Feb 17, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit
Tesla gets a vast majority of the attention in the autonomous driving space, but there are a lot of other companies vying for market share long term. Alphabet’s subsidiary Waymo is one of the market leaders, and Niro is already delivering pizzas autonomously in...
Feb 17, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Defense
Self-driving cars are the buzzing news of the future of automobiles, but the Army has a bigger problem – getting tactical vehicles to drive over rough terrain autonomously. To get after that challenge a Pentagon-driven “innovation network” held a hackathon Thursday...
Feb 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Raquel Urtasun, the former chief scientist at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, promised an “AI-centric approach” to autonomous vehicles when she founded her own company last year, Waabi. Now, she’s ready to deliver on that promise with the announcement of the...
Feb 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Europe, Regulation
German lawmakers have already approved a new law aiming to bring autonomous vehicles into regular operation in 2022. Signatories to the Vienna Conventions—including Luxembourg and Germany—will be able to incorporate the legislation into their domestic traffic...
Feb 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Regulation
Autonomous vehicles, once a thing of science fiction lore, could soon be headed to Kansas roads — though sharp disagreements remain on proposed legislation to allow driverless trucks to roll into the state. A bill under consideration in the Legislature would allow for...
Feb 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Regulation
On Wednesday, Congress held its first hearing on autonomous vehicles in over two years, and there was not a lot to show for it. At the end of the four-and-a-half-hour event, there was no indication that lawmakers were any closer to a consensus on how best to regulate...
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