The future is shaping up to be an interesting place. For example, self-driving cars are starting to come of age and there’s even a sanctioned form of motorsport dedicated to electric cars known as the Formula E Championship. Now, self-driving cars and electric motorsports has been combined the result is a tad freaky to watch. […]
Rumors that Apple has been working on some sort of automobile first appeared in early 2015, and proceeded to swell in intensity. Apple, ever secretive, made no public announcements regarding the program, reportedly code-named Project Titan and thought to employ as many as 1000 people. Then, last October, it was reported that Apple had given […]
The Volkswagen Group avoided its usual pomp and flair in the lead up to this year’s Geneva auto show by focusing on a single, community-minded concept car meant to be representative of future trends affecting its entire portfolio of brands. The concept is called the Sedric, and it’s the first vehicle to be launched by […]
If you see a hybrid Ford mid-size sedan cruising as well as no obvious input drivers, rest assured that you are not an illusion. Since 2013, Ford has used a modified fusion test to independently drive a hybrid car technology. GM is now introducing an updated version, which will form the basis for a larger […]
That’s starting to change, though, and on Tuesday we saw a major step taken by the government with the Department of Transportation presenting guidelines for the safe testing and deployment of autonomous cars, which you can read in full here. The decision to go ahead with the guidelines is based on the government’s belief […]
Komatsu has unveiled an all-new heavy duty dump truck with no cab, no steering wheel, no windshield for human drivers whatsoever. And with no human driver, who’s to say which end is the front and which is the back? Think of what a benefit this would be to mining companies. Traditionally, the human operator sits […]
Hailed Rides will be in autonomous cars on 2021, Lyft president and Co-Founder John Zimmer said. Zimmer made the prediction in a manifesto of sorts titled The Third Transportation Revolution: Lyft’s Vision for the Next Ten Years and Beyond, which you can read here. He also predicts that by as early as 2025, privately-owned […]
Steve Zadesky, Apple ‘s car project code-named Titan’s derector has left the company earlier this year. Apple has laid off “dozens” working on its self-driving car project, and is said to be rethinking Project Titan’s ultimate aims. The move comes a few months after Apple reportedly brought on hardware veteran Bob Mansfield to replace Zadesky […]
Roborace has revealed one of their early stage prototypes, called the Devbot, and unlike the cars that will be competing in Roborace, known as Robocars, it has a seat and steering wheel. Part of the development of the Robocars involves a human doing the driving. The data collected is being used by the various teams competing in […]
Let’s read the news about Uber. Uber on Thursday announced the acquisition of Otto, an American startup with around 90 staff working on developing self-driving trucks. The announcement was made on the same day Uber announced a deal with Volvo to source additional test cars for its growing fleet of self-driving cars. Otto co-founder […]
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