‘Growth in autonomous vehicles in next two decades’
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
Google, Ford & Uber launch coalition for self driving cars
Google, Ford and Uber are forming a coalition to push the self-driving car faster to market. According to a report by Reuters, the companies have said that they want to push for federal action together. Other...Read more
Renault-Nissan CEO says technology giants are ‘’not a threat’’
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, does not see large technology companies entering the self-drive car market as posing a threat. He believes that car manufacturers should not be worried, as businesses like Google and Apple...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
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
UK plans to trial self-driving trucks on roads in 2016
Self-driving trucks are going to be tested on UK roads this year. It is expected that chancellor George Osborne will confirm this in his Budget speech this month. The Department for Transport wants the UK...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
Netherlands keen to encourage self-driving cars
The Netherlands is aiming to get the promotion of the self-driving car on the European agenda. This includes facilitating large-scale cross-border testing, and enabling a market launch in 2019. This European agenda will be discussed by...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
GSMA expects self-driving connected cars in Europe by 2018
As a result of 5G deployment, GSMA expects to see the first self-driving cars on European roads by 2018. This prospect was made by the new director general of the GSMA Mats Granryd at the...Read more