Self-driving Car

Nvidia chips and sensors to feature in Foxconn electric vehicles

CES Foxconn targets EV portfolio growth and brings Nvidia along for the ride

Systems04 Jan 2023 |

Tesla driver blames full-self-driving software for eight-car Thanksgiving Day pile up

US investigators probe Bay Bridge multi-car smash

AI + ML23 Dec 2022 | 198

Yandex signs up Putin ally to help with restructuring

Alexei Kudrin, former head of Russia's Audit Chamber, to advise on corporate development

Off-Prem05 Dec 2022 | 6

Tesla reports two more fatal Autopilot accidents to the NHTSA

Not a great look for the electric car company as drivers urged to remain alert

AI + ML16 Nov 2022 | 53

Waymo turns its driverless cars into roving weather stations

Maybe now San Francisco will allow it to operate in the fog and rain?

AI + ML15 Nov 2022 | 9

Self-driving truck startup TuSimple ousts CEO over ties to Chinese rival

Boss denies any wrongdoing as Feds reportedly stick a probe in, too

AI + ML01 Nov 2022 | 6

Tesla reportedly faces criminal probe into self-driving hype

Plus: Robo-car upstart Argo AI shuts down after automakers pull plug on funding

AI + ML27 Oct 2022 | 84

Self-driving tech startup values crash 81% in 2 years

LiDAR companies lead the pack, with valuations plummeting up to 99% since IPO

AI + ML18 Oct 2022 | 24

Sony, Honda collaborate on 'premium' electric vehicles that are born in the USA

Get your own Playstation-on-wheels beginning in 2026, and be prepared to pay subscription fees

Personal Tech13 Oct 2022 | 31

People still seem to think their fancy cars are fully self-driving

This is despite a history of assistive software being involved in crashes

AI + ML11 Oct 2022 | 123

City isn't keen on 5,000 erratic, traffic-jam-causing GM robo-cars on its streets

Analysis 'Cruise AV automated driving system is still under development' is putting it politely after vehicles block roads

AI + ML27 Sep 2022 | 65

Nvidia sets out timeline for H100 GPUs – now for HGX, next year for DGX

GTC It's called Hopper because most of the chips announced today skipped it

AI + ML20 Sep 2022 | 1

Don't want to get run over by a Ford car? There's a Bluetooth app for that

That is, if the driver and/or car has very quick reflexes and a clear signal

Personal Tech19 Sep 2022 | 58

GM's Cruise revises self-driving software after San Francisco crash

Just weeks after milestone permit to charge for robotaxi rides using autonomous-driving tech

Software01 Sep 2022 | 31

Tesla faces Autopilot lawsuit alleging phantom braking

Automaker accused of hiding malfunctioning tech from drivers

AI + ML30 Aug 2022 | 77

Apple autonomous car engineer pleads guilty to stealing trade secrets

Top secret tech theft admission sealed into top secret plea deal

Legal23 Aug 2022 | 17

Tesla Full Self-Driving 'fails' to notice child-sized objects in testing

Updated Campaign group's study uses tiny sample size, test done without hands on the wheel

AI + ML09 Aug 2022 | 240

China allows robo taxis – without backup drivers – in parts of two major cities

Baidu gets the fare in Chongqing and Wuhan

AI + ML08 Aug 2022 | 22

Remember the humanoid Tesla robot? It's ready for September reveal, says Musk

Find it next to the Cybertruck, Boring tunnel maps, Twitter acquisition and my sense of commitment

Personal Tech05 Aug 2022 | 91

Apple's secret car team tosses keys to Lamborghini lead

Just what we expect from the iGiant: Reasonably affordable, low margin, mass market technology

Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 27

Baidu crashes the cost of robo-taxis by 75 percent

Steering wheel not required, if desired – or you could add a coffee machine

AI + ML21 Jul 2022 | 29

China may be the future for Mercedes-Benz

Partnership with Tencent is the latest sign automaker sees Middle Kingdom innovation as key to its success

AI + ML12 Jul 2022 | 5

Tesla Autopilot accounts for 70% of driver assist crashes, says US traffic safety body

First of its kind report from NHTSA comes with caveats, though – the new tech also saves lives

AI + ML15 Jun 2022 | 58

NHTSA upgrades Tesla Autopilot probe, could lead to recall

Up for debate is whether Autopilot, or humans behaving badly, is the reason for Tesla's iffy safety record

Applications09 Jun 2022 | 20

Enemies Waymo, Uber now friends making self-driving-ish trucks for US highways

When you think about it, it makes cents

AI + ML07 Jun 2022 | 14

Microsoft-backed robovans to deliver grub in London

British startup Wayve gets supercomputing leg up

AI + ML19 May 2022 | 26

Cars in driver-assist mode hit a third of cyclists, all oncoming cars in tests

Still think we're ready for that autonomous future?

AI + ML16 May 2022 | 209

Volkswagen to put Qualcomm tech under the hood across all brands

CEO says Intel may yet end up inside, through its Mobileye tech

Personal Tech04 May 2022 | 3

DARPA backs virtual worlds for autonomous off-road vehicles

Intel and co outline Holodeck-like efforts for combat bots

AI + ML27 Apr 2022 | 1

Pony.ai lassos China's first autonomous taxi license

100 self-driving cabs will wander streets of Guangzhou

AI + ML25 Apr 2022 | 3

British motorists will be allowed to watch TV in self-driving vehicles

Meanwhile, Elon Musk says we need to crack real-world AI to get fully autonomous cars to work

AI + ML21 Apr 2022 | 216

Qualcomm closes $4.5bn deal, will acquire autonomous driving assets

All-cash Veoneer deal's real target is full ownership of Arriver vehicle vision stacks

Systems24 Mar 2022 | 1

Driverless car first: Chinese biz recalls faulty AI

Pony.ai pulls three of its test fleet from Californian roads

AI + ML10 Mar 2022 | 28

Rate of autonomous vehicle safety improvement slowing – research

Plus: Law changes in Germany mean robo taxis might be on their way there soon

AI + ML08 Mar 2022 | 42

Photonics startup Luminous Computing bags $105m

Bill Gates among those plowing funds into AI supercomputing tech

HPC05 Mar 2022 | 7

Baidu plans 100-city robot taxi rollout by 2030

AI cloud business booms, but not at levels – or in locations – that will worry rivals

AI + ML02 Mar 2022 | 1

'Boombox' function sparks Tesla recall

Pedestrian warning systems in 578,607 cars affected, including model S, X and Y

Bootnotes11 Feb 2022 | 82

Make assistive driving safe: Eliminate pedestrians

Something for the Weekend? It’s amazing [thud] I don’t even [thud] have to watch the road [thud]

Software11 Feb 2022 | 186

Baidu's AI predictions for 2022: Autonomous driving! Quantum computing! Space! Human-machine symbiosis!

Did a computer program tell them to write this?

AI + ML25 Jan 2022 | 5

Tesla driver charged with vehicular manslaughter after deadly Autopilot crash

Prosecution seems to be first of its kind in America

AI + ML19 Jan 2022 | 233

Planning on buying a new motor? Chip shortages set to hit UK carmakers this year and next

Here in my car, I feel safest of all...

Edge + IoT06 Jan 2022 | 13

Car makers lock in long-term deals with chip giants for future autonomous vehicles

Not going to get stuck in first gear again with supply-chain crises

AI + ML06 Jan 2022 | 17

Self-driving towards an IPO? Intel unveils plans for Mobileye offering

Chipzilla to keep its hands on the wheel

AI + ML07 Dec 2021 | 1

China to create workers' paradise for ride share drivers

Communist China (belatedly) recognises that drivers are people who need food, sleep, bathrooms, and unions

Software02 Dec 2021 | 5

Tesla slams into reverse, pulls latest beta of Full Self-Driving software from participating car owners

FSD rolled back to 10.2 after 'issues' found

Software25 Oct 2021 | 75

Texas cops sue Tesla claiming 'systematic fraud' in Autopilot after Model X ploughed into two parked police cars

Five officers seek $20m in damages from car maker and local restaurant

Legal28 Sep 2021 | 128

If you're Intel, self-driving cars look an awful lot like PCs

Hardware capabilities, latest feature updates? You'll get what you pay for

Personal Tech23 Sep 2021 | 32

Hyundai reveals the robotaxi it built for Lyft, and a version for its very own metaverse

Hey kids? Wanna play with the future of electro-robotic transport? You get to do it two years before Lyft

AI + ML01 Sep 2021 | 6

Toyota resumes autonomous Paralympics buses after vehicle hit judo competitor, forced him out of match

More human guides recruited, trained to keep eyes on machines, athletes

AI + ML30 Aug 2021 | 18

Chinese auto-maker accused of altering data after fatal autonomous car accident

Driver assistance feature was engaged in level-2 autonomous car at time of incident

Security24 Aug 2021 | 26

Senators urge US trade watchdog to look into whether Tesla may just be over-egging its Autopilot, FSD pudding

The day before Elon's big party, too

AI + ML19 Aug 2021 | 71

China stops networked vehicle data going offshore under new infosec rules

Hands-off driving detectors required, over-the-air updates to be strictly regulated

Security13 Aug 2021 | 34

Cyberlaw experts: Take back control. No, we're not talking about Brexit. It's Automated Lane Keeping Systems

Comment They're not self-driving cars, did you know that?

Legal16 Jul 2021 | 115

You, robo-car maker, any serious accidents, I want to know about them, stat – US watchdog

NHTSA sets 24-hour deadline for reporting significant crashes

AI + ML01 Jul 2021 | 32

Chinese web giant Baidu unveils Level 4 robo-taxi that costs $75k to make

Plans to roll 1,000 of 'em off the production line in three years

AI + ML18 Jun 2021 | 12

Robo-taxis hit the streets of Beijing – albeit a small fleet in a geo-fenced suburb

Code for the Baidu Apollo brains of the service is yours for the taking on GitHub, too

AI + ML06 May 2021 | 9