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Amazon's latest gadget: A self-driving toy car for coders

Amazon’s cloud unit announced a $399 autonomous toy car, aimed at helping web developers try out some of their own self-driving technology.

30 Nov 2018 4:13 PM

European carmakers are racing to keep up with the rapid pace of development in the self-driving and electric vehicle markets.

Self-driving car industry needs standards and security: executives

Government and industry should work closely together to ensure success as the market evolves.

08 Nov 2018 7:55 AM

Company officials acknowledge they have a long way to go to regain public trust after the March 18 crash in Tempe, Arizona.(Tempe Police Department via AP, File)

Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads

The company has filed an application on with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to test in Pittsburgh.

03 Nov 2018 1:28 PM

US plans to rewrite rules that impede self-driving cars

The NHTSA is moving ahead with plans to revise safety rules that bar fully self-driving cars from the roads.

05 Oct 2018 7:53 AM

Toyota Motor Corp will invest USD 500 million in Uber Technologies Inc to jointly work on developing self-driving cars, the companies said on Monday, a bid by both to catch up to rivals in the hotly competitive autonomous driving business.

Toyota to invest USD 500 million in Uber for self-driving cars

Uber will combine its autonomous driving system with Toyota’s Guardian technology.

28 Aug 2018 11:02 AM

The deal, one of the largest yet for Mobileye, is a sign of how carmakers and suppliers are accelerating the introduction of features that automate certain driving tasks. (Photo: Intel)

Intel's Mobileye gets self-driving tech deal for 8 million cars

The company's autonomous driving unit has signed this contract with European automaker with its self-driving tech.

18 May 2018 11:08 AM

Uber driverless car heads out for a test drive in San Francisco.(File Photo: AP)

Self-driving cars need human driver's backup, says US auto safety

Automakers and tech companies rely on human drivers to step in when necessary with self-driving technology.

04 Apr 2018 2:07 PM

The Nvidia DRIVE platform is used by over 370 companies developing self-driving technology, including automakers and robotaxi companies and makers of self-driving hardware, such as sensors, Huang said.

NVIDIA halts self-driving tests in wake of Uber accident

Nvidia has been conducting testing of self-driving cars around the globe, including in Santa Clara, California; New Jersey and Japan.

28 Mar 2018 8:16 AM

Photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, investigators examine a driverless Uber SUV that fatally struck a woman in Tempe, Ariz.(Photo: AP)

Self-driving car industry addresses trust issues after Uber crash

Companies like General Motors Co, Alphabet and Uber urged policymakers not to withold on an industry still in development.

23 Mar 2018 9:40 AM

The results will mark a significant turnaround for the conglomerate.

Saved by sensors, Sony aims to expand their use in robotics, self-driving cars

Sony to develop the technology for use in robotics and self-driving cars as competition is heating up.

21 Dec 2017 9:03 AM

Three companies are now testing self-driving cars in Boston's Seaport District.

Self-driving cars could ease traffic, but increase sprawl

The study included a computer simulation of how downtown Boston traffic would change with the advent of self-driving cars.

17 Oct 2017 2:47 PM

Tesla founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk (Photo: AP)

Robocalypse now?

There will be other shocks too, as some experts are predicting human-robot marriages by 2050.

25 Jul 2017 1:44 AM

Apple is renting Lexus RX450h sport-utility vehicles from Hertz's Donlen fleet-management unit.

Apple working with Hertz to test self-driving technology: report

Apple is leasing a small fleet of cars from rental company Hertz Global Holdings to test self-driving technology.

27 Jun 2017 8:33 AM

Apple working on autonomous cars: CEO Tim Cook

The company is focusing on autonomous systems, Cook told Bloomberg Television on June 5.

14 Jun 2017 3:45 PM

Alphabet's Waymo confirms development of self-driving trucks

US-based Tesla is also stepping up efforts in autonomous driving and is set to launch its first semi-truck in September.

05 Jun 2017 5:21 PM

Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent company Alphabet Inc, Ford Motor Co, Uber Technologies Inc, Toyota Motor Corp, Tesla Motors Inc and others also filed comments suggesting changes. California said on Tuesday it would review comments before

Apple, Tesla ask California to change proposed self-driving car test policy

Apple Inc urged California to toughen up its proposed policy on testing self-driving cars, to catch up to rivals in the self-driving space.

29 Apr 2017 8:18 AM

Apple was granted a permit to test self-driving cars on April 14 by the California Department of Motor Vehicles but the company has never said anything about its plan.

Apple self-driving car testing plan gives clues to tech program

Apple joins a long list of carmakers, start-ups and technology rivals, including Alphabet's Waymo, that are testing cars on state roads.

22 Apr 2017 10:33 AM

The state's Department of Motor Vehicles is seeking public comment on proposed regulations for driverless testing and public use of autonomous vehicles that will no longer be required to have conventional manual controls such as steering wheels and pedals.

California paves way to self-driving car tests without humans

The proposed change provides a path to the eventual sale and deployment of self-driving vehicles in California

11 Mar 2017 7:15 AM

The new camera records the changes in light intensity between scenes at nanosecond intervals, much faster than conventional video, and it stores the images in a data format that is many times smaller as well.

Ultra-fast camera for self-driving vehicles invented

Unlike typical optical cameras, NTU’s new smart camera can record the slightest movements and objects in real time.

21 Feb 2017 3:05 PM

Uber hires NASA engg, will develop flying cars

Uber gets NASA engg onboard to make flying cars.

08 Feb 2017 11:49 AM

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