Tag: Transportation
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...
Addison Lee aims to bring driverless taxis to London by 2021
British minicab, car hire, and courier firm Addison Lee has partnered with driverless car group Oxbotica with the aim of offering an autonomous taxi...
MOBI launches Grand Challenge for blockchain in transport sector
Transport industry blockchain consortium the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) and the Trusted IoT Alliance (TIoTA) have jointly launched a new initiative to spur...
Google Next 2018: Air Asia & Airbus reaching new heights in...
Despite the usual fanfare, London's iteration of Google Next 2018 lacked the headline announcements that punctuated the San Francisco event in July. Instead, it...
US scraps driverless car regulations, redefines concept of ‘driver’
The US is scrapping autonomous tech regulations and opening up driverless car tests across the whole country, in a new policy that redefines the...
Toyota, SoftBank announce new driverless vehicles joint venture, MONET
We're in the MONET: Two of Japan’s biggest names, SoftBank and Toyota, have announced an autonomous vehicles joint venture.
The companies will team up to...
VW & Microsoft partnership reveals automotive cloud future
Volkswagen and Microsoft have announced a partnership that promises a connected, seamless transition from home to vehicle.
The future of transportation by road is electric...
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...
Spark to a flame: Tesla’s Elon Musk sued for securities fraud
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Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is in trouble in the...
Arm launches dedicated processor for autonomous vehicles
SoftBank's British chip-making giant Arm has launched what it describes as the "world's first autonomous-class" processor for driverless vehicles.
The Arm Cortex-A76AE has been designed exclusively for...
BP, Honda, Aviva co-found sustainable transport research hub in London
BP, Honda R&D Europe, and insurance providers Aviva and Hastings Direct have announced that they are the founder members of a new future transport...