Fully autonomous cars are still years away from hitting the streets, but internationally-agreed rules on their use could be ready by mid-2026, the United Nations has said. Safety concerns and the cost of developing next-level systems have slowed down progress on autonomous vehicles, but work on regulations is motoring ahead, said the UN. “While the […]
Autonomous vehicles generally have a lower risk of accidents than those driven by humans, however, there are some notable exceptions, according to a new analysis. US researchers from the University of Central Florida found that automated vehicles are significantly more likely to be involved in accidents at dusk and when turning. Their findings were published […]
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s securities regulator said on Monday it has approved autonomous driving startup Momenta Global Limited’s initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. Momenta plans to issue up to 63,352,856 ordinary shares and list on the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange, the regulator said in a statement. China in […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has granted approval to a first group of nine automakers to carry out tests on vehicles with advanced autonomous driving technologies on public roads, as part of a plan to accelerate adoption of self-driving cars. The tests of so-called level three autonomous driving technologies will be carried out by automakers including […]
Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang believes Tesla’s (TSLA) full self-driving (FSD) system is the most advanced system out right now. It also just so happens that Tesla’s FSD is powered by Nvidia’s chips. “Tesla is far ahead in self-driving cars,” Huang said in an exclusive interview with Yahoo Finance. “One of the things that’s really […]
(Reuters) – General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra backed the Detroit automaker’s efforts towards building autonomous vehicles at a Detroit Economic Club event on Thursday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Barra’s comments come at a time when companies involved in autonomous driving technology are pushing for new feature-packed cars that are expected to be safer than human-driven ones. […]
Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has big plans to expand the EV maker’s Supercharger network by investing over $500 million into the project, according to a recent post on X. The irony lies in the fact that Tesla laid off a bulk of its Supercharger development team at the end of April. Gartner Vice President […]
Now you can get your take-out food delivered to your home by robot. Waymo and Uber Eats are partnering to begin food delivery by autonomous vehicles, which leaders of the companies hope will give more people a chance to interact with an autonomous vehicle. Waymo and Uber have already partnered on the rideshare platform, Uber […]
One day, autonomous drones using artificial intelligence could survey scenes like the Baltimore bridge collapse to search for survivors, or even inspect bridges to detect maintenance needs. Those are some of the potential future benefits of a $3.3 million grant to the University of Missouri from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, said […]
Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! AV PROPONENTS SAY THAT THEY WOULD SAVE LIVES IF MORE WIDELY DEPLOYED Had they been more widely deployed between 2020 and 2022, autonomous vehicles, also known as AVs, self-driving cars or robotaxis, could have prevented more than 1,300 traffic fatalities, according to a report published Tuesday by […]
German auto giant Volkswagen will expand its partnership with the Israel-based Intel subsidiary Mobileye to bring new automatic driving assistance functions, the companies announced on Wednesday. The technology, which will be installed in Volkswagen’s high-end luxury and sports brands, will allow vehicles to overtake autonomously on the motorway and stop automatically at traffic lights, according […]
An autonomous robot is due to become the latest addition to San Antonio International Airport’s security apparatus. Following a 7 to 3 vote on Thursday by the San Antonio city council, city officials approved a year-long contract with Knightscope, a California-based developer of autonomous security robots, to rent its K5 robot for $21,000. Related: Fears […]