Cruise celebrates a million driverless miles
General Motors’ driverless division Cruise has announced it has completed a million miles without a driver – 15 months after its first fully driverless ride. In a blog post on the company’s website, Mo Elshenawy, who’s Executive Vice President of Engineering wrote: “Just about every mile we’ve logged has been packed with complex scenarios that […]
JLR launches three new tech hubs in self driving technology push
Jaguar Land Rover has announced it’s expanding its global digital capability by opening three new tech hubs in Germany, Italy and Spain. It says the hubs are set up to develop autonomous driving systems for JLR’s next generation of vehicles, and come in addition to the six existing global hubs. The new hubs are situated […]
Law Commission calls for ban on remote driving run from abroad
The Law Commission of England and Wales is calling for the remote driving of vehicles from abroad to be banned in the UK. While the technology exists in places like farms, and warehouses, it could also be introduced to vehicles used on the roads, such as delivery vans and rental cars. Therefore the Commission has […]
Citizens help shape the future of self-driving vehicles
New research by leading CAV expert Professor Nick Reed is highlighting how challenging it will be to arrive at a consensus over self-driving vehicle operation. The automotive and technology industries have committed huge resources to the development of self-driving vehicles, but what do the public think about how they should operate on UK roads? Reed […]
Driverless trial concludes in Greenwich “getting us closer” to greener, safer, accessible travel
ServCity, a consortium project backed by Nissan and supported by the UK Government has reached its conclusion, deploying advanced autonomous drive technology in complex urban environments in London, integrated with the city’s infrastructure. Following three years of research and more than 1,600 autonomous test miles driven, Nissan has worked alongside consortium partners to develop a […]
Amazon’s driverless vehicle travels on public roads
Amazon’s driverless subsidiary Zoox has begun testing on public roads in California, using a vehicle without a steering wheel. The company has announced it has received its driverless testing permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to operate its robotaxi autonomously on public roads. “Over the weekend, we hit the road!” the company says […]
Milton Keynes looks into high-speed driverless network
A high-speed, driverless transport network “could transform the way people get around in Milton Keynes” after the City Council secured funding to research the idea. Advanced Very Rapid Transport uses automated vehicles on purpose-designed segregated pathways. The City Council is receiving £200,000 funding to commission a study to determine how the AVRT project could fit […]
Campaign group buys Super Bowl ad slot to campaign against Tesla self-driving
An American safety campaign group has broadcast a public safety message during the hugely-watched Super Bowl TV coverage, outlining what it says are the critical safety defects of Tesla Full Self-Driving and the significant threat this software poses to road safety. The Super Bowl ad – which is reported to cost around $7 million (£5.8 […]
San Francisco officials warn of safety dangers caused by driverless vehicles
It’s emerged firefighters in San Francisco were forced to break a driverless vehicle’s windows in order to get it moved from across a hose being used to fight a fire in the city last month. The event has been detailed in a joint letter from Directors at the city’s Municipal and County Transportation departments, and […]
Government funds Forth driverless bus service and other autonomous projects
The Government has announced that passengers will be boarding the world’s first fully sized, self-driving bus service in Edinburgh from the spring, after it was awarded a share of £81 million in joint UK government and industry support for self-driving transport technology. The project is one of seven successful projects from around the UK, and […]