Zoox unveils driverless electric vehicle
Amazon’s newly-acquired subsidiary, Zoox, has unveilled an electric driverless pod which can travel at up to 75 miles per hour and go for 16 hours between charges. The company says the vehicle is designed for dense, urban environments. It offers bidirectional driving capabilities and four-wheel steering, which enables manoeuvring through compact spaces and changing directions […]
Dubai self driving challenge finalists announced
13 companies have been shortlisted for the finals of the Dubai World Challenge for self-driving transport – but no British one is among them. The competition is designed to realise the emirate’s vision of having 25% of all trips there smart and driverless. Seven global companies have qualified for the final stage of the Challenge […]
Cruise begins driverless testing
General Motors’ driverless vehicle division, Cruise, has begun on-road testing in San Francisco. It announced back in October that it’d been given a permit to test, and was planning to begin the trials before the end of the year. Forbes reports that it’s achieved this with about three weeks to spare, and that it is […]
Zenzic updating CAM roadmap in webinar today
How is the UK mapping its way to a connected and automated mobility future and who are the key players making progress towards the Roadmap’s 2030 Vision? The organisation overseeing the development of connected and automated vehicles in the UK, Zenzic are presenting a webinar exploring the UK Connected and Automated Mobility Roadmap to 2030: CAM […]
Uber sells its driverless subsidiary
Ridehailing firm Uber has announced it’s sold its driverless subsidiary Advanced Technologies Group to the Amazon-backed company Aurora. Aurora was founded in 2017 by entrepreneurs including former head of Google’s driverless division Chris Urmson (pictured). The company said they wanted to deliver the “opportunity to safely accelerate the adoption of self-driving technology” by “building an […]
Statistician researching AI-powered driverless car applications
An academic at Lancaster University has been given a grant to conduct ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence research aimed at revolutionising the use of AI in autonomous vehicles and cybersecurity. Dr Christopher Nemeth (pictured) will carry out the work as part of a prestigious Turing AI Acceleration Fellowship. The University says that, as technology advances, there is […]
Five winners of Zenzic’s CAM Scale-Up programme announced
The organisation tasked with co-ordinating the development and introduction of driverless vehicles to the UK’s roads, Zenzic, has announced five winners of its “CAM Scale-Up” programme aimed at helping UK self-driving start-ups get on the road to market success. Five UK-based self-driving start-ups will split £500,000 funding pot and work and be given a chance […]
“Globally unique” AV test centre nears completion
The UK test centre HORIBA MIRA says that self-driving vehicles are a “significant step closer” to becoming a reality on public roads with the construction of its new test centre nearing completion. MIRA says ASSURED CAV is a “globally unique” site which has been specifically designed to enable the automotive industry, policy makers and government […]
Britain at “midway point” towards autonomous vehicles
A group of transport experts have told a webinar that it could be another 15-20 years before driverless cars are in daily use by the monoring public. Road Safety GB reports that the Festival of Road Safety event heard from Coventry University, Zenzic and Oxfordshire County Council about the road safety challenges around the technology. […]
Renault completes driverless car project in France
Renault has announced it’s completed what it calls a “ground-breaking” three-year research project in France exploring and understanding the technology required and conditions needed for autonomous vehicles to work away from built-up urban areas. The trial was made up of two key experiments, including one completed using a specially developed autonomous Renault ZOE. Starting in […]