Volvo Cars announced their unsupervised autonomous driving feature Ride Pilot will debut with customers in California. Ride Pilot is an autonomous driving software that will allow Volvo Cars to take responsibility for the driving. This […]
Lawmakers in Germany have agreed to allow autonomous vehicles on some public roads starting next year. The approval is a big step towards allowing robotaxis and the operation of other driverless vehicles in the country. […]
SAE, the acclaimed engineering group, has updated their Levels of Driving Automation chart. Otherwise known as the J3016, this chart and surrounding definitions allow automakers and policymakers to have a standard definition of automated driving […]
Tesla’s current driver-assist features are at Level 2, which is considered to be partial driving automation. This means the vehicle can control both steering and accelerating/decelerating. At this level, a driver must still be present […]
Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng kicked off their cross country autonomous driving expedition this weekend. With a fleet of Xpeng P7 electric sedans, the automaker plans to travel a total of 3,675km (2,283 miles) across six […]
Waymo has partnered with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) since 2016, helping the autonomous driving startup integrate its Waymo Driver into Chrysler Pacifica minivans. Now the pair have expanded their relationship further in an announcement made […]
Speaking at the opening of Shanghai’s annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about how his company is progressing towards full autonomous driving. With over-the-air (OTA) software updates, Tesla has steadily […]
Bentley unveiled the concept EXP 100 GT during the company’s centenary celebrations in 2019 as a way to show how the automaker expects vehicles to be in 2035. Now the automaker has filed an application […]
Even though BMW is still far behind Tesla when it comes to the development of autonomous driving systems, the German automaker recently filed an international patent application (PCT) for a shape-shifting steering wheel. The idea […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has introduced several policy changes aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles in the United States. The new Automated Vehicle (AV) Framework, announced last week […]
