Self-driving Vehicles

Today at Teslas first Autonomy Day event, Elon Musk took questions from the press but didnt have time for questions about Lidar. Historically, hes been vocal about the technology, and this time he put it as clear as he could.  “LIDAR is a fool’s errand,” Elo…

Tesla is staging a self-driving event on Monday for investors, to show off the evolution of its Autopilot technology and perhaps to finally outline what it hopes to do with a full-autonomous, ride-sharing service that's been informally called the "Tesla Netwo…

According to marketing firm ABI, as many as 8 million driverless cars will be added to the road in 2025. Meanwhile, Research and Markets is predicting that in the U.S. alone, there will be some 20 million autonomous cars in operation by 2030. How realistic a…

Uber has also been experimenting with self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs. Uber Uber's research into self-driving cars just got a major financial boost. The ride-hailing company announced Friday that, as had been rumored, it's receiving a $1 billion investment fro…

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced on Twitter that Uber’s autonomous car unit, known as Uber Advanced Technologies Group, or UberATG, has received a billion-dollar investment from SoftBank’s Vision Fund, Toyota, and Denso, an automative component supplier.U…

Uber’s has confirmed it will spin out its self-driving car business after the unit closed $1 billion in funding from Toyota, auto-parts maker Denso and SoftBank’s Vision Fund. The development has been speculated for some time — as far back as October — and i…

(Reuters) — Apple has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars, evaluating the companies technology while also still working on its own lidar unit, three people familiar with the disc…