General Motors will invest $500M in Lyft for on-demand autonomous vehicles in...
Published: January 05, 2015 | Detroit, MI General Motors and Lyft announced a long-term strategic alliance to create an integrated network of on-demand autonomous vehicles in the U.S. Under the...
View ArticleCES 2016: Ford revs up development of autonomous vehicles, home automation...
Published: January 06, 2016 | Dearborn, MI Ford is accelerating development of autonomous, connected and smart technologies for consumers with help of its technology partners and start-ups. Following...
View ArticleAutonomous vehicle will have lower rates of severe crashes: VTTI
Published: January 11, 2015 | Arlington, VA In a recently published report, VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE compared the crash results of conventionally driven vehicles and self-driving...
View ArticleNAIAS 2016: Fed unveils Obama’s FY17 budget proposal of $4B for autonomous...
Published: January 17, 2016 | Detroit In his last State of the Union address, President Obama signaled his intent to invest in a 21st century transportation system. U.S. Transportation Secretary...
View ArticleNetherlands studies vulnerable road user interaction for autonomous vehicles
Published: January 22, 2016 | Amsterdam TU Delft, in collaboration with Dutch sustainable mobility start-up 2getthere has introduced a new project called, “Safe interaction of automated vehicles with...
View ArticleCalifornia DMV seeking industry inputs to prepare the regulatory background...
Published: January 29, 2016 | Sacramento, CA The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will hold two workshops to discuss the public deployment of autonomous vehicles. California’s DMV has...
View ArticleAutonomous vehicles can prevent 95% of road crashes: IMechE
Published: February 18, 2016 | London A new report by the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is calling for urgent Government and industry action to encourage the greater use of autonomous...
View ArticleDrivers do not need to be present in the autonomous vehicles to be tested:...
Published: March 01, 2016 | Wellington New Zealand Ministry of Transport (MoT) has released guidelines for testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads. The Government encourages the testing of semi...
View ArticleZipcar isn’t building autonomous vehicles
Published: March 08, 2016 | Boston, MA Zipcar is not building a self-driving car, but it is trying to make sure it is ready to take advantage of autonomous cars as soon as possible. Zipcar is very...
View ArticleZenrin is planning to make 3D mapping technology for autonomous vehicles
Published: March 14, 2016 | Tokyo The Japanese map supplier, Zenrin has revealed plans to bring 3D maps as a major push towards autonomous diving. The company is working on a system to translate data...
View ArticleAustralia: VicRoads secures $4.5M funding for autonomous vehicles and C-ITS
Published: March 17, 2016 | Victoria VicRoads is seeking Expressions of Interest from companies, industry bodies and other transport technology industries for grants allocated from a $4.5 million pool...
View ArticleJapanese government take on US and Europe with industry panel on autonomous...
Published: March 25, 2016 | Tokyo Major Japanese automakers and autoparts suppliers will join hands in research and development of autonomous driving vehicles to narrow the gap with U.S. and European...
View ArticleA WON-WON situation: Hyundai-Kia plans to commercialize autonomous vehicles...
Published: March 31, 2016 | Seoul Hyundai Motor and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors are aiming to commercialize self-driving cars within five years. In order to do so, they will invest over 2 trillion...
View ArticleStartup Drive.ai gets license to test autonomous vehicles in California
Published: April 25, 2015 Another self-driving car startup, Drive.ai is about to hit the roads. The Silicon Valley startup that received $12 million in funding last year, has been granted a license to...
View ArticleResearchers of Montana State University working on autonomous vehicles
Published: April 26, 2016 The Montana State University College of Engineering and the Western Transportation Institute are hosting a workshop to explore the possibility of developing a research program...
View ArticleConsumers in China less enthusiastic for autonomous vehicles
Published: April 27, 2016 | Beijing, China Consumers in China are less enthusiastic than their counterparts in the United States about the prospect of an autonomous vehicle future, according to J.D....
View ArticleTier 1 supplier roles get disrupted by autonomous vehicles as ADAS ecosystem...
Published: May 18, 2016 | London, UK Tier 1 suppliers are losing their roles as system innovators and developers in the nascent autonomous vehicle market and this is occurring as more OEMs engage...
View ArticleInspur platform to support Baidu autonomous vehicles
Published: May 23, 2016 | Beijing, China Inspur’s NF5568M4 server has been selected by Baidu to provide hardware support for the deep learning platform of Baidu’s driverless car. In December 2015,...
View ArticleA third of transort professionals think autonomous vehicles won’t work:...
Published: June 29, 2016 According to findings published by the Microlise report, more than 33% of transport industry professionals do not believe autonomous vehicles will work. The statistics were...
View ArticleNvidia introduces ‘Parker’ chip for next-gen autonomous vehicles
Published: August 23, 2016 Adding to its autonomous car products portfolio, Nvidia has recently unveiled Parker, the newest mobile processor that will power the next generation of self-driving...
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