Local Motors has introduced the first self-driving vehicle that has advanced cognitive computing capabilities of IBM Watson. The Watson system is able to chat with people, allaying their fears about being driven around a city by a vehicle with no driver, offering information about the local area, or talking to travelers about their destination or journey.
The vehicle, named ‘Olli’, was...Read more
By 2035, 12 million fully autonomous units could be sold a year globally, and the market for partially and fully autonomous vehicles is expected to leap from about 38 billion euro in 2025 to nearly...Read more
Automated metros are enjoying exponential global growth and infrastructure length has increased by 17 percent since 2014 according to a new study released by UITP (the International Association of Public Transport). Automated metros are a...Read more
Consumer Reports wants Tesla to stop calling its autonomous driving system ‘Autopilot’, because the consumer organization finds this name both misleading and potentially dangerous. It also wants Tesla to take a less aggressive approach in...Read more
Among other investors, Ford has put a stake in Civil Maps, a California based startup that makes maps fors elf-driving cars. In total, Civil maps received 6.6 million dollars in funding. It’s not clear exaclty...Read more
Audi of America-president Scott Keogh believes his company is at the forefront of developing self-driving cars. Audi has been working on autonomous driving technology for the last ten years. Its latest research car A7, nicknamed...Read more
Nissan has announced that the new Serena, scheduled to go on sale in Japan in late August, will come equipped with the company’s ProPILOT autonomous drive technology. Nissan is the first Japanese automaker to introduce a combination...Read more
General Motors (GM) finds both self-driving vehicles and ridesharing interesting concepts, and according to GM’s president the combination of those two shows the most potential. Dan Ammann thinks that autonomous technology will lead to beter...Read more
Officials have confirmed the first self-driving car death involving a Tesla S sports car where the driver was using Autopilot. Some very rare circumstances seem to have made the incident unavoidable, the company has stated on its...Read more
Google’s self-driving cars are designed to recognize cyclists as unique users of the road who require their own set of considerations. It can be hard for drivers to anticipate all their movements, but Google claims...Read more
Residents and visitors can now travel in the Swiss city Sion with the PostBus self-driving shuttles. The authorities have granted approval for the pilot project in a specified area of the city. Self-driving buses carrying...Read more
BMW is seeking partner companies for developing self driving technology. The German carmaker expects the future market for autonomous vehicles to be worth billions and has set goals to be a market leader. But it...Read more