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How HD Live Maps Work
How HD Live Maps Work

5 Aug 2018, 05:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HD Live Maps is one of the tools autonomous vehicles will use to better understand their surrounndings and make decisions.

 
Drone Footage Shows Where Robocars Are Made
Drone Footage Shows Where Robocars Are Made

1 Aug 2018, 13:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Roborace shows a glimpse of the facility where the Robocar is assembled and tested, a 45,000 sq ft former F1 location in Banbury, north of London.

 
Watch Robocar Complete First Self-Driving Run at Goodwood
Watch Robocar Complete First Self-Driving Run at Goodwood

13 Jul 2018, 12:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On the track at Goodwood, the Robocar managed to navigate the course without incident prior to the opening of the Festival of Spped.

 
Daimler to Test Self-Driving Cars in Silicon Valley in 2019
Daimler to Test Self-Driving Cars in Silicon Valley in 2019

12 Jul 2018, 11:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Daimler to test self-driving vehicles in California using tech provided by Bosch and NVDIA, plans to roll-out self-driving car sharing service.

 
Volvo Invests in LIDAR Tech Startup Luminar
Volvo Invests in LIDAR Tech Startup Luminar

16 Jun 2018, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volvo buys a stake in LIDAR technology company Luminar, aiming to accelerate the development and rise of autonomous vehicles.

 
Ford Testing Self-Driving Food Delivery System in Miami
Ford Testing Self-Driving Food Delivery System in Miami

12 Jun 2018, 11:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford is testing together with Postmates a self-driving delivery system, to see how the customers interact with a multi-locker van.

 
BMW Opens Research Center in Beijing
BMW Opens Research Center in Beijing

19 May 2018, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / BMW opens new research center i Beijing to use for requirement management, testing and validation of services and systems.

 
MIT Self-Driving Cars Can Drive on All Roads with No 3D Maps
MIT Self-Driving Cars Can Drive on All Roads with No 3D Maps

8 May 2018, 14:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MIT creates a system that would allow self-driving cars to navigate their way without using complicated-to-do 3D maps of the roads.

 
Uber Software Classified Pedestrian as a False Positive, Decided Not to Avoid
Uber Software Classified Pedestrian as a False Positive, Decided Not to Avoid

8 May 2018, 08:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Uber's software allegedly detected the woman crossing the street in Tempe, Arizona, but classified her as it does pedestrians on the side of the road

 
MIT Develops Automated Roadmap Building Technology
MIT Develops Automated Roadmap Building Technology

17 Apr 2018, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MIT's RoadTracer is a tool which might help Google map the world faster and more accurately than ever before, promises team.

 
Waymo to Test Level 5 Autonomous Cars in California
Waymo to Test Level 5 Autonomous Cars in California

16 Apr 2018, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sources claim Waymo is the second company to have applied for a permit to road test fully autonomous vehicles on the roads of California

 
BMW Opens Autonomous Cars Tech Campus in Germany
BMW Opens Autonomous Cars Tech Campus in Germany

11 Apr 2018, 14:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / BMW opens new research center in Unterschleißheim, Germany, where 1,800 employees will be working on autonomous car systems

 
MIT Tech Could Allow Self-Driving Cars to See Through Fog
MIT Tech Could Allow Self-Driving Cars to See Through Fog

6 Apr 2018, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MIT team works on a technology which would allow autonomous cars cameras to see through fog, thus replacing radar-based systems.

 
Simulator to Allow Self-Driving Car Testing Off Public Roads
Simulator to Allow Self-Driving Car Testing Off Public Roads

5 Apr 2018, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / British company creates what it says is the world's first simulator for autonomous cars, needed for initial testing of these systems

 
The Immortal ICE King
The Immortal ICE King

18 Feb 2018, 08:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / According to a study conducted by Mazda, the majority of Europeans still believe combustion engines are the way of the future.

 
Will Humans Still Be Driving Cars in 2040?
Will Humans Still Be Driving Cars in 2040?

8 Feb 2018, 13:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Expert claims autonomous vehicles will become viable by 2040, meaning that today's children will never drive cars as their parents did.

 
American Women Less Comfortable with Self-Driving Vehicles than Men, Study Finds
American Women Less Comfortable with Self-Driving Vehicles than Men, Study Finds

4 Feb 2018, 08:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new IPSOS study find that women are less comfortable with self-driving cars than men are, 77 percent as compared to 55 percent.

 
Virginia Tech Pranks News Reporter With Man Disguised as Car Seat
Virginia Tech Pranks News Reporter With Man Disguised as Car Seat

9 Aug 2017, 14:57 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A man dressed as a car seat fooled tons of people in Alrington, Virginia, into believing that he was operating an autonomous car

 
Apple CEO Sets the Record Straight on His Company's Autonomous Car Ambitions
Apple CEO Sets the Record Straight on His Company's Autonomous Car Ambitions

13 Jun 2017, 14:50 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / After years of official secrecy, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks openly about his company's activity related to the automotive field

 
BMW Explains Its Self-Driving Car Strategy, No Cars Without Pedals Are Planned
BMW Explains Its Self-Driving Car Strategy, No Cars Without Pedals Are Planned

30 May 2017, 14:11 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / BMW has decided to provide an in-depth view of autonomous driving and assisted driving systems, and to show how it plans to implement them in the future