Musk Misses Another Deadline. Only by Two Years, Though. Maybe Three
10 Dec 2017, 16:02 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Despite his constant overpromising, it's hard to be mad at Elon Musk, and that's because he seems like one of the few emotionally-invested CEOs out there
See the World Through the Eyes of the Most Advanced LIDAR Sensor Out There
30 Nov 2017, 12:52 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Velodyne has just released a new, three times more accurate and two times more powerful LIDAR sensor that will soon equip the driverless cars of tomorrow
Uber Orders 24,000 Volvo XC90s in $1 Billion Deal for Its RoboTaxi Program
21 Nov 2017, 12:11 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The ride-hailing company is putting a lot of cash into its effort to develop a functional self-driving car, knowing the benefits could be ten-fold
Man Smoking Weed in a Tesla Model S on Autopilot Is Not What You Want to See
15 Nov 2017, 13:52 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / You'll be relieved to know this is only a well executed joke, but you won't be so relieved to know some people might actually be doing this
Tesla's Autopilot Is Years Ahead of Competition Thanks to One Bold Decision
14 Nov 2017, 12:17 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It would seem the best way to describe LIDAR in self-driving cars is "overkill" since a suite of cheap video cameras can do the trick just as fine
Volkswagen and Google Join Hands to Develop New Battery Technology and AI
8 Nov 2017, 12:38 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Two of the most influential companies in their own fields of activity get together in a common project meant to provide a boost in three areas
Daimler-Owned moovel Group Creates a Confusing Human-Driven Autonomous Vehicle
12 Oct 2017, 11:45 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / This Daimler-owned company thinks it's high time we showed a little more empathy for the computer driving our autonomous cars
NVIDIA Presents the Super-Computer Needed for Level 5 Vehicle Autonomy
11 Oct 2017, 13:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Smaller than your laptop, this latest computing platform from NVIDIA is capable of dealing with an impressive 320 trillion operations per second
Tesla Claims Level 5 (Total) Autonomy Reachable on Current Hardware, GM Calls BS
9 Oct 2017, 08:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The race for self-driving cars is going to be a long one, and the competition seems to be quite fierce with zero tolerance for those who do it differently
Swedish Company Wants You to Be the First Human Who Drives Your New Car
2 Oct 2017, 15:42 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Around 25 different people get to drive a car before it finally reaches its intended owner, and a Swedish company plans to change that number to zero
Elon Musk's Autopilot Hype Fooled the U.S. Air Force into Buying a Tesla Model X
26 Sep 2017, 09:10 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / We all know the Tesla Model X - or any other Tesla for that matter - doesn't really have full self-driving capabilities, but the USAF appears not to
Volkswagen Doubles Up on Autonomous Cars: Street Ready by 2021
18 Sep 2017, 11:56 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The German consortium is looking to solidify its position on the market by tackling all the important trends: first electrification, now autonomous technology
Out-of-Work Truckers Could Turn Hackers and Make Autonomous Vehicles Crash
5 Sep 2017, 16:24 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The introduction of self-driving vehicles will surely not go well with taxi and truck drivers who will be forced to learn new skills. Some might take up hacking
Intel Study on Fear of Riding in Autonomous Cars Reveals Surprising Results
25 Aug 2017, 15:51 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Intel wants to know what is the best way to ease self-driving technology adoption among those who fear ceding control to an AI
Apple's Self-Driving Tech Is Three Years Behind Google's
25 Aug 2017, 15:17 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The two tech giants are considerably more evenly matched when it comes to their handheld devices operating systems than the autonomous cars tech
Apple Titan Car Project Fail Helped by Overly Ambitious Goals: Spherical Wheels
24 Aug 2017, 13:31 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Apple found out the hard way that going from a non-car company to being a leading innovator in the industry doesn't happen overnight
Autonomous Tech Could Soon Make Its Way into Formula One
24 Aug 2017, 10:00 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Formula One feels like the last bastion in the way of the self-driving cars onslaught, but it looks like there's a breach in its defense that could be exploited
Google Wants to Protect Pedestrians from Autonomous Cars by Making Them Softer
14 Aug 2017, 14:37 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Google's Waymo division has a moment of complete honesty realizing autonomous cars might hit pedestrians, so it should try to protect them
Autonomous Cars Can Be Fooled by Mundane Things Like Bird Poo
8 Aug 2017, 09:31 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / With nothing more than a few strips of paper and some glue, a team of scientists managed to trick an autonomous car's traffic sign recognition system
Volkswagen to Install pWLAN Technology Across the Range, Just in Case
29 Jun 2017, 13:39 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The German manufacturer wants to make the roads a safer place by installing car-to-car and car-to-grid communication capabilities in its vehicles starting 2019