The automotive industry is beginning a period of great change, from gas-powered, human-driven vehicles, to electric, computer-operated ones. That transition took its first steps during the past decade, and is set to accelerate over the next 10 years. During the 2010s, some companies and analysts expressed optimism about the potential […]
“Disruption” has become the buzzword of buzzwords in the transportation industry. But the supposed disruption isn’t true disruption at all – it doesn’t fit into Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation, as explored in his book “The Innovator’s Dilemma.” Nonetheless, automakers are actually disrupting themselves from within. The “disruption within” […]
Uber self-driving cars were in 37 crashes in the 18 months leading up to the killing of a woman in March 2018. The revelation was made public by the National Transportation Safety Board in documents released Tuesday as part of its investigation. Those documents also reveal the monotony of overnight […]
Jaguar Land Rover put “virtual eyes” on self-driving pods to interact with pedestrians on the road. The “eyes” are a combination of work between engineers and cognitive psychologists to research human trust in autonomous vehicles. Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories. Jaguar Land Rover put “virtual eyes” on its self-driving pods […]
The autonomous-driving startup Cruise Automation, which was acquired by General Motors in 2016, is facing technological issues as it seeks to launch an autonomous ride-hailing service by the end of this year, The Information‘s Amir Efrati reported on Friday. Among the issues reportedly experienced by Cruise vehicles are near-accidents, getting […]
A video that appears to show a Tesla Model S driving at speed on a road with no one in the driver’s seat circulated on social media on Tuesday night. The luxury electric car appeared to be operating on Autopilot, Tesla’s semi-autonomous-driving technology designed to steer, accelerate, brake, and change […]
The Uber self-driving Volvo SUV involved in a fatal collision with a pedestrian earlier this month had its standard collision-avoidance equipment deactivated. Uber equipped the vehicle with its own autonomous-driving hardware for testing purposes. The Uber-controlled vehicle slammed into 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg on March 18, killing her. Aptiv, the company […]
In San Francisco, people are fed up with startups trying to disrupt transit. As a result, San Francisco officials last year passed some of the US’s most restrictive regulations for delivery robots. The founders of Starship Technologies say the company has pulled its robots from San Francisco to focus on […]
Uber and Google have settled a high-profile legal battle over self-driving-car trade secrets. As part of the settlement, Waymo, the self-driving-car unit owned by Google’s parent company, will receive $US245 million of equity in Uber. The settlement comes days before Alphabet CEO Larry Page was scheduled to testify in open […]
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