Tesla's Early 2018 Navigation Update to Put It "Light-Years Ahead"
22 Dec 2017, 13:50 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / People complaining to Elon Musk of various Tesla-related issues are offering the CEO the perfect opportunity to announce new updates seemingly out of the blue
Nicki Shields Races RoboRace DevBot on the Formula E Hong Kong Street Circuit
12 Dec 2017, 16:24 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The RoboRace organizers are trying to gauge where their prototype sits at the moment, so they asked British TV presenter Nicki Shields to race their AI car
Musk Misses Another Deadline. Only by Two Years, Though. Maybe Three
10 Dec 2017, 16:02 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Despite his constant overpromising, it's hard to be mad at Elon Musk, and that's because he seems like one of the few emotionally-invested CEOs out there
See the World Through the Eyes of the Most Advanced LIDAR Sensor Out There
30 Nov 2017, 12:52 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Velodyne has just released a new, three times more accurate and two times more powerful LIDAR sensor that will soon equip the driverless cars of tomorrow
Uber Orders 24,000 Volvo XC90s in $1 Billion Deal for Its RoboTaxi Program
21 Nov 2017, 12:11 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The ride-hailing company is putting a lot of cash into its effort to develop a functional self-driving car, knowing the benefits could be ten-fold
Man Smoking Weed in a Tesla Model S on Autopilot Is Not What You Want to See
15 Nov 2017, 13:52 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / You'll be relieved to know this is only a well executed joke, but you won't be so relieved to know some people might actually be doing this
Tesla's Autopilot Is Years Ahead of Competition Thanks to One Bold Decision
14 Nov 2017, 12:17 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It would seem the best way to describe LIDAR in self-driving cars is "overkill" since a suite of cheap video cameras can do the trick just as fine
Nissan IMx Concept Is Not the Right Choice After New LEAF Semi-Flop
25 Oct 2017, 09:59 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Nissan needed to show a close to production version of its upcoming LEAF-based crossover, but instead, it brought a self-driving fantasy-mobile
Rinspeed Snap Concept Gives a New Twist to the Old Body-on-Frame System
12 Oct 2017, 14:51 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The crazy guys at Rinspeed are back at it again with this modular/autonomous/electric... thing they believe will make life so much better in the future
Daimler-Owned moovel Group Creates a Confusing Human-Driven Autonomous Vehicle
12 Oct 2017, 11:45 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / This Daimler-owned company thinks it's high time we showed a little more empathy for the computer driving our autonomous cars
NVIDIA Presents the Super-Computer Needed for Level 5 Vehicle Autonomy
11 Oct 2017, 13:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Smaller than your laptop, this latest computing platform from NVIDIA is capable of dealing with an impressive 320 trillion operations per second
Tesla Claims Level 5 (Total) Autonomy Reachable on Current Hardware, GM Calls BS
9 Oct 2017, 08:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The race for self-driving cars is going to be a long one, and the competition seems to be quite fierce with zero tolerance for those who do it differently
It Looks like There's Nothing the Self-Driving Fuel Cell GM SURUS Can't Do
7 Oct 2017, 06:56 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The Detroit carmaker has launched a versatile self-driving electric multi-role platform powered by a hydrogen fuel cell that should have the Army drooling
Fisker Working to Install Five LIDAR Sensors on His EMotion EV for Some Reason
4 Oct 2017, 15:25 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It seems Henrik Fisker isn't using any half-measures when it comes to his upcoming electric sedan as he tweets about putting five LIDAR sensors on it
Swedish Company Wants You to Be the First Human Who Drives Your New Car
2 Oct 2017, 15:42 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Around 25 different people get to drive a car before it finally reaches its intended owner, and a Swedish company plans to change that number to zero
"Bursting One's Bubble" Gets a Different Meaning in Renault's Envisioned Future
21 Sep 2017, 18:21 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Renault asked a bunch of design students to think about the future of mobility. Nothing original so far, but the French manufacturer put a new twist on it
Volkswagen Doubles Up on Autonomous Cars: Street Ready by 2021
18 Sep 2017, 11:56 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The German consortium is looking to solidify its position on the market by tackling all the important trends: first electrification, now autonomous technology
Rolls-Royce Expands Autonomous Technology into the Ship Sector
14 Sep 2017, 11:27 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The special division of the company better known to us for its land limousines presents the prototype for an autonomous patrol ship with no crew on board
Audi Bets on Autonomous Tech in Frankfurt with Two New Concepts
8 Sep 2017, 14:47 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Audi is covering all levels of autonomous driving in Frankfurt starting with its new A8 limousine at Level 3 and finishing with a mysterious concept for Level 5
FUTURE-TYPE Concept Is the Jaguar You Won't Be Driving in 2040
7 Sep 2017, 12:41 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The Brits showed us a futuristic thing they called a steering wheel a few days ago. Now they've brought the car that goes with it