self-driving cars

Ford Fusion Hybrid automated driving research vehicle

Ford outlines steps to ensure safety of its self-driving cars

Ford has promised to deliver a self-driving car by 2021. The automaker is targeting Level 4 self-driving capability, meaning the car will drive on its own but be limited on where it can go and in which whether conditions it can handle. A more capable Level 5 car that can completely replace a human... read more

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Nuro self-driving car with Kroger grocery delivery

Arizona Kroger charges $5.95 for trial service of grocery delivery via self-driving car

You'll soon be able to compare safety of electronic driver aids across vehicles

How Cosworth uses race data to develop self-driving tech

Porsche designed Mission E Cross Turismo with self-driving tech in mind

Porsche's Mission E Cross Turismo concept was the big surprise of March's 2018 Geneva auto show. It previews a potential soft-roader version of Porsche's upcoming Taycan... read more July 31, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Uber ceases self-driving truck development to focus on cars

Uber will park its self-driving truck development in order to focus more resources on self-driving cars, the company announced Monday. The ride-hailing giant originally got... read more July 31, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Drive.ai self-driving car service starting in Texas

Drive.ai self-driving taxi service starts trial in Texas

Silicon Valley-based Drive.ai has become the latest firm offering rides to the public in a self-driving car. Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving unit Waymo has been running its... read more July 31, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Waymo's latest trial shows how companies can use self-driving cars to improve services

Self-driving cars are most commonly linked with the taxi industry but this is just one area where they could potentially operate. Waymo is now expanding its trial of... read more July 26, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Ford Michigan Central Station renderings

Ford Autonomous Vehicles is Blue Oval's new unit for self-driving cars

Future self-driving cars and associated engineering will have a home inside Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker announced the new... read more July 25, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski

Toyota e-Palette self-driving electric mobility concept

Toyota will have Level 4 self-driving cars at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Toyota will put on a technological show for the world when all eyes are on Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Games. This will include the demonstration of a Level 4 self-driving car... read more July 25, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Waymo trains self-driving cars to identify emergency vehicles

Waymo's self-driving cars are driving 25,000 miles a day

Each and every day, Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo self-driving car subsidiary sees its fleet of autonomous vehicles drive a combined distance of 25,000 miles—and the mileage is... read more July 24, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski

Robocar to race at Goodwood Festival of Speed Hill Climb

Enjoy this 360-degree video of Roborace's autonomous run up Goodwood hill climb

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is well known for courting some of the world's finest automobiles and high-performance machines. This year, something very different was in... read more July 12, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski

Apple’s self-driving system atop a Lexus RX - Image via MacCallister Higgins

Apple self-driving car details revealed in case against ex-employee

Apple has been keen to keep details about its self-driving car project under tight wraps, but a criminal case against an ex-employee has outed some specifics. A criminal... read more July 12, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski

Self-driving Ford Mustang to tackle Goodwood hill climb

Self-driving Ford Mustang will tackle Goodwood hill climb

Not only will Roborace bring its self-driving race car to the Goodwood Festival of Speed to take on the hill climb event, but another self-driving car will also be present... read more July 11, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski

Mercedes-Benz F015 Luxury in Motion concept, 2015 Consumer Electronics Show

Daimler and Bosch to launch self-driving taxi service in Silicon Valley in 2019

Two major names are gearing up to enter the self-driving car race. German automaker Daimler and automotive supplier Bosch announced plans to bring a self-driving taxi service... read more July 11, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski

Bosch and Daimler pick Nvidia AI chip for self-driving cars

Bosch and Daimler, two of Germany's biggest automotive firms, announced Wednesday that they have selected Nvidia's Drive Pegasus artificial intelligence computer chip and... read more July 11, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Shop, click, deliver: Kroger to test self-driving grocery delivery vehicles

Autonomous grocery deliveries could soon come to local neighborhoods as the Kroger supermarket chain announced last Thursday that it will partner with Nuro for self-driving... read more July 3, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski

Will GM's first self-driving car be called AV1?

General Motors has filed to trademark a potential name for its first self-driving car. Filed on June 21, GM moved to protect the "AV1" name with the United States Patent and... read more June 29, 2018 by Sean Szymkowski

Waymo needs “large number” of cars for European self-driving fleet

Waymo CEO John Krafcik has revealed that the mobility company will need to add a “large number” of additional cars to its growing fleet of self-driving cars as it... read more June 29, 2018 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran