Dec 3, 2020 | Manufacturing, Robots
There’s a lot of buzz around self-driving cars, but autonomous driving technology could revolutionize the construction industry first. That industry hasn’t changed much over the last several decades, according to some experts, making it an ideal candidate for...
Dec 3, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Testing
Waymo plans to open a new testing site in Ohio for its driverless autonomous vehicles that will focus on dense, urban areas, the company said Tuesday. The new site being built at the Transportation Research Center near Columbus will allow the company to work on motion...
Dec 3, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
The world has been inching toward fully autonomous cars for years. In China, one company just got even closer to making it a reality. On Thursday, AutoX, an Alibaba (BABA)-backed startup, announced it had rolled out fully driverless robotaxis on public...
Dec 3, 2020 | Business, Electric Vehicles
Proposed combustion-engine bans in Europe and Japan by 2030 shouldn’t concern Swedish premium automaker Volvo too much, its CEO insisted. They’ll only make electric cars (EVs) by then anyway, Volvo CEO and President Hakan Samuelsson told the Financial Times Future of...
Dec 3, 2020 | Electric Vehicles, Europe, Featured
Carmakers have sold more than 500,000 battery electric cars in Europe during 2020, a milestone in a move away from fossil fuels. Sales of all plug-in cars, including hybrids, have surpassed 1m during the year in the UK and the largest 17 European markets, according to...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Government, Regulation, Safety
U.S. auto safety regulators said Thursday they are opening a formal regulatory proceeding that could eventually result in the adoption of new safety standards for autonomous vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it was issuing an...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Testing
Motional, the joint autonomous driving partnership between Aptiv and Hyundai, today announced it has received permission from the state of Nevada to test its autonomous cars without a driver behind the wheel. The company says this is part of the completion of a...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety
Waymo has published a report analyzing collisions involving their self-driving vehicles. The data was collected during more than 6 million miles of driving and includes 18 actual collisions as well as 29 simulated collisions. The Waymo team presented...
Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Investment
Volkswagen has raised its planned investment on digital and electric vehicle technologies to 73 billion euros ($86 billion) over the next five years as it seeks to hold onto its crown as the world’s largest carmaker in a new green era. Under a plan...
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