Car Tech Industry Elon Musk: Tesla is close to achieving basic level 5 autonomy for its cars Fully self-driving functionality could be ready by the end of the year By Adrian Potoroaca, July 9, 2020, 5:24 PM 18 comments
Industry Car Tech Nuro partners with CVS to test autonomous prescription deliveries It will be available to select Houston residents By Cohen Coberly, May 28, 2020, 2:06 PM
Car Tech Intel buys transit data startup, wants a piece of the $160 billion self-driving car market Intel buys Moovit to aid Mobileye's Mobility-as-a-Service By Adrian Potoroaca, May 4, 2020, 3:37 PM
Industry Car Tech The Mayo Clinic is using autonomous vehicles to transport COVID-19 tests in Florida As well as other medical supplies By Cohen Coberly, April 7, 2020, 6:03 AM
Car Tech Industry Fiat Chrysler partners with self-driving car startup AutoX to bring a robo-taxi service to China by Q3 2020 An ambitious move By Cohen Coberly, February 10, 2020, 4:06 PM
Car Tech Industry Nuro's R2 vehicle has been granted the NHTSA's first regulatory exemption for a custom self-driving car Nuro's 'R2' vehicle has no side mirrors or windshield By Cohen Coberly, February 7, 2020, 5:51 PM
Car Tech Uber's self-driving vehicles are coming to Washington, DC But they'll be manually controlled initially By Cohen Coberly, January 24, 2020, 7:23 AM
Industry Car Tech Autonomous vehicle R&D group 'Capri Mobility' is testing 'driverless pods' in the UK Public trials are underway By Cohen Coberly, January 21, 2020, 5:24 PM
Car Tech Software Tesla's latest update adds a full self-driving visualization preview, better voice commands, and more Tesla's holiday update is a meaty one By Cohen Coberly, December 26, 2019, 3:08 PM 8 comments
Industry Car Tech Argo AI will charge per mile for using its self-driving cars as a way to fund itself A different approach to staying afloat as a self-driving car startup By Adrian Potoroaca, December 16, 2019, 9:31 AM
Car Tech Mobile Phoenix-based iPhone users can now request a robo-taxi ride with Waymo's new iOS app The app arrived on Android earlier this year By Cohen Coberly, December 5, 2019, 6:33 PM
Industry Google Waymo's autonomous cars are now picking up Phoenix riders without a safety driver Only a few hundred users are participating for now By Cohen Coberly, October 28, 2019, 5:59 PM
Industry Car Tech Toyota will offer rides in level 4 autonomous vehicles at the Tokyo Olympics The rides will take place in the Odaiba district By Cohen Coberly, October 24, 2019, 4:36 PM
Car Tech Didi Chuxing is looking to launch self-driving rides in Shanghai and expand them beyond China by 2021 The rides will be free during the pilot program By Adrian Potoroaca, August 30, 2019, 3:13 PM
Car Tech Ford executive says self-driving cars will only have a four-year lifespan Because they'll be used so much, apparently By Rob Thubron, August 26, 2019, 9:31 AM 24 comments
Industry Car Tech Congress asks the self-driving car industry for feedback on upcoming legislation Congress wants input on self-driving car cybersecurity, privacy, and more By Cohen Coberly, July 31, 2019, 2:15 PM
Car Tech Tesla is raising the price of its 'Full Self-Driving' hardware by $1,000 on August 16 The price will increase further 'every few months' By Cohen Coberly, July 17, 2019, 7:26 AM
Industry Car Tech Ford and VW now own an equal stake in Argo AI, the self-driving car startup VW is pouring $2.6 billion into the autonomous vehicle startup By Adrian Potoroaca, July 12, 2019, 4:26 PM
Car Tech Industry Elon Musk says older Tesla models can soon get a free self-driving chip upgrade Hopes are up for the end of this year By Adrian Potoroaca, July 9, 2019, 7:21 AM
Car Tech Google Waymo receives permission to test its self-driving cars with passengers in California A big step for the Google subsidiary By Cohen Coberly, July 3, 2019, 4:21 PM
Industry Car Tech BMW, Audi, and others team up with Intel to create 12 safety principles for self-driving cars Is the industry attempting to regulate itself? By Cohen Coberly, July 2, 2019, 4:33 PM
Industry Car Tech Elon Musk says Tesla's full self-driving tech could arrive by 2020 Musk feels Tesla is ahead of the competition By Cohen Coberly, April 15, 2019, 2:15 PM 10 comments
Car Tech Tesla Autopilot is steering towards lane dividers again Last time that happened, someone died By Isaiah Mayersen, March 23, 2019, 12:06 PM 12 comments
Industry Car Tech GM's self-driving division 'Cruise' set to double its workforce by 2020 Cruise could have 2,000 employees by 2019's end By Cohen Coberly, March 13, 2019, 12:41 PM
Car Tech Industry Singapore has partnered up with Volvo to test out fully-autonomous public buses The vehicles can hold 80 passengers By Cohen Coberly, March 5, 2019, 5:52 PM