Beverly Hills passes bill to use autonomous vehicles for public transport
The City of Beverly Hills has unanimously passed a ground-breaking resolution creating a program to develop autonomous vehicles (A.V.s) as public transportation. At the April 5 City Council meeting, council members enthusiastically embraced the program...Read more
Ford triples investments in semi-autonomous vehicle technologies
Ford CEO Mark Fields confirmed Ford’s SYNC 3 connectivity technology is coming to Europe and is committed to tripling Ford’s engineering investment in semi-autonomous vehicle technologies as the company continues to expand its Ford Smart Mobility plan. Fields’...Read more
Goodyear developing special tires for self-drive vehicles
Tire manufacturer Goodyear is developing two tires which are specifically designed for autonomous vehicles. The American company presented the innovation at a car show in Geneva, Switzerland. The tires have a customized profile, and are...Read more
Belgium to test self-drive vehicles on public roads
At the end of this month, a platooning test is to start in Belgium. Convoys of self-drive trucks will travel on public roads, with only the lead vehicle being controlled by a human driver. The...Read more
“Energy consumption to rise with increased number of self-propelled vehicles’’
British and American research has claimed that the emergence of self-driving cars could increase the total energy consumption of road traffic. This is because many people who now use public transport could opt for autonomous...Read more
Volvo CEO: we must work together to build autonomous cars
The public and private sectors must work together worldwide to exploit autonomous cars as soon as possible. The new Volvo Nordic should be useable as a template for the rapid introduction of autonomous driving (AD),...Read more
BMW: majority of cars completely self-driving in near future
At the moment, the world is on the verge of realizing automated driving; in the not-too-distant future, the majority of cars will probably be completely self-driving and will travel the streets of cities inhabited by...Read more
First accident caused by self-driving Google car reported
Until last month, collisions involving self-driving Google cars were always caused by the other vehicle involved. On February 14, the first accident was reported which was caused partly by the technology of the autonomous car....Read more
TomTom delivers automated maps to enable autonomous driving
TomTom has announced the launch of its Highly Automated Driving (HAD) map products for all interstate roads in California and all interstates and freeways in Michigan. By delivering the maps and RoadDNA products for states that...Read more
129 Million autonomous-capable vehicles to be sold from 2020 to 2035
According to a recent report from Navigant Research, 129 million autonomous-capable vehicles are expected to be sold from 2020 to 2035. “Over the last few years, the topic of autonomous (or self-driving) cars has shifted...Read more
Nissan promotes intelligent park assist with self-driving chair
Inspired by the latest Intelligent Park Assist Technology Nissan Motor Presents The World’s First Automated ‘Intelligent Parking Chair’. It is a promotional project that materializes Nissan’s corporate vision of ‘enriching people’s lives through technology’. For creating the ‘Intelligent Parking...Read more
Over 10 autonomous vehicles from Renault-Nissan in next four years
The Renault-Nissan Alliance will launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology in the next four years. The global car group confirmed today that it will launch a range of vehicles with autonomous capabilities in...Read more
‘Largest problem of self-driving cars will be ethical decisions’
It will not be the technological hurdles, but the ethical decisions made behind the wheel which will provide the most difficult challenges that manufacturers of self-driving vehicles will encounter. This was stated by Markus Auerbach,...Read more