Self-driving Vehicles

(Reuters) - Companies working on self-driving vehicles have criticized an insurance industry study suggesting that only a third of all U.S. road crashes could be prevented by driverless cars, arguing that the study has underestimated the technology’s capabilities. The study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), released on…

By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: June 5, 2020 11:30:47 am The driver was uninjured and informed that the vehicle was on the autopilot mode but did not have the Full Self-Driving Capability feature switched on.A video of a Tesla Model 3 crashing into an overturned truck on…

Apple has been working on multiple car projects, including a complete smart car and a self-driving car system. The company’s priorities seem to target ease of use and safety. Now, a new patent suggests that Apple is working on safer and more reliable self-driving algorithms that take data from multiple…

Volkswagen and autonomous vehicle company Argo AI have completed their $2.6 billion investment deal, paving the way for future VW Group models to gain new driverless tech. Argo AI broke cover in 2017 with a billion dollars of Ford’s money to play with; now, it’s expanding to a new facility…

Self-driving vehicles always look cool on TV and films but getting them right in real life no easy task. Considering the human lives involved, autopilot systems are often put under intense scrutiny to ensure nothing goes terribly wrong. Unfortunately, things do go wrong to different degrees, and, fortunately for one…

Do we want AI to decide on harming humans? Getty Quite a harrowing moment occurred recently when a man with a rifle started randomly shooting at people while standing on the Centennial Bridge in Leavenworth, Missouri. A Kansas soldier that happened to be driving his car on the bridge, waiting…

Amazon is expected to move into the transportation field, coming into direct competition with ... carmakers. (Photo illustration byJakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Jeff Bezos’s net worth jumped nearly 5% last month after Amazon’s stock hit a record high when the e-commerce leader registered unprecedented demand…

Waymo’s self-driving minivans will return to San Francisco Bay Area streets, three months after the company stopped public testing of its autonomous vehicles due to the coronavirus pandemic.Waymo plans to relaunch its fleet of self-driving minivans into Bay Area streets on June 8, according to an email acquired by The…

This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. Amazon's reported interest in the autonomous-driving startup Zoox may signal a desire to one day launch a robo-taxi service, Morgan Stanley said in a note to clients published on Wednesday.The retail giant could offer…

Controversy over vote-by-mail will continue in an era of self-driving cars. Getty There is a lot of controversy about ballot harvesting. First, some prefer to call it ballot collecting, since the word “harvesting” seems ominous and suggests a foul act. Others insist that due to the potential for the underhanded…