Quanergy raises 90 million for self-driving car sensors
Quanergy Systems, a company that makes light detection and ranging sensors used in self-driving cars, has raised 90 million dollar (80 million euros) from investors. According to the company this illutrates their growing interest in...Read more
Volvo Cars and Uber jointly develop autonomous cars
Volvo Cars and Uber are going to join forces to develop next generation autonomous cars. The two companies have signed an agreement to establish a joint project that will develop new base vehicles that will...Read more
‘Insights in driverless transit’ conference in the Netherlands
The development of self driving vehicles is growing tremendously. What is the impact of automated vehicles in public transport? How can we prepare the city for these self driving vehicles and specifically for public transport?...Read more
BMW seeking partnership for developing self driving cars
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
Baidu expects mass production of autonomous cars by 2021
The Chinese equivalent of Google, Baidu, expects fully autonomous cars to be used for commercial applications in China by 2019 and a mass production of these cars by 2021. The company thinks that Chinese people will embrace autonomous vehicles...Read more
South Korea’s ministries cooperate in self-driving technology
The ministries of ICT and transport of South Korea are going to cooperate in developing self-driving cars, smart cities and drones. South Korea wants to commercialize autonomous vehicles by 2020. The new cooperation was announced...Read more
Google’s self-driving cars use horn as warning
Google’s self-driving software is designed to recognize when honking may help alert other drivers. In the May self-driving car report, the company said it taught its vehicles to distinguish potentially tricky situations from false positives. For example,...Read more
Microsoft offers technical solutions for self-driving cars
Microsoft is talking with automakers about solutions for self-driving technology. The company is looking at potential applications of its cloud-based service, productivity suite and operating system. Microsoft’s Peggy Johnson was one the speakers of the...Read more
Electronic engineering students test self-driving car
A team of eight students from the Applied Robotics Lab at Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland succeeded to built a self-driving vehicle in just 12 weeks. The team adjusted a Toyota Corolla which navigated...Read more
Volkwagen and Gett work together on autonous cars
The Volkswagen Group invests 300 million dollar in the Israelian company Gett. With this investment, the manufacturer wants to open the way for new mobility concepts. Gett’s technology leverages big data, cutting edge predictive algorithms,...Read moreUS consumers not attracted to self-driving car technology
Consumers in the United States are still not that attracted to self-driving cars, according to a study of the University of Michigan. They remain concerned about some of the aspects of self-driving technology and still...Read more
Europe to speed up market launch of self-drive vehicles
European members will work closely with one another to ensure the smooth introduction of self-driving vehicles. Europe’s united ambition is to be ready for the roll out of autonomous vehicles that can communicate both with...Read more
More flexible legislation for self-propelled vehicles
International laws surrounding self-drive cars have recently changed. The limiting law that a car must always be under the control of a driver has been partially modified, which should pave the way for autonomous vehicles....Read more