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Self-driving pariah Anthony Levandowski claims California to New York breakthrough

Controversial ex-Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski has reportedly completed a four-day, 3,099 mile journey from California to New York in an autonomous vehicle,...

Google spin-off launches commercial self-driving service: Waymo One

Google offshoot Waymo has introduced Waymo One – a self-driving ride-hailing service that promises to be the future of shared mobility. Initially, the service will...

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...

Public concerns about driverless cars rise, Ford releases safety strategy

There's little point in developing autonomous vehicles if you can't also build the trust required with the public to bring about their adoption. That's...

Ford debuts $4bn driverless division – Uber & Waymo motoring on

Internet of Business says It's been a big week in the race to develop autonomous vehicles. Waymo, Ford, and Uber have all made positive announcements...

Alphabet: Financial results reveal Google’s emergence as cloud giant

Google’s parent Alphabet has reported Q2 financials revealing that revenues were up by 26 percent year on year, or 23 percent in constant currency. The...

Daimler, Bosch, Nvidia partner on driverless taxis, BMW heads east

German auto giant Daimler AG and auto supplier Bosch have announced a partnership to deploy self-driving taxis in California’s Silicon Valley region next year,...

Apple lands former Curiosity Mars rover engineer for self-drive project

Apple has continued its process of poaching key staff from its rivals, this time with the hire of a senior self-driving vehicle engineer from...

Waymo, Uber could be about to link up, says Uber CEO

Frictionless on-demand transport provider Uber is in talks with Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous driving unit, to make the latter's technology available via its ride-share app,...

Australia announces new laws for autonomous vehicles

Transport ministers have announced new, purpose-designed legislation to allow autonomous vehicles to take to the road in Australia. The new laws, set to be in...

Apple partners with Volkswagen on driverless vehicles

Apple has reportedly signed a deal with Volkswagen to make self-driving vehicles. At present, the agreement is believed to centre on Volkswagen’s T6 transporters,...

Massive fall of consumer trust in driverless cars, says AAA

Serious accidents involving self-driving cars have damaged US trust in the technology, according to a new survey. The latest report from the American Automobile Association’s...
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