Mar 4, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
Volkswagen plans to launch a self-driving electric van for urban ride-hailing service in 2025, deploying a commercial version of its ID. Buzz, an electric minivan inspired by the iconic 1960s VW Microbus. It will be the first VW vehicle to use the autonomous-driving...
Mar 4, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
Despite what some prognosticators and auto manufacturers say, self-driving cars aren’t a thing. But they are getting closer to reality every year. Pushing forward to this autonomous future, on Thursday, Honda announced that in Japan it will offer a...
Feb 25, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured, Robots
Researchers at Wayne State University have released a new version of the HydraOne Autonomous Mobile Robot. Developed as a research and education platform for connected and autonomous driving, the robot facilitates the work of researchers focused on such projects as...
Feb 25, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Weather
One of the issues of LiDAR sensors is the degradation of its performance in rain. If a LiDAR beam intersects with a raindrop at a short distance from the transmitter, the raindrop can reflect enough of the beam back to the receiver, therefore detecting the raindrop as...
Feb 18, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Testing
After successfully opening Waymo One as a public driverless ride-hailing service in Phoenix, Waymo is beginning to test its autonomous vehicles in San Francisco. Over on the official Waymo blog, the company shared that one of its major goals has been...
Feb 18, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Government
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are making a renewed effort this year to pass legislation that would create federal safety and security standards for autonomous vehicles. Congressional efforts to regulate autonomous vehicles have largely been bipartisan, but bills in both...
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