Articles Tagged with ''autonomous vehicles''

Amazon Subsidiary Unveils Autonomous Urban Taxi

December 18, 2020

FOSTER CITY, CA—Zoox, a subsidiary of Amazon, has unveiled an electric robotaxi designed to operate in dense urban environments.

SAE Launches Autonomous Vehicle Standards Committee

December 16, 2020

WARRENDALE, PA—SAE International has formed a new committee that will develop standards for autonomous vehicles.

GM Plans to Up Spending on EVs, Autonomous Cars by 35 Percent to $27 Billion

December 1, 2020

DETROIT—General Motors Corp. recently announced that it will spend $27 billion on all-electric and autonomous vehicles through 2025, an increase of $7 billion, or 35 percent, from initial plans announced in March.

Autonomous ‘Mayflower’ to Retrace Historic Voyage

November 24, 2020

PLYMOUTH, England—This year marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower, the ship that transported more than 100 brave souls across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Cod, MA. To celebrate the historic event, an autonomous research vessel will retrace the voyage in the spring.

Yellowstone National Park to Debut Autonomous Shuttles

Austin Weber

November 18, 2020

Yellowstone is America’s oldest national park. But, it will soon be the site of some of the newest transportation technology in the world. Starting in May 2021, the popular vacation spot will experiment with autonomous shuttles.

Funky Autonomous Freight Pods Debut in Sweden

October 16, 2020

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Einride has launched a commercial version of its unmanned, electric heavy transport vehicle.

Autonomous Vehicles go Beyond the Blacktop

Autonomous off-highway vehicles are a growing presence around the globe, from Norwegian mines to Brazilian sugar cane fields, and while limited access sites foster more controllable environments, rough and tumble usage raises a host of other challenges.

Nathan Eddy

September 14, 2020

While the trend of autonomous driving is also catching on in off-highway vehicles, the use cases are very different compared to on-road vehicles where the main purpose is to move from Point A to Point B on their own with help of onboard sensors and systems.

Sensory inputs

Liz Cuneo Kevin Jost

September 14, 2020

Better sensing technology, both on and off vehicle, is a must for safer, smoother, and more convenient systems for advanced driver assistance and greater levels of automation. Here is our curated roundup of the latest and greatest news from the CES 2020 show in Las Vegas.

Autonomous vehicle opportunities and challenges

Recent industry developments are looking to save lives, reduce injuries, and spread mobility equitably, but education—of developers and consumers—is one important element to AV technology development and adoption.

John Challen

September 10, 2020

This year kicked off where 2018 finished when a huge number of developments were announced in autonomous and connected vehicles. The biggest platform for these reveals, demonstrations, and announcements was the CES 2019 Show in Las Vegas, which saw an unprecedented amount of automotive applications being showcased and a glimpse given to a world that is fast becoming a reality.

Driven by data

The twin technologies of big data and machine technology will have to work together in order to propel autonomous vehicle development forward, and industry players from automakers to chipmakers are gearing up for a long and winding road.

September 10, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have become vital tools for the production of next-generation automated vehicles, particularly because of the need to recognize and react to the nearly infinite number of scenarios encountered on real-world roads.

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