SINGAPORE—The world’s first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in Singapore starting Thursday. Select members of the public can hail a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. While…
After debuting the Drive PX2 in-car supercomputer at Consumer Electronics Show last January, NVIDIA is now unveiling the inner workings of the Parker system on a chip (SOC) that powers its in-car supercomputer. The processor is equipped with…
WASHINGTON — Experts say the development of self-driving cars over the coming decade depends on an unreliable assumption by many automakers: that the humans in them will be ready to step in and take control if the…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Google on Monday said that its self-driving car bore some of the blame in a recent fender-bender after making the kind of assumption a human might have made. A Lexus car converted…
Audi demonstrated its autonomous A8 in Germany. Here’s the news from Audi: The kind of awe that would normally strike onlookers as a glamorous film star steps onto the red carpet from an Audi A8 has also…
LOS ANGELES — While self-driving cars already are being tested on public roads, newly released safety data support the cautionary view that the technology has many miles to go before people can sleep at the wheel. That…
SAN FRANCISCO, United States—Google on Tuesday said that while its self-driving cars have safely driven more than a million miles, there have been times when humans have had to take over to avoid crashing. System “anomalies” caused…
Kia Motors highlighted its autonomous driving technology at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at Las Vegas. Kia sees autonomous driving as beneficial for consumers by preventing accidents, reducing traffic, and reducing pollution. It will of course…
Our cars, our homes, our appliances and even our toys: Things around us are going to keep getting smarter. In 2016, we’ll entrust even more of our lives and their intimate details to machines—not to mention the…
By 2020, Kia plans to introduce a range of partially-autonomous driving technologies to its model line-up, and is aiming to bring its first fully-autonomous car to market by 2030. The initial stage of investment by Kia –…
