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Airbus Wants To Test Flying Car By the End of the Year
Airbus Wants To Test Flying Car By the End of the Year

18 Jan 2017, 09:12 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Airbus, the world's second-largest aircraft giant, wants to test a prototype of a flying car before the end of 2017. It might become available by 2030

 
Nissan Will Begin Testing Autonomous Cars In Europe Next Month
Nissan Will Begin Testing Autonomous Cars In Europe Next Month

13 Jan 2017, 13:39 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Nissan has announced it will test self-driving cars on the Old Continent's roads. London is the first European city to see self-driving Nissans

 
Nissan Finds What European Drivers Think About Self-Driving Cars
Nissan Finds What European Drivers Think About Self-Driving Cars

30 Dec 2016, 13:36 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Nissan has made a study across six European countries to learn what 6,000 drivers thought about self-driving cars. The general opinion about them is positive

 
Norway Wants To Allow Self-Driving Car Testing On Public Roads In 2017
Norway Wants To Allow Self-Driving Car Testing On Public Roads In 2017

23 Dec 2016, 17:35 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Norway has announced it wants to pass a bill regarding the approval of autonomous car tests on public roads. Expect it to be approved by Spring 2017

 
Apple Finally Admits it's Working on Autonomous Cars
Apple Finally Admits it's Working on Autonomous Cars

5 Dec 2016, 18:55 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / It certainly took a while for the Cupertino giant to somewhat publicly acknowledge that it's trying to enter the automotive business with a self-driving car

 
Porsche Boss Isn't Against Autonomous Cars, Just Don't Expect One From Them Soon
Porsche Boss Isn't Against Autonomous Cars, Just Don't Expect One From Them Soon

23 Nov 2016, 17:45 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Oliver Blume, the CEO of Porsche, has made a few remarks in an interview regarding self-driving cars. He's not against them, but not planning one either

 
Self-Driving Car From Uber Enters One Way Street From Wrong Side
Self-Driving Car From Uber Enters One Way Street From Wrong Side

4 Oct 2016, 17:29 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Pittsburgh is the first city in the World to have self-driving Uber cars. Evidently, this brings some disadvantages, like early development issues

 
California's Proposed Rules For Self-Driving Cars Could Rename Tesla's Autopilot
California's Proposed Rules For Self-Driving Cars Could Rename Tesla's Autopilot

3 Oct 2016, 13:11 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Tesla's Autopilot stirs controversy once again, as the system's name might be considered unapproved by the regulators that are focusing on self-driving cars

 
Udacity CEO Says Self-Driving Car Engineers Are "Worth" $10 Million Each
Udacity CEO Says Self-Driving Car Engineers Are "Worth" $10 Million Each

19 Sep 2016, 18:12 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Sebastian Thrun, a former Google employee responsible for the early days of self-driving prototypes, said that an engineer from field is "worth" $10 Million

 
Udacity Opens Nanodegree Program For Self-Driving Car Engineers
Udacity Opens Nanodegree Program For Self-Driving Car Engineers

14 Sep 2016, 17:59 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Udacity, once a pilot project from Stanford, now offers a Nanodegree program for those interested in becoming self-driving car engineers

 
Ford Wants To Sell Driverless Cars To The Public By 2025, CEO Says
Ford Wants To Sell Driverless Cars To The Public By 2025, CEO Says

13 Sep 2016, 08:30 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Mark Fields, the CEO of Ford, has announced the corporation's intentions of offering driverless cars for sale to the general public by 2025

 
Uber-Branded Car Seen In San Francisco With Cameras On Top Is Not Autonomous
Uber-Branded Car Seen In San Francisco With Cameras On Top Is Not Autonomous

7 Sep 2016, 17:14 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / This weekend, an Uber-branded car was spotted driving through San Francisco with cameras on top of its roof. It was thought to have driverless tech

 
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Lab Director Says Self-Driving Cars Are Not Even Close
Carnegie Mellon Robotics Lab Director Says Self-Driving Cars Are Not Even Close

5 Sep 2016, 16:43 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Herman Herman, the director of the Robotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, says that self-driving cars are "not even close" to reality, in spite of claims

 
One In Three Brits Would Buy An Autonomous Car In The Near Future, Study Shows
One In Three Brits Would Buy An Autonomous Car In The Near Future, Study Shows

5 Sep 2016, 15:52 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / According to a recent survey, one third of British drivers would buy an autonomous car if it were available. Two thirds would feel safe riding in them

 
Michigan Legislators Will Vote Fully Autonomous Car Bill Next Week
Michigan Legislators Will Vote Fully Autonomous Car Bill Next Week

31 Aug 2016, 18:04 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A special Senate committee in Michigan will decide next week, through a vote, if driverless vehicles will be allowed to test on public roads

 
Your Future Autonomous Car Could Talk To Pedestrians, Better Hope It's Polite
Your Future Autonomous Car Could Talk To Pedestrians, Better Hope It's Polite

31 Aug 2016, 14:10 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The only voice most cars have is the engine, that uses the exhaust as its vocal chords. In the future, cars could be able to "talk" to pedestrians

 
Mercedes-Benz And Infiniti Owners Are Most Likely To Adopt Self-Driving Cars
Mercedes-Benz And Infiniti Owners Are Most Likely To Adopt Self-Driving Cars

28 Aug 2016, 11:01 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Research company MaritzCX has made a study that has discovered that owners of Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz cars are most likely to adopt self-driving technologies

 
The Most Disruptive Carmaker From 2020 Onward
The Most Disruptive Carmaker From 2020 Onward

26 Aug 2016, 18:00 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / A lot of people are betting on Tesla, since it has achieved so much in so little time, but there are plenty other carmakers that could end up at the top

 
Ford Wants To Launch A Fully Autonomous Car By 2021, It's For Ride-Sharing
Ford Wants To Launch A Fully Autonomous Car By 2021, It's For Ride-Sharing

17 Aug 2016, 10:06 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ford has doubled its Silicon Valley research team and has invested in tech companies to enable it to launch a self-driving car by 2021

 
France Will Allow Automakers To Test Self-Driving Cars On Its Roads
France Will Allow Automakers To Test Self-Driving Cars On Its Roads

12 Aug 2016, 14:33 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Automakers will be allowed to test autonomous cars on French roads. The move plans to boost local industry and technological development