usher in a new era of mobility, safety and convenience. The problem, say transportation researchers, is that people will use them too much. According to AP, Experts foresee robot cars chauffeuring children to school, dance class and baseball practice. The disabled and elderly will have new mobility. Commuters will be […]
Read More [su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrPeC1ez-M4″ height=”300″ autohide=”yes” rel=”no”] Imagine being able to play with a Google driverless car inside the fictional world of the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) video game. Well one YouTuber has done just that. PizzaForBreakfast (who did not wish to disclose his real name) hacked GTA to include the pod-shaped Google car mowing down pedestrians, […]
Read More Dubai will introduce legislation to promote the use of driverless vehicles and invite companies to propose automated transport systems for the emirate, the government said on Monday. The fast-growing city state, which has about 2.5 million permanent residents, aims to make 25 percent of its transport – both public and private – driverless by 2030. […]
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