SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son pitches a new path for self-driving carsMost driverless car projects today rely on high-definition maps to help vehicles navigate, but these maps can become outdated, and vehicles...
25 Jul, 2024, 12.44 PM IST
China is testing more driverless cars than any other countryAcross China, 16 or more cities have allowed companies to test driverless vehicles on public roads, and at least 19 Chinese automakers and ...
15 Jun, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
SoftBank backs new autonomous trucking startup from founders of defunct Argo AIStack AV, which has 150 employees, marks another opportunity for the Argo AI founders to work on full self-driving technology, which remain...
07 Sep, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
Chinese autonomous vehicle tech raises concerns: US transportation chiefIn a July 17 letter to the transportation chief and secretary of commerce Gina Raimondo, a bipartisan group of four lawmakers asked for an ...
21 Jul, 2023, 09.37 AM IST
Porsche to incorporate Mobileye automated driving and navigation softwareMobileye's "SuperVision" system allows drivers to take their hands off the wheel in certain road types and enables the car to follow naviga...
09 May, 2023, 05.20 PM IST
Ford posts loss, takes sharp turn away from automated drivingChief Executive Jim Farley on Wednesday said Ford will shift its development focus away from fully self-driving systems developed by Argo t...
27 Oct, 2022, 08.24 AM IST
Teslas and other electric cars could learn from the muleThe mule’s meandering path to (relative) oblivion shows even the most no-brainer technology isn’t guaranteed to just take off. And electrif...
06 Sep, 2021, 08.43 PM IST
France to partner India on ISRO's 2025 Venus missionThe VIRAL instrument (Venus Infrared Atmospheric Gases Linker) co-developed with the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos and the LATMOS ...
01 Oct, 2020, 07.37 PM IST
For self-driving startups, revenue is elusive, but miles add upWaymo is starting to charge passengers fees. Riders of the company’s Waymo One program must pay, even though they are selected from a group...
15 Feb, 2020, 10.50 AM IST
Self-driving dream team gets $530 million from Sequoia, AmazonAurora’s three co-founders are legendary within the tight community of roboticists and engineers who are leading the charge to make self-dr...
08 Feb, 2019, 09.50 AM IST
VW is said to have approached self-driving startup AuroraThe German carmaker has been scouring Silicon Valley for targets or partnerships that can help it develop self-driving cars and other mobil...
23 Aug, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Who’s winning the self-driving car race?In the next three years, almost all of these contenders will be able show off cars capable of navigating city streets at casual speeds alon...
08 May, 2018, 09.41 AM IST
Google vs the Rest: Nobody wants to let the tech giant win war for Maps all over againAutonomous cars require powerful sensors to see and advanced software to think. They especially need up-to-the-minute maps of every conceiv...
22 Feb, 2018, 10.17 AM IST
Collateral benefit: Why self-driving cars owe a lot to Afghan, Iraq warsThese cars carry scars and dent from participation in a legendary series of competitions organized by the Darpa, a research and development...
31 Oct, 2017, 09.33 AM IST
Want a piece of Ford's $28 billion hoard? Don't hold your breathThe carmaker’s $28 billion cash pile isn’t “burning a hole in our pocket,” Hackett said.
20 Oct, 2017, 04.19 PM IST
Waymo hires ex-Tesla engineer to lead self-driving hardwareJeyachandran, 38, spent nearly seven years at Tesla before leaving earlier this year.
23 Jun, 2017, 10.05 AM IST
Ford to invest $1 billion self-driving AI startupThe Pittsburgh-based artificial intelligence company Argo AI will develop the brains for the fully autonomous vehicles Ford has promised to...
11 Feb, 2017, 11.00 AM IST