According to Ford’s research, the average driver spends more than 30-percent of his time commuting in heavy traffic. By the automaker’s own logic, that’s time that could be better spent than inching forward, minute after minute, to keep up with the commuter in front of you...
Yesterday marked a significant milestone in the advancement of self-driving cars with Internet and technology giant Google being awarded the nation's first license for... May 8, 2012 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
After first announcing its self-driving, autonomous car project in 2010, Google is now about to embark on the next major advancement of the technology and that is to team up... May 1, 2012 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Self-driving cars, for better or for worse, are most likely inevitable. We wouldn’t expect them to appear in the next few years, or even the next decade, but much... April 24, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
We've talked about autonomous vehicles a lot in the past year or so, and as gearheads it's hard not to get wrapped up in the more negative aspects of the technology. If you... March 30, 2012 by Antony Ingram
We've all been there: Stuck in traffic, or whooshing along endless stretches of highway, just wishing we were already at our destination. That's where autonomous vehicle... March 27, 2012 by Antony Ingram
Here’s a cold, hard, dose of reality for you - sooner or later the roads will be populated by autonomous cars, and those of us clinging to our manual-transmission... March 15, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
As of now, the only state where self-driving cars are legal on public roads is Nevada, thanks to its vast expanses of open space and lightly traveled byways. California... March 9, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
In nature, the color red often symbolizes danger. A red hourglass on the abdomen of a black spider means “keep your distance”, as a bite from a black widow is an... February 17, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
We’ve seen the future, and quite frankly it scares the hell out of us. Although BMW insists its autonomous car experiment was “primarily a technology study”... January 24, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
The days when you can sit back and enjoy reading the newspaper or eating your breakfast on the commute to work, behind the wheel of your car, has taken a major step closer to... January 24, 2012 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
At the Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas this week Audi announced a bold new technology coming to its A8 flagship sedan within the next couple of years: the... January 13, 2012 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
The news that Google has been working on a driverless car, or autonomous vehicle, probably won't come as a shock. We've followed Google's progress closely, but now the BBC... December 15, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Unless you're a rich businessman or lazy teenager, you probably see cars as objects to drive, rather than be chauffeured in. A Toyota Prius available to test at the upcoming... November 23, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Volkswagen has a long history of commercial vehicles, from the iconic Type 2 split-screen and bay-window buses of the 1950s through to the 1970s, past Rabbit-based pickups to... November 18, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Autonomous cars, essentially vehicles able to drive themselves with minimal or in some cases zero driver involvement, are nothing new. In fact, here at Motor Authority... November 14, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran