Transport: Britain's first self-driving SHUTTLES take to the streets of Cambridge
Developed by Aurrigo, the three Auto-Shuttles will run a two-mile route from Madingley Road Park and Ride around the University of Cambridge’s West Campus.
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Volkswagen will test self-driving minibus on public roads in the US and Germany this summer
Volkswagen will hit the road with its self-driving ID.Buzz minivans this summer – as it prepares to roll out a robot taxi service in 2025. The autonomous version of the classic hippie-era microbus will be tested six US cities, including Pittsburgh, before expanding to Munich, Germany. The goal is to add the driverless service to MOIA, … Read more
Tesla admits to California DMV that Elon Musk has been exaggerating about ‘full self-driving’ cars
Tesla privately admitted to a California regulator that CEO Elon Musk has been exaggerating plans to have fully-autonomous self-driving cars on the road by 2022. The acknowledgment was revealed in a summary of answers to questions put to the company by with the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. They were released by legal transparency group … Read more
Tesla admits to California DMV that Elon Musk has been exaggerating about ‘full self-driving’ cars
Tesla privately admitted to a California regulator that CEO Elon Musk has been exaggerating plans to have fully-autonomous self-driving cars on the road by 2022. The acknowledgment was revealed in a summary of answers to questions put to the company by with the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. They were released by legal transparency group … Read more
Self-driving cars may ‘struggle to recognise dark-skinned faces’
Self-driving vehicles may be inherently racist because they’re unable to detect dark-skinned faces in the dark, experts have warned. The Law Commission says racial bias ‘has crept into the design of vehicles and automated systems’, which could have disastrous consequences. Autonomous vehicles are powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that’s trained to detect pedestrians in order to … Read more
Federal investigators warn Tesla is using customers as ‘guinea pigs’ to test its ‘Full Self-Driving’
The National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) suggests Tesla is using customers as ‘guinea pigs’ to test its autonomous driving technology before it is officially approved and is blaming its sister agency for letting it happen. In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), NTSB is calling for stricter requirements for design and … Read more
Leaked emails from Tesla says its ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta will ‘remain largely unchanged’
Elon Musk has been banging the drum for Tesla’s with ‘Full Self-Driving’ (FSD) for more than five years, but a number of leaked emails reveal the technology is far off from providing hands-free capabilities. Documents between Tesla attorneys and the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) say vehicles using the firm’s latest beta version, known … Read more
Cadillac of the sky: GM reveals flying autonomous car that hits 56mph – and a self-driving shuttle
General Motors (GM) is taking its business to new heights by unveiling a flying self-driving taxi under its Cadillac brand at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The American carmaker shared a concept video showcasing a single-seater electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that tops speeds of 56mph. Not only is GM’s future taking to … Read more
Samsung unveils AI-powered robot vacuum at CES that uses sensors found in self-driving cars
Samsung’s new robotic vacuum uses the same LiDAR sensor technology as self-driving cars to detect obstacles and react accordingly. According to the company, the 3D sensors on the JetBot 90 AI+ are sophisticated enough to know which objects it can bump up against, like a table leg, and which to give a wide berth to, … Read more
Waymo ditches the term ‘self-driving’ to avoid confusion in a move takes a jab at Elon Musk’s Tesla
Waymo, a unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., is saying good-bye to ‘self-driving’—not the technology, just the term. In a blog post Wednesday, the company announced it would now be using the phrase ‘autonomous driving’ to avoid confusion that could lead a driver to take their hands off the wheel at a dangerous moment. ‘It … Read more