Survey finds positive attitudes to AVs among younger demographic
A new study looking at the attitudes towards the use of autonomous vehicles has found people aged 18-24 are broadly positive about the concept of autonomous vehicles. Herriot Watt University talked to ride-hailing users who live in the United Kingdom, which it believes is the most frequent users of application-based taxi services, and they are […]
Women manage driverless cars better – research
A new study suggests that women are better at taking back control of a driverless vehicle when required, have faster reaction times, hold more stable wheel control and engage in fewer reckless manoeuvres. Researchers at Newcastle University have concluded that driverless car software may need to have settings based on gender and age, so that […]
Lotus working on driverless project
Lotus Engineering and Swiss technology firm Iprova have announced a partnership which they say, for the first time, combines the latest AI-enabled way of creating breakthrough inventions with the ability to develop proof of concept, design and engineering of products based on them. They explain that, targeting the transportation sector in its widest sense – […]
American agency probing self-driving Cruise car crash in California
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it has opened a special investigation into a recent crash of a Cruise self-driving vehicle in California that resulted in minor injuries. Reuters reports the auto safety agency did not identify the specific crash, but a Cruise vehicle operating in driverless autonomous mode was involved in […]
Driverless start-up Argo cuts workforce
The driverless startup backed by Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen has laid off about 150 workers after “ramping up too quickly and finding itself overstaffed”. Argo AI has confirmed the layoffs from a global workforce that has grown to more than 2,000. “With incredible growth and progress made in our mission to deploy driverless vehicles, […]
Patents for driverless car technology rise as makers try to avoid litigation
Patents for automotive wireless technology submitted by car makers have jumped by 4.9 per cent in the last year, according to research published today. Figures from intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire went up from 945 in 2020 to 991 – a threefold increase on 2016 levels. According to Mathys & Squire, the reason […]
Transport Committee to investigate development and deployment of self-driving vehicles
The Law Commission of England and Wales is seeking views on regulating remote driving on public roads, building on earlier recommendations from the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission for reform to enable “the safe and responsible introduction of automated vehicles.” The Government has said that it is “continuing to develop a full legal framework […]
Aurrigo delivers self-driving “rural first for UK”
Autonomous technology company Aurrigo has delivered a four-day trial of its self-driving vehicles at Alnwick Castle and The Alnwick Gardens in Northumberland, as part of a major new study led by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and insight and strategy specialists BritainThinks. Local residents had the opportunity to attend ‘The Great Self Driving […]
Cruise charging for driverless rides in San Francisco
General Motors’ autonomous vehicle subsidiary Cruise is now officially a commercial service, as it begins charging for rides in its self-driving taxis in San Francisco. Website theverge.com reports that the company says fared driverless rides are currently taking place with “most riders” in the Northwest section of San Francisco. Cruise will continue “expanding our paid […]
GM applies for anti-motion sickness patents to reduce nausea in driverless vehicles
General Motors’ driverless vehicle subsidiary Cruise is working to find a way to save people from feeling sick the next time they take a self-driving car. The issue of motion sickness in a driverless vehicle is seen as a problem because it reduces some of the advantages of travelling in a vehicle that drives itself, […]