self-driving cars

Yesterday we brought you the first details about a new initiative taking place in Germany where a number of firms, including major automakers, are working to develop a common standard for future car-to-car and car-to-object communication technology. Called “Safe Intelligent Mobility -...

In the future your car will be able to warn you of an impending crash, or perhaps even take action itself to avoid one, by ‘knowing’ well ahead that another car has suddenly stopped in a queue of traffic, is about to cross paths with you at a busy intersection, or is even approaching...

Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) systems combine adaptive cruise control with full automatic braking to avoid frontal collisions, even without driver input. Still in their infancy, such systems are currently available on just 20 percent of the cars sold in Europe. New regulations may be coming to...

Several automakers have introduced advanced technology in their cars that can read the road ahead and anticipate whether a vehicle in front is slowing down or a pedestrian or cyclist is nearby. Most of these systems rely on cameras or radar systems monitoring the road ahead, though these can be...

One of the strongest arguments for the introduction of autonomous cars is the increased safety brought about by eliminating the possibility of human error, believed to be the main cause of crashes. So far the increased safety factor with autonomous cars has generally been assumed but now a leading...

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...

It appears that Cadillac will offer its hands-off adaptive cruise control on one or more vehicles for the 2014 model year--at least if one high-ranking executive is to be believed. Appearing at the Driverless Car Summit in Detroit yesterday, Gary Smyth, executive director of GM's North American...

While in the U.S. firms such as Google are attempting to revolutionize mobility by doing away with the driver completely, over in Europe researchers are taking smaller steps towards making autonomous driving a reality. For the past couple of years we’ve been bringing you details about the...

Google’s fleet of self-driving cars may soon be heading to California, with the state’s Senate passing a bill this week that would allow the autonomous cars to be tested and operated on its roads. The bill, which establishes guidelines for the use of autonomous cars on public roads...

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 autonomous cars. The license was issued by Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles and comes less than a year after the state...

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 beyond that some degree of autonomous driving is all but guaranteed. Between now and then is the gray area, where the building...

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 love driving, the prospect of cars that drive themselves is a grim one. Driving is a skill you work hard to acquire, and...

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 technology comes in, and the concept is being explored by several different companies. That list now includes Continental...

Self driving cars may speed traffic flow, but intersections have the potential to be the stuff of nightmares.

A California Senator has proposed a bill that would establish rules for driverless cars within the state's borders.

BMW has developed its own autonomous car technology, which it insists is for the improvement of existing driver assistance systems.

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 becoming reality with news today that the SARTRE project (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) has successfully completed...

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 autonomous driving Traffic Jam Assistant. Designed for slow moving traffic jams, the new Traffic Jam Assistant will allow...

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 has revealed that Google has been awarded a U.S. patent for the technology. Specifically, the patent refers to the technology...

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 Tokyo Motor Show might make people think a little differently, as an example of the hybrid will be giving show-goers rides...