Driverless vehicle in Olympic village accident
Toyota has suspended all services of its driverless pod at the Olympic village in Japan after an accident between it and a Paralympics competitor. The car company’s issued a statement to say that on Thursday 26 August, a Toyota e-Palette mobility vehicle used to support mobility within the Athletes’ Village at the Olympic and Paralympic […]
Project Endeavour concludes in London
The Project Endeavour driverless car pilot has concluded its multi-city demonstration of autonomous vehicle services with a final on-road trial in Greenwich, in which members of the public were able to ride in one of six Ford Mondeo vehicles integrated with Oxbotica’s autonomy software platform. After COVID-19 restrictions prevented public involvement in the earlier Oxford […]
AVs “will have bigger impact than EVs” – Mobileye
The Vice President for Mobility as a Service at technology company Mobileye is predicting that autonomous vehicles will give the world back 800 billion hours of wasted hours per year and that self-driving vehicles will have a bigger impact on the future of mobility than the transformation to electric vehicles. Johann Jungwirth says that with […]
Lawyers analyse driverless liability in new report
An American law firm has analysed the question of liability when it comes to deaths involving driverless cars, but warns that it’s too early to say where blame lies in such crashes. Pittman, Dutton, Hellums, Bradley and Mann have written a report calling the issues “a complex web”, because often, an accident is not a […]
Waymo welcomes first passengers in San Francisco
Google’s self-driving car division Waymo has announced it is starting a driverless car service in San Francisco called the Waymo One Trusted Tester Programme. It says Trusted Tester is a research-focused programme that, for the first time, will invite San Franciscans to actively help it shape the future of fully autonomous ride-hailing. “We’ve been driving […]
Mainstream journalist warns the Driverless dream “on the road to disaster”
The Daily Telegraph’s business reporter has written a damning article about driverless vehicles warning the dream is “all but dead”. In a piece headlined “Silicon Valley’s driverless car dream is on the road to disaster“, Andrew Orlowski says another nail in the coffin was the announcement last week that America’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration […]
Tesla investigated over emergency vehicle crashes
America’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced an investigation into Tesla vehicles because of crashes with ambulances and fire engines with flashing lights on. It says it is looking into “Autopilot & First Responder Scenes” involving crashes with in-road or roadside first responders. It is looking into eleven crashes and fires and seven injury […]
Driverless delivery company completes successful demonstration
The electric vehicle innovator Arrival has completed a live demonstration of its driverless technology at a fully functioning parcel depot. The company says this is the first time where an Arrival Van has manoeuvred around a facility without a human driver inside the vehicle, which was able to autonomously complete all operations that are performed […]
World Road Federation publishes CAV report for road operators
A group of leading intelligent transport systems experts from around the world, including Ian Patey of WSP in the UK, have published a report into the challenges and opportunities for road operators and road authorities when it comes to automated vehicles. The World Road Federation PIARC’s report covers physical infrastructure issues around subjects such as […]
World’s first autonomous hydrogen vehicle trialled in Estonia
The world’s first autonomous hydrogen vehicle, created by Estonian company Auve Tech has been showcased in the city of Tartu. The vehicle is powered by low-temperature hydrogen cells, which were developed at the University of Tartu. Seating up to six passengers, it is primarily aimed at enhancing last-mile transportation. The shuttle can drive without human […]