That man who dressed as a car seat to make it look like he was in a self-driving car last year was, in fact, not a terrible Halloween costume, but part of a study for Ford’s self-driving cars.
At the time, pesky reporters quickly uncovered that…
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FiveAI to start a trial of its shared autonomous car fleet in London in 2019
After raising $35 million to develop driverless car technology and a strategy to build a fleet of shared vehicles, UK startup FiveAI is announcing its first on-street trial: a service aimed at commuters in the London outer boroughs of Bromley and Croydon. Projected to begin in late 2019, it will kick off first with a […]
View More FiveAI to start a trial of its shared autonomous car fleet in London in 2019Apple self-driving cars could have AR windshields perfect for FaceTime
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Your car could act a lot more like your iPhone in the future — at least according to Apple patent filings for an augmented reality windshield.
Patently Apple found a European patent application for a windshield display that presents map and road conditions in autonomous cars. Apple has been testing self-driving cars, but hasn’t divulged much about the project. We reached out to Apple about the AR display, but haven’t heard back.
So yes, in the future might be able to sit back and relax in your self-driving car while information flashes on the heads-up display. (Don’t get too excited, though. Companies file many patents that never become actual products.) It’s reminiscent of the augmented windows proposed on the ultra-high-speed Hyperloop. Based on where you look and the scenery outside, you’ll see different things on your screen. Read more…
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View More Apple self-driving cars could have AR windshields perfect for FaceTimeWaymo partners with Phoenix to connect people to public transit
Waymo, the former Google self-driving project that spun out to become a business under Alphabet, is launching a program in Phoenix next month that will focus on delivering people to bus stops and train and light-rail stations. The pilot program announced Tuesday is in partnership with Valley Metro, the Phoenix area’s regional public transportation authority. […]
View More Waymo partners with Phoenix to connect people to public transitIsraeli autonomous technology developer Innoviz is entering China’s car market
Innoviz, a developer of light detection and ranging technologies for computer vision and autonomous vehicles, is getting a toehold in China, the world’s fastest growing auto market, through a partnership with the Chinese automotive supplier HiRain Technologies. From offices in Beijing, Chicago, Detroit, Shanghai, Tianjin HiRain serves as a global supplier to some of China’s […]
View More Israeli autonomous technology developer Innoviz is entering China’s car marketAustralia announces new national laws for self-driving cars
Self-driving cars are coming to Australia at some point, and lawmakers have to prepare for their arrival, whether they like it or not.
By 2020, a national law will be put into place around autonomous vehicles, helping guide manufacturers and operator…
The well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stack
At some point in the future, while riding along in a car, a kid may ask their parent about a distant time in the past when people used steering wheels and pedals to control an automobile. Of course, the full realization of the “auto” part of the word — in the form of fully autonomous automobiles — is a long way off, but there are nonetheless companies trying to build that future today.
View More The well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stackPro-tip: Tesla’s autopilot doesn’t mean you can sit in the passenger seat
Teslas can do some pretty amazing things. From self-parking abilities to its semiautonomous Autopilot mode, the cars can definitely feel like the future.
And yet, that doesn’t mean you can just kick back in the passenger seat while Autopilot is…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang clarifies Uber is not using its Drive platform
While Uber makes use of Nvidia hardware in its own self-driving automotive technology, it does not employ Nvidia’s Drive autonomous computing platform, which includes the GPU maker’s own real-time sensor fusion, HD mapping and path planning. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shared this information today during a Q&A session attended by reporters at the company’s GPU […]
View More Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang clarifies Uber is not using its Drive platformEinride’s autonomous trucks will be Nvidia-powered, and deliveries start this fall
Einride’s T-pod all-electric, self-driving transport vehicle will use the Nvidia Drive AI platform to provide its autonomous smarts, the Swedish technology company revealed today. Einride also announced that the very first customer deliveries of its production T-pod truck will begin this fall, meaning it could be making actual deliveries sooner rather than later. The Nvidia […]
View More Einride’s autonomous trucks will be Nvidia-powered, and deliveries start this fallWho is responsible when a self-driving car kills someone?
Early Monday morning, an Uber-owned Volvo in autonomous mode struck and killed a pedestrian. The vehicle had a human driver behind the wheel when the tragedy occurred.
This incident brings a sudden urgency to the moral quandary that ethicists h…
Waymo and Google launch a self-driving truck pilot in Atlanta
Waymo’s autonomous trucking program is coming along – though we haven’t heard much about it since discovering it was a real thing last year, Waymo today announced that it’s launching a pilot program in Atlanta to focus specifically on self-driving trucks and automated logistics. The pilot is being done in partnership with Google, another Alphabet company and… Read More