In the US, where Waymo is currently testing their autonomous vehicles, things haven’t been going all dandy. Reports have been coming about from the Arizona Republic that the autonomous cars are …
Ford sets up a new company called FORD AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES LLC
Ford Motor Company today announced it has created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, a new organization charged with accelerating its AV business to capitalize on market opportunities. The company also det…
Uber says that their self-driving cars will return
During the Uber Elevate Summit in Los Angeles last week, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has stated that Uber’s self-driving cars will return in the coming months. Uber pulled their self-driving car tests…
GM Takes Next Step Toward Future with Self-Driving Vehicle Manufacturing in Michigan
After more than a year of building test vehicles for development of its self-driving technology, General Motors announced it will build production versions of its Cruise AV at its Orion Township assem…
Mayor of San Francisco wants safety tests on self-driving cars
In developed countries, many local government companies set up a body which performs safety tests as well as environmental tests on new cars which are brought to market. This is to ensure that at leas…
Google’s Waymo is partnering up with Lyft
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle technology arm of Google, has announced that they will be partnering up with Lyft, a ride-hailing company based out of San Francisco to test out self-driving technologies…
Uber shifts AI research up to Canada [+video]
Uber, the ride-hailing company, has moved up to Toronto to build their AI team focusing on autonomous vehicles and the software which power it. In a collaboration with a non-profit organisation, the V…
Uber and Autonomous Cars?
When we think about self driving cars, the first thing that comes to mind is of course Google, Volvo, BMW, Audi and a slew of other manufacturers. I put Google first because although it is a tech comp…