Self-driving Vehicles

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…

The National Traffic Safety Board has made its determination into the probable cause of the fatal 2018 crash Image: ABC 15 Federal investigators split the blame for the fatal Uber self-driving crash between the ride-hailing company, the safety driver in the…

National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine Uber's self-driving vehicle involved in a fatal accident in Tempe, Arizona, in March 2018. National Transportation Safety Board Government officials said the main cause of a fatal crash involving on…

Self-driving cars are already hittine roads across the country. But for all their high-tech whositswhatsits, they still lack one important element: social awareness. “While autonomous technologies have improved substantially, they still ultimately view the …

If youve watched too much news recently itd be easy to believe that were well on our way to a world with self-driving cars that all run on electric power. As these things usually go, the latest and greatest gets all the attention, but the tried and true doesn…

More sources are coming forward with information about Ubers self-driving technology that resulted in a fatal crash, Volkswagen has some electrified revelations and a ratified Ford contract with the UAW. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Monday, Nov.…