A new autonomous vehicle is now cruising (slowly) through the streets of Washington, DC. Olli is an autonomous electric vehicle that can carry up to 12 people. It is the first autonomous vehicle to use IBM’s artificial intelligence platform, Watson Internet of Things (IoT).
Google’s autonomous vehicle software just learned an unofficial rule of the road: public transit buses are not as friendly as your average car. On Valentine's Day, a self-driving Lexus RX450h hit a bus. Although Google’s autonomous vehicles have previously been involved in crashes, this is the first time that a Google car is at fault.
This week, Tesla Motors unveiled their new autopilot system. Much like the ubiquitous systems that do most of the work involved in flying today’s airplanes, Tesla’s autopilot is designed to eliminate human ... Read More...
As new cars become increasingly more like computers on wheels, several high-tech companies are poised to upset the auto industry. While Google’s self-driving cars roam California streets and Tesla’s electri... Read More...
On Thursday Google announced that their newest self-driving car prototypes were hitting California streets. The new prototype uses the same software as Google’s other self-driving cars, but this version was des... Read More...
A startup company founded by someone with no related experience could change the auto industry forever. The company, called Zoox, is building an autonomous vehicle from scratch, and planning to put automate... Read More...
Government officials in the U.K. plan to allow self-driving cars to be tested on public roads this summer. They will publish guidelines that aim to be more flexible than the state-by-state regulations in the U.... Read More...
The latest Mercedes-Benz prototype is a luxury lounge on wheels. Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Mercedes parent company Daimler AG, unveiled the F 015 Luxury in Motion at the international Consumer Electronics Show thi... Read More...
A research team from the V-CHARGE Consortium has developed a fully automated system that allows drivers to leave self-driving electric cars, and the car will go by park itself. The system would be available at ... Read More...