Self-driving Car

British industry calls for regulation of autonomous vehicles

Standards that cut across technology could help avoid confusing industry, MPs hear

AI + ML13 Mar 2023 | 67

If Tesla Investor Day was about exciting investors then boy did it fail

No new cars, unanswered questions, and FSD goals still looming in distance may be why stock is tanking

AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 45

Shareholders accuse Tesla of overegging Autopilot, Full Self-Driving capabilities

This is starting to become a common theme

AI + ML28 Feb 2023 | 17

Ford seeks patent for cars that ditch you if payments missed

Timely application as delinquencies rise with interest rates

Offbeat28 Feb 2023 | 198

Tesla hits the brakes on rollout of Full Self-Driving code to new users

Those that signed up for the $15,000 package told to queue behind those waiting for safety upgrade

AI + ML28 Feb 2023 | 31

Tesla's self-driving code may ignore stop signs, act unsafe. Patch coming ... soon

Musk takes issue again with 'recall' given this will be an over-the-air update

AI + ML17 Feb 2023 | 104

Zoox blurs line between workers and crash test dummies in robo-taxi trial

Amazon-owned biz puts its staff first

AI + ML14 Feb 2023 | 28

Tesla admits it was asked to hand over Autopilot, Full Self-Driving docs to investigators

Yes, we may end up being criminally charged, but we haven't been yet

AI + ML01 Feb 2023 | 31

Musk: Tesla's doing great. I mean, have you seen my Twitter follower count?

Elon conflates 'popularity' on unrelated platform with successful year for EV maker

Personal Tech26 Jan 2023 | 61

Tesla's Autopilot is losing out to Ford, GM in self-driving tech

Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind

AI + ML25 Jan 2023 | 58

Tesla faked self-driving demo, Autopilot engineer testifies

Elon should stick to throwing rocks at his truck windows

AI + ML18 Jan 2023 | 47

Self-driving car computers may be 'as bad' for emissions as datacenters

Oh, great – another source of carbon fumes we forgot to factor in

Personal Tech13 Jan 2023 | 79

Microsoft said to be thinking of sinking $10m into self-driving truck startup

Because it's all going so well for Tesla and co

Software06 Jan 2023 | 38

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 | 83

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