Self-driving Vehicles

Screenshot: TeslaThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) just put Tesla, Apple, and the federal government on blast, claiming the two companies have been reckless in self-regulating vehicle safety systems and distracted driving, and concluded that the government needs to step in and do more to regulate the driver assistance systems…

Ordinarily, self-driving cars use cameras and other sensors to "see" where they are on the road. However, what happens if the road markings are covered in snow? Well, MIT has developed a system that lets vehicles look beneath the asphalt instead.The experimental technology incorporates what's known as "localizing ground-penetrating radar"…

Cruise recently received a permit to transport passengers in its autonomous vehicles in California. Granted by the California Public Utilities Commission, the permit is part of the state’s Autonomous Vehicle Passenger Service pilot. As part of the program, Cruise must provide data and reports to the CPUC regarding any incidents,…

A popular self-driving car dataset for training machine-learning systems – one that’s used by thousands of students to build an open-source self-driving car – contains critical errors and omissions, including missing labels for hundreds of images of bicyclists and pedestrians. Machine learning models are only as good as the data…

PHOENIX A man described as a disgruntled former Waymo driver has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately crashing a passenger car into one of the companys vans with self-driving capabilities near Phoenix, authorities said Thursday. Tempe police said Raymo… Read More

For all the talk about self-driving cars taking over our roads and literally relegating human drivers to the back seat, its in the ancient practice of agriculture where autonomous, artificial intelligence vehicles seem destined to go into service first. The l… Read More

Articles about how autonomous vehicles are almost here and how big a deal it’ll be aren’t exactly uncommon, but this one from a couple of days ago over at Interesting Engineering struck me in particular because it rehashes an idea that’s at the root of so many articles and self-righteous…

By Malcolm Owen Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 08:41 am PT (11:41 am ET) Apple's long-rumored car could have a headlight system that provides drivers with more awareness of the road, by highlighting areas of interest ahead of the vehicle by making the light shining from the headlights brighter specifically in…

Volvo and it's Chinese owner Geely plan to fully merge, the companies said Monday. Geely bought Volvo from Ford in 2010.The company plans to list in Hong Kong and possibly Sweden as well. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Geely Automobile and its sister company Volvo Cars are planning to merge…

Ted Persson has just been made a partner at Sweden's EQT Ventures, a leading European VC fund, to continue looking for startups which will change the future.Persson focuses on "moonshot investments" having previously backed VR/AR startup Varjo, Swedish self driving company Einride, and electric aviation company Heart Aerospace. "If a company…