Cruise gets permission to run driverless cars with no safety driver
General Motors’ driverless car company Cruise has received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to offer rides to passengers in their “Robotaxis” with no safety drivers. Reuters reports the Company has obtained a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to offer driverless rides to passengers at night in some parts […]
Journalist says fuel crisis is the spark we need to embrace driverless deliveries
A prime time television presenter has likened the current fuel crisis to a previous crisis to do with horse manure on the streets as a tipping point towards embracing new technology. GB News presenter Colin Brazier used his “Brazier Angle” to say that a crisis in the 1890s when streets were piled up with poo […]
Toyota acquires tech company to boost self-driving ambitions
The subsidiary of carmaker Toyota, Woven Planet Holdings has bought Silicon Valley-based automotive operating system developer Renovo Motors to boost vehicle safety and self-driving development. Renovo develops specialised software which Woven Planet says will add depth to its resources, especially its open vehicle development platform, by adding top-tier engineers who have deep expertise in building […]
Half of people think they’d drive better than an autonomous vehicle
A large number of British people have told pollsters they’re not looking to relinquish their driving duties any time soon. A survey for Volkswagen Financial Services has found that just under half of of those surveyed (46%) would prefer to drive themselves rather than rely on self-driving technology. VWFS says it commissioned the survey to […]
Americans with experience of driverless cars warming to the idea
A new study conducted by Arizona State University suggests there’s public enthusiasm for greater use of autonomous vehicles. Participants in a six-month experiment among older and disabled residents in the Phoenix metro area said they felt AV services were safe, convenient and even preferable to traditional taxis or ride-share options. The results are part of […]
Making it real: CCAM innovation and deployment – an ERTICO analysis
We live in an era of increasingly cooperative, connected and automated mobility but there’s still a huge way to go. ‘Innovation and deployment of CCAM’ was the topic of the fifth ERTICO-ITS Europe webinar in the approach to this year’s ITS World Congress taking place in Hamburg from 11-15 October 2021. Many of the projects, […]
Asda planning driverless delivery trial
The supermarket giant Asda has announced it’s going to trial autonomous vans as part of its last mile delivery operation. It’s working with UK-based autonomous mobility start-up Wayve on the trial which will begin in early 2022. Asda will be the first to commercially test the solution, using Wayve’s expertise in deep learning to help […]
Musk admits Tesla’s self driving mode can lull people into thinking cars are driverless
The owner of Tesla has admitted in a tweet that his car’s Full Self Driving mode, FSD, can seem so good that “vigilance isn’t necessary”. Elon Musk tweeted about the latest Beta upgrade of the software that will be made available to 2,000 drivers. The tweet said that owners would be able to request access […]
Thatcham plans world-first Automated Driving System consumer ratings
The Thatcham research body has announced funding for a proof-of-concept consumer safety rating for Automated Driving Systems. In a project with Zenzic, the independent rating will initiatally focus on Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS). This technology could see motorists driving hands-free on UK motorways at limited speeds within a year. The goal is that this […]
Self-Driving truck technology company Plus collaborates with Teledyne FLIR to integrate thermal sensors
The self-driving truck technology copmpany Plus (formerly Plus.ai) has announced it will collaborate with Teledyne FLIR, LLC on a development project to explore the addition of thermal cameras to the sensor stack used with Plus’s Level 4 autonomous driving technology. Plus takes a multi-modal sensor approach and currently uses lidar, cameras, and radar to provide […]