autonomous cars

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

4 months ago

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…

5 months ago

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

10 months ago

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Confirmation from Cruise that all its autonomous cars have now been withdrawn from all public roads in the United States

1 year ago

GM’s Cruise To Recall 950 Cars As Pedestrian Dragged After Accident

General Motors' self-driving division Cruise is recalling hundreds of vehicles after a highly publicised accident resulted in a critical injured…

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

Mozilla Names And Shames Privacy Compromising Cars

Privacy nightmare on wheels! Mozilla Foundations reviews 25 major car brands, all of which fail privacy tests

1 year ago

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…

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

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

2 years ago

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

3 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

Uber Not Liable For Fatal Accident

Uber not responsible for death of pedestrian during autonomous vehicle testing in Arizona last year

6 years ago

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

6 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

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

8 years ago

Nvidia Xavier Supercomputer Aims To Turn Cars Into AIs On Wheels

Nvidia is bringing more supercomputer power into cars, and cloud gaming and Google's AI into homes

8 years ago

BMW Hooks Up With IBM Watson For AI Car Research

Can I adjust your seat? BMW and Big Blue to apply artificial intelligence to future cars, with IBM Watson help

8 years ago