CCAV and Innovate UK launch new CAV engagement
The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and Innovate UK have announced a series of industry engagement events to present and discuss the proposed focus for our future work. This includes engagement with local authorities, transport authorities and transport operators of all types, who are interested in automated vehicle applications. These will be starting in, […]
Waymo and Cruise get permission to charge for driverless rides in California
Google’s sister company Waymo and General Motors subsidiary Cruise have taken the next step on their business journeys to deliver driverless taxi services by getting permission to charge for rides in parts of California. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has issued “Drivered Deployment permits” to allow for passenger service in autonomous vehicles, although it […]
Academics fear driverless cars’ negative environmental effect
Two academics are warning that, if implemented badly, driverless vehicles might harm the environment rather than improve it. Writing in “The Conversation”, University of California Director Giovanni Circella and Professional Researcher Scott Hardman, who both spend their working lives studying automated vehicle technology, say that their research teams assessed the real-life impacts that automated vehicles […]
ServCity begins London driverless testing
The UK’s newest autonomous mobility service research project, ServCity has begun its testing phase on the streets of London, in a bid to help cities solve how they can harness the latest autonomous vehicle technologies and successfully incorporate them into a complex urban environment. ServCity is jointly funded by government and industry, the government’s £100m […]
Ford adds self parking to app
Ford has added the ability for a car to park itself to the latest version of its FordPass Connect app. The website electrek has spotted that if an update to its app comes to fruition, the F-150 Lightning will soon be able to park itself via remote control using phone apps. It’s reported that the […]
Did the Past Predict the Future in the Car Market?
Fantasising about the future has consistently been a preoccupation of humankind. We’ve asked ourselves many futuristic questions over the centuries, and we’ve constantly tried to come up with answers to satiate our appetite for excitement, evolution, and innovation. What will we look like in 100 years’ time? Will we be taller? Will we have found […]
TRL Develops Roadmap to Enable Remote Operation of CAVs by 2035
TRL has published a roadmap to enable the remote operation of connected and automated vehicles by 2035 as the final piece of the Project Endeavour programme. The aim is to provide a pathway to allow the removal of the Safety Driver and Test Assistant roles from an automated vehicle for remotely operated on-highway operations in […]
Cruise offers driverless car trip so to public in San Francisco
General Motors’ driverless subsidiary Cruise is offering people in San Francisco a chance to ride in a driverless taxi. Residents and visitors can take free rides in its battery-powered fleet–with no human backup drivers. “Ready to go fully driverless?” a form on its website reads. “We can’t wait for you to join the Cruise Rider […]
Abu Dhabi driverless trial sees 2,700 riders in a month
A driverless taxi service trial in Abu Dhabi, called TXAI, has seen 2,700 passengers try it out, across more than 10,000 miles of rides. UAE newspaper Gulf News says since the service was launched in last November on Yas Island, a reclaimed area of land famous for hosting the emirate’s Grand Prix. It says the […]
GM CEO tries her company’s driverless car for the first time – video
General Motors’ driverless vehicle subsidiary Cruise has published a YouTube video of GM’s CEO Mary Barra taking her first trip in one of its vehicles. She joined Cruise co-founder and interim CEO Kyle Vogt on a tour around San Francisco. “Oh my gosh, this is incredible,” she exclaims as the vehicle pulls away. “I always […]