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Waymo To Expand Ride-Hailing Service To Miami
Another major city in the United States is to receive Alphabet's Waymo ride-hailing service, with Miami the next stop
GM’s Cruise To Offer Robotaxis On Uber Platform
GM's Cruise will offer its autonomous robotaxi vehicles on Uber’s platform in 2025, as competition with Waymo heats up
Waymo Doubles Weekly Paid Robotaxi Trips Since May
Waymo is providing 100,000 paid robotaxi rides per week, as it expanded its Waymo One service in two US cities
US Safety Probe Into GM’s Cruise Shut Down
NHTSA closes braking investigation into GM' Cruise unit, but other investigations into pedestrian accident last year continues
Tesla Using Full Self Driving In Crash Kills Biker, Amid Another Recall
Police confirm Tesla EV was using the “Full Self Driving” system when it hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle
Waymo Opens Autonomous Ride Hailing Taxi To All San Fran Residents
Alphabet's Waymo unit opens its autonomous ride-hailing service to all residents of San Francisco, after similar move in Phoenix in 2020
Cruise Faces $1bn Spending Cut By Parent GM
Robotaxi firm Cruise faces tough 2024, after parent General Motors says it will halve spending on self-driving cars
GM’s Cruise To Withdraw All Vehicles From Public Roads
Confirmation from Cruise that all its autonomous cars have now been withdrawn from all public roads in the United States
GM’s Cruise To Recall 950 Cars As Pedestrian Dragged After Accident
Cruise Confirms Taxi Service Suspension In San Francisco
California Department of Motor Vehicles immediately suspends Cruise’s autonomous vehicles permits, after pedestrian is critically injured
Mozilla Names And Shames Privacy Compromising Cars
Privacy nightmare on wheels! Mozilla Foundations reviews 25 major car brands, all of which fail privacy tests
Waymo To Launch Self-Driving Service In LA
Los Angeles is set to become the next US city for the ride-hailing service Waymo One, after Phoenix and San Francisco
Intel Slashes Mobileye IPO Valuation To Below $16 Billion
Chip giant Intel significantly lowers valuation for its self-driving car unit Mobileye Global, ahead of public listing on the Nasdaq
US Agency Deepens Tesla Autopilot Investigation
Federal agency upgrades investigation into Tesla's Autopilot, in what is being touted as the first step before issuing a recall
Tesla Recalls 12,000 US Cars Over Software Glitch
NHTSA confirms Tesla is recalling 12,000 vehicles in the US over a 'software communication error' involving its FSD beta program
Honda To Mass Produce Level 3 Self Driving Cars
Move over Tesla. Honda says it will be the first car maker in the world to mass produce a level 3 autonomous car to self drive on motorways
Tesla Autopilot Scored Lower Than Systems From Mercedes, BMW
Beaten by rivals? European safety assessment scores Tesla Autopilot system lower than similar systems from Mercedes, BMW, and Audi
Tesla Driver Charged For Sleeping As Car Drove At 90mph
Unbelievable! Driver in Canada charged with dangerous driving, after he slept in fully reclined seat as his Tesla car drove at 90mph
UK Could Allow Self-Driving Cars On Motorways In 2021
British motorways in 2021 could see self-driving cars in the slow lane, under proposals being considered by the government
Tesla ‘Very Close’ To Full Autonomous Driving, Says Elon Musk
Tesla boss believes cars will be able to carry out full autonomous driving without human attention by the end of the year
Former Google Staffer Pleads Guilty To Trade Secret Theft
Former senior executive at Google's self-driving car project, who defected to Uber, pleads guilty to theft of trade secrets
Next Generation Networks: The Promise of 5G
Is 5G the transformative network technology that will revolutionise every industry it touches? We assess the current state of 5G development and ask whether the reality will match the hype
Uber Not Liable For Fatal Accident
Uber not responsible for death of pedestrian during autonomous vehicle testing in Arizona last year
Apple Employee Stole Driverless Car Data – Report
Trade secret theft. Self-driving car data allegedly stolen by Apple staff who then tried to flee to China
CES 2018: Intel Delivers 49-Qubit Quantum Chip To Researchers
At CES, Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich outlined the company's latest quantum computing advances and its move into autonomous cars with Mobileye
CES 2018: Samsung Takes Control Of IoT Devices With SmartThings
The cloud-connected SmartThings app, on the way this spring, aims to give users a single point of control for all their connected gadgets
Waymo And Lyft Form Self-Driving Partnership To Take On Uber
The race to lead the way in autonomous vehicles is showing no signs of slowing
Smart Home Attacks And Data Weaponisation: The New Threat Vectors For 2017 And Beyond
Intel Security's Christopher Young issues some stark security warnings at RSA Conference 2017
Nissan To Test Self Driving Cars In London Next Month
Sign of the times. Modified Nissan Leaf to be driven on crowded public streets in London next month