Self-driving Vehicles

The Tesla Cybertruck will have a solar charging option that can extend its driving range 15 miles a day, Chief Executive Elon Musk said Friday. On top of that, "fold-out solar wings" could increase that extra range to 30 to 40 miles per day, he said. "Would l…

GENTLEMEN athletes on horseback officially kick off hostilities for the countrys hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games with the 0-4 goals event in Calatagan, Batangas. Polo is one of the 56 sports on the program of the 30TH SEA Games that formally starts…

One hurdle faced by the developers of autonomous-driving systems is that, to prove their technology works, they'll have to test it on thousands of passengers who might react in unpredictable ways. Someone riding in a self-driving vehicle for the first time mi…

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Behold, the Tesla Cybertruck is here Elon Musk has unveiled a v…

Hyundai has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the city of Seoul to begin testing six autonomous vehicles on roads in the Gangnam district beginning next month, BusinessKorea reports. The arrangement specifics that six vehicles will begin testing…

Rain, sleet, snow and fog are challenging enough for human drivers, but adverse weather conditions ... pose an extra level of difficulty for those developing self-driving cars. These vehicles depend on cameras and sensors to see the road and make the corr…

Ahead of more and more self-driving cars appearing on the road, Waymo today published an instructional video on how first responders should interact with its autonomous vehicles in case of roadside emergencies. This instructional video is designed to equip f…

Alibaba priced its forthcoming flotation on the Hong Kong stock exchange at HK$176 ($22.49) a share, which could see it raise up to $12.9bn if all the options are taken up. The Chinese e-commerce giant is already listed in New York. It had wanted to undertake…

According to the NTSB's findings, the Uber vehicle detected Herzberg 5.6 seconds before the crash, but did not identify them as a pedestrian. "Had the operator been attentive," it added, they would "likely have had enough time to detect and react to" the even…

The Volkswagen ID Space Vizzion electric concept car can go up to 300 miles on a single charge, boasts an impressive aerodynamic build, and is made with recycled materials but don't look for something as basic as a door handle on the compact SUV-sized vehicle…