Self-drive

With new self-driving SUV, Volvo, Uber bet on rideshare, safety

ASSUMING you’re in a country where there is Uber, then pretty soon you just might see a Volvo come and pick you up after booking a ride on the app — only this car won’t have a…

China tech firm joins Geely, Toyota in push for self-drive cars

THE top search engine operator in China has partnered with Chinese carmaker Geely and Japan’s Toyota in developing artificial intelligence (AI) systems for autonomous cars, news agency Reuters reported on Thursday. Baidu, Inc. already has its Apollo…

Toyota-led ride service venture gains momentum

MONET, the on-demand, self-driving car service venture set up by SoftBank Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. in October last year, has gained new investors — all Japanese carmakers. In a June 28 statement posted on the media…