Better than humans? New website to show Waymo AVs are “world’s most trusted” drivers
Waymo has launched a new website that highlights the safety record of its fleet of 600 autonomous vehicles in California and Arizona. The “road safety data hub” details Waymo’s history of collisions over the past four years and the number of driverless miles traveled across its current three markets: San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, says NBC […]
Experts have their say on the driverless future
Over six hundred experts in the driverless mobility space converged on San Diego to share progress and debate what the future should look like on our roads. The Automated Road Transportation Symposium leading companies deploying driverless vehicles laid out their latest progress and plans for expansion. Participants from overseas provided their unique viewpoints and rolled […]
Phoenix: Bodycam captures driverless Waymo being pulled over by police
An autonomous Waymo car has been pulled over by police in Phoenix, Arizona and the incident on 18 June was caught on body camera after the officer observed the vehicle ‘going haywire’ in traffic. “I couldn’t help but come over here just out of morbid curiosity. I thought maybe there was a passenger,” a passerby said to […]
Wayve set to take on US AV tech giants
British autonomous vehicle firm Wayve has announced that it is hiring staff who would be responsible for “supervising and directing a team of drivers and safety operators, and overseasing on-road experimentation and development” based out of Mountain View in the San Francisco Bay Area. The London-based driverless vehicle oioneers are planning to put cars on […]
Disused Northamptonshire railway tunnel to become world-leading test facility for self-driving vehicles
A disused railway tunnel in Northamptonshire is set to become a world-leading test facility for the self-driving vehicles of tomorrow. The 2.7km Catesby Tunnel has officially joined CAM Testbed UK, a global centre for the innovation and development of connected and self-driving vehicle technologies. Operated by Catesby Projects, official worldwide resellers of Catesby Tunnel, the […]
