Jaguar Land Rover To Test Cars That See Through Obstacles
Posted on Apr 18, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Jaguar Land Rover To Test Cars That See Through Obstacles
Jaguar Land Rover is leading project “AutopleX” to develop self-driving cars that have the ability “see” at blind points and through obstacles. AutopleX will aim to use technology to deliver information earlier to self-driving vehicles allowing communication with road users and detection of obstacles when no direct view is available. This should allow the vehicles to safely merge...
BMW Opens Campus to Develop Autonomous Vehicles
Posted on Apr 12, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on BMW Opens Campus to Develop Autonomous Vehicles
BMW recently opened an autonomous driving campus in Bavaria, allowing a centralization of development of fully automated driving. Fifteen months ago, BMW decided to pool together its development resources in the fields of vehicle connectivity and highly and fully automated driving at a single location, according to a BMW announcement. The campus will house more than 1,500 employees and...
Head Of Self-Driving Cars at Audi Leaves Company
Posted on Apr 11, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Head Of Self-Driving Cars at Audi Leaves Company
Audi’s Senior Vice President of Automated Driving has left the company. Alejandro Vukotich had been the head of Audi’s autonomous efforts since January 2017. While he led Audi’s research into advanced driver assist systems [ADAS], Vukotich is best known for his role in developing Audi’s new A8, a model the company claims is the first production car to offer Level 3 automated driving...
Do People Want Self-Driving Cars In Their Neighborhoods?
Posted on Apr 9, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Do People Want Self-Driving Cars In Their Neighborhoods?
A recent survey of 1,100 California residents found that more than half of all residents surveyed (57%) said they don’t want autonomous vehicles on the streets of their neighborhoods. Less than one in four (23%) said it would be OK, and about one in five (19%) said they weren’t sure. State residents expressed similar views when asked about the relative safety of self-driven cars. More...
Indonesia Requires Registration of Ride-Hailing Companies
Posted on Apr 4, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Indonesia Requires Registration of Ride-Hailing Companies
The government of Indonesia recently announced that ride-hailing companies in that country could not be registered as technology companies, but must be registered as transportation companies. This transition would give more protection to the companies’ drivers. Currently, the regulation applies only to cars, but motorcycle-taxi drivers would like the rules to be expanded for their...
Self-Driving Trucks on the Road in Arizona
Posted on Mar 8, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Self-Driving Trucks on the Road in Arizona
Uber recently revealed that it has been operating self-driving trucks to carry shipments for commercial customers in Arizona. The company has two transfer hubs on opposite sides of the state. According to the company, the self-driving trucks operate between transfer hubs: for example, a regular truck will deliver a shipment to a transfer hub, where an Uber self-driving truck (with a...
