Self-driving Vehicles

Among the many tidbits of wisdom that Elon Musk dropped at a Tesla company investor event on Monday was the revelation that Lidar, a laser-based scanning technology that images objects in 3D, was friggin stupid, and that ...anyone relying on LiDAR is doomed. …

The Tesla CEO is forging his own path toward full autonomy At Tesla’s “Autonomy Day” event for investors on Monday, Elon Musk was full of trash talk for his competitors and their technology. LIDAR, the light beam sensor that practically everyone views as an e…

Stephen Crouch of Montana-based Blackmore explains how the company's lidar technology would help a robot car see what's ahead. Wochit Waymo will build self-driving vehicles in Detroit. The company, once known as Google's self-driving car project and now a…

"All cars being produced all have the hardware necessary -- computer and otherwise -- for full self-driving," Work is also already underway on a next-generation chip Either the current hardware is not sufficient, or the next generation is unnecessary.…

Is Tesla preparing to offer Model 3 leasing? Elizabeth Keatinge has more. Buzz60 Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Monday that a new system is being installed in its electric cars that make them fully capable of driving themselves. Musk said the only thing stoppin…

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…