Jan 11, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Testing
Waymo’s days of avoiding freeways are finally coming to an end. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its fully driverless vehicles would begin tackling the higher speeds of Phoenix’s freeways, all while ferrying passengers to and from their destinations....
Jan 4, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Delivery, Safety, Testing
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro has struck a deal with safety-focused software company Foretellix to help with virtual testing of its automated driving system, in a bid to cut R&D costs while still pushing the technology forward. The partnership, which the...
Oct 26, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing, Unions
A local Teamsters union in California said the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) responded “too little, too late” in deciding to suspend permits for some driverless vehicles. The California DMV announced the “immediate”...
Oct 26, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety, Testing
California’s DMV is suspending Cruise’s permit to test self-driving cars in the state over concerns the vehicles pose a risk to public safety. The suspension occurs three weeks after a Cruise self-driving vehicle accidentally rolled over a pedestrian in San...
Oct 11, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety, Testing
In a city known for sprawling freeways, a new type of vehicle will begin to merge into Los Angeles traffic. Angelenos will now have to start sharing the road with autonomous ride-hailing services that are revolutionizing commuting. But at the same time, these vehicles...
Oct 5, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing, Trucks
Not long ago, cars topped with a futuristic apparatus could regularly be seen cruising along Pittsburgh’s streets, testing technology that allowed the vehicles to get around without a person steering the wheel. But such car sightings have become rare as the autonomous...
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