Self-driving Vehicles

This week, WarnerMedia launched HBO Max, the long-awaited streaming platform that the company hopes can compete with the likes of Netflix and Disney+. But with HBO GO and HBO NOW already in existence, the addition of a third platform for HBO content has caused no small amount of confusion among…

Waymo's self-driving vans will be rolling again starting May 11. Waymo Waymo will restart road tests of its fleet of self-driving vans in suburban Phoenix next week, nearly two months after idling them because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but isn’t quite ready to resume robotaxi operations for local riders.  Initially,…

From cameras to radar and GPS to ultrasonic sensors, today’s autonomous vehicles use a range of technologies to navigate the world around them. However, LiDAR generally hasn't been among them due to its high cost. But that could be about to change with Volvo today announcing LiDAR technology from Luminar…

Easy to drive, spritely, agile and ideal for city use, the refreshed line of smart EQ vehicles—the 2020 two-seat fortwo coupe and fortwo cabrio and the four-seat forfour—are now only offered as electric (and are no longer being sold in the US, sadly). This mid-cycle refresh touches most of the…

Autonomous cars will need to see the world, just like we human drivers do occasionally when we glance up from our phones to peek out the big window up front with the wipers. Currently, all production cars with semi-autonomous features (remember, there are no completely self-driving cars for sale today)…

It's possible that all future Volvos will incorporate Luminar's lidar sensors. Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said that it will add lidar sensors and new perception technology from Silicon Valley start-up Luminar to some of its models starting in 2022. Luminar's lidar technology will allow Volvo to offer highway self-driving as…

Luminar CEO and founder Austin Russell at a Volvo factory in Gothenburg, Sweden. Luminar Luminar, a Silicon Valley maker of laser lidar for self-driving vehicles, is shifting to a new phase with a multiyear agreement to supply its high-tech sensors to Volvo Cars, which will use them as part of…

Intel has acquired Moovit, splashing out around $900 million on the public transit planning app, with plans to integrate it into what until now has been the chip-maker’s autonomous car business. Moovit offers multimodal trip planning, spanning trains, buses, scooters, and other methods, and Intel says it intends to combine…

Nova Scotia has relaxed some of the restrictions it put in place to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Effective immediately, provincial and municipal parks can reopen, although playground equipment will continue to be off-limits.Beaches in the province will remain closed. 2:33Coronavirus outbreak: Nova Scotia opens parks, trails, and…

Alexandra Ford English, Ford's director of corporate strategy, is joining EV startup Rivian's board of directors, the companies announced Friday.  Ford has invested more than $500 million in the electric truck manufacturer, and had originally planned to build luxury subsidiary Lincoln's first all-electric SUV on a Rivian platform. Citing complications…