Tag: autonomous cars
Autonomous cars: Uber reveals ‘valuable lessons’ in safety report
Uber Advanced Technologies Group has released a report that outlines the company’s commitment to it’s self-driving vehicle strategy and what it’s doing to insure...
Moral Machines: Who lives, who dies on autonomous roads? | MIT
A new survey from MIT into the ethical challenges of autonomous vehicles reveals both global preferences and regional variations in answers to some tough...
Lyft’s self-driving ambitions become reality, buys Blue Vision
Ride-sharing platform Lyft is already competing with Uber in cities around the world to provide on-demand mobility. But this week, the San Francisco company...
Euro NCAP: Drivers overestimate the abilities of ‘autonomous’ cars
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Fully autonomous vehicles are seen as something of a panacea in the transport and logistics industries. Smart cars and trucks capable...
Elon Musk out as Tesla chair, in $40m fraud settlement
UPDATED Elon Musk is to step down as chairman of electric car maker Tesla after agreeing a deal with the US Securities and Exchange...
Jaguar Land Rover wants autonomous cars to make eye contact
Developing autonomous vehicles that are capable of navigating dynamic roadways without incident is one thing. But devising systems that can handle the nuances of...
Waymo sets up new driverless vehicle division in China
As the trade war rages between Washington and Beijing, Waymo has confirmed that it has decided to join Tesla by opening operations in China...
Musk at bay: Will Saudi cash help Tesla rid the world...
Chris Middleton reports on the latest twists and turns in the saga of Elon Musk and Tesla, as Saudi Arabia could help him take...
One third of city journeys will be autonomous, says WEF
Autonomous and on-demand transport will form one-third of all urban journeys, according to a new World Economic Forum report, and reduce the need for...
Kroger to use driverless cars for last-mile grocery deliveries
Kroger, America’s largest supermarket chain, will be rolling out a driverless grocery delivery service in partnership with Nuro, a company started by two former...
Survey reveals damaged public perception of autonomous cars
A survey of 2,000 people from the UK, by enterprise information management company OpenText, reveals falling public support for autonomous driving technology.
The survey focused...
Tesla to slash nine percent of workforce, slammed by insurers
Electric car maker Tesla has announced that it is cutting nine percent of its workforce, in what founder and CEO Elon Musk has described...