GM to Launch First-Ever Driverless Ride-Hail Service in Japan as It Dreams of Zero Crashes
19 Oct 2023, 07:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American carmaker GM and its partner Honda announced the launch of the autonomous Cruise Origin mass taxi in Japan in 2026
SHANE Disrupts Car Design: This EV Has 2 Wheels and No Steering Wheel, but Is Totally Safe
19 Oct 2023, 06:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / SHANE wants to be the car of the future: fully electric and autonomous, with a 5-passenger capacity, extra safety at highway speeds, and enhanced functionality
First Photo of the New Huawei Car, It Can Drive for Up to 124 Miles by Itself
7 Aug 2023, 13:39 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / The new Tesla rival Luxeed sedan is a stylish four-door compact electric car, developed by Huawei and Chery, that gets impressive range and tech
A Simple Laser Toy Can Make a Self-Driving Car Completely Blind
14 Feb 2023, 19:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Researchers discover that pointing a laser right at the LiDAR system installed on an autonomous car could make it completely blind
Waymo Unveils Electric Driverless Taxi Prototype at 2022 LA Auto Show
18 Nov 2022, 14:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / Autonomous technology is developing at a rapid pace and it seems we will begin to feel its presence more through driverless taxis, like Waymo's latest prototype
Driverless GM Cruise Car Gets Pulled Over by the Cops, Makes a Run for It
11 Apr 2022, 05:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Video of a San Francisco PD cruiser pulling over a driverless Cruise goes viral, apparently shows the Cruise trying to bolt
The Story of the GM Firebird IV, the 1960s Autonomous Car With a Fridge and TV
5 Feb 2022, 17:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Unrelated to the Firebird that Pontiac would release in 1967, the IV was part of a series of experimental vehicles that GM started rolling out in 1953
Driver Attempts to Trick Lane Assist With Water Bottle, Almost Dies in Your Arms Tonight
17 Nov 2021, 16:04 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / As most people know, lane assist systems are not autonomous driving systems. One driver filmed himself while attempting to demonstrate his car's abilities
LiDAR-Less Self-Driving Car Startup Wayve Gets $13.6 Million Investment
11 Oct 2021, 12:24 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ever hear of Wayve? They are a self-driving car start-up, and they recently received a significant investment for the development of driver less vehicles
Huawei Executive Says Tesla Tech “Killed” People, Ends Up Losing His Job
30 Jul 2021, 07:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Chinese tech giant has removed an executive who claimed the self-driving technology developed by Tesla was “killing” people
Breakthrough Technology Simulates Human Eyes’ Vision for Self-Driving Cars
9 Jun 2021, 16:22 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Researchers at Cornell University have developed an algorithm that beats LiDAR and that could take self-driving vehicles to the next level
Startup Creates LiDAR Sensor with Over 500 Meters Detection Range
10 May 2021, 08:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Aeva Technologies has announced that its latest 4D LiDAR sensor can detect dark objects from over 500 meters and pedestrians from around 350 meters
Elon Musk Posts a Tweet That Really Doesn't Do His Intellect Any Justice
1 May 2021, 08:47 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Elon Musk discovers the road to autonomous driving is paved with hurdles that need clearing, some more obvious than others
Apple Car Could Be Able to Detect and Follow Traffic Officers' Hand Signals
18 Mar 2021, 07:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Apple patents a new technology that allows a vehicle to automatically detect the hand signals of a traffic cop and act accordingly
TikTok Owner Stepping Into the Car Industry With Self-Driving Startup Investment
8 Mar 2021, 06:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese company ByteDance has recently joined the fundraising campaign for local autonomous driving startup QCraft, according to a report
Icy Surface and Incline Make Lincoln MKT the Wrong Kind of Autonomous Car
2 Feb 2021, 08:21 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / A security camera caught the moment the crossover's driver thought she had arrived home, only to find out the vehicle had other plans
Volvo and Polestar Working on New Self-Driving Vehicle with Waymo
27 Jun 2020, 15:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volvo, Polestar and Lynk & Co. will leverage Wakymo's self-driving technology to develop an electric car for ride-hailing services
Volvo Splits Zenuity in Half as It Chases Autonomous Cars Launch
3 Apr 2020, 14:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volvo announced a decision to split autonomous systems developer Zenuity in two entities to speed up the development of autonomous cars
Andrew Yang Uses Tesla Model X for Campaign Ad on the Dangers of Automation
28 Jan 2020, 14:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Presidential candidate aims to prove he has the experience to create jobs where jobs are lost to automation, takes his hands off the wheel on Autopilot
2020 Cruise Origin Goes “Beyond the Car” by Removing the Human Driver Completely
22 Jan 2020, 12:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Cruise Origin aims to compete with Uber and Lyft, maybe even public transport. It’s as big as a regular car, but has more space because it is fully autonomous