Category: Autonomous cars
Ford rolls out hazard information technology
Ford is to roll out its Local Hazard Information Technology, LHI, across more than 80 per cent of its vehicle line up by the end of the year. Already featuring as standard and free of charge for the first year on the new Ford Puma, the technology is designed to help drivers prepare for, and…
CES 2020: Robosense demos smart LiDAR sensor on public roads
Autonomous driving LiDAR provider RoboSense has announced the world’s first public road test of a vehicle equipped with a Smart LiDAR Sensor at CES 2020. The RoboSense RS-LiDAR-M1 Smart LiDAR is the world’s first MEMS Smart LiDAR Sensor to incorporate sensor hardware, AI perception algorithms, and IC chipsets, transforming conventional LiDAR sensors from an information…
Semi-autonomous cars ‘less likely’ to get blame for crashes
The public is more likely to blame accidents involving semi-autonomous cars on the driver rather than the technology, new research claims. According to the study, in an accident where a human driver and artificial intelligence have dual control, the public is more inclined to blame the person. The research team behind the study warned the…
Only 1 in 4 trust driverless cars, suggests survey
Motorists are not ready to take their hands off the wheel and surrender control to driverless cars, research by the AA suggests. The British motoring association has found that while many people see the benefits, such as improved mobility for the elderly and disabled, the cultural attachment to cars is stronger than technology and the…
Autonomous Village boosts driverless car development
A new facility for testing self-driving cars has opened in Bedfordshire. Developers of driverless technology will be able to take advantage of the UK’s first so-called Autonomous Village at Millbrook Proving Ground, which has been used for vehicle testing since the 1960s. The Millbrook-Culham urban test bed includes more than 40 miles of secure tracks,…
Toyota and Suzuki announce self-driving car technology partnership
Japan’s top carmaker, Toyota, and smaller rival Suzuki, have announced they are partnering in the development of self-driving car technology. The move comes as manufacturers around the world grapple with innovations in the industry. They said that Toyota will take a 4.9% stake in Suzuki Motor Corp, valued at 96 billion yen (£744 million), and…
Ex-Google engineer charged with trade secrets theft
A former Google engineer has been charged with stealing self-driving car technology from the company shortly before joining Uber. The indictment filed on Tuesday by the US Attorney’s office in San Jose, California, is an offshoot of a lawsuit filed in 2017 by Waymo, a self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google. Uber agreed to…
Footage of Tesla driver ‘asleep’ in seat sparks alarm
A video appearing to show a Tesla driver asleep while his vehicle drove on auto-pilot has prompted criticism online. The footage, posted on Twitter by US journalist Clint Olivier and filmed by his wife Alisha, was filmed on Los Angeles’ busy interstate 5 last Saturday morning. As Mr Oliver drives past the car, which is…
Department of Transport agrees programme for autonomous vehicles
A programme to help create industry standards for autonomous vehicles has been unveiled in the hope of accelerating the successful rollout of self-driving cars in the UK. The scheme has been launched by the Department for Transport, alongside the British Standards Institution (BSI), the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, and industry groups Innovate UK…
Lightyear unveils ‘world’s first long-range solar car’
Lightyear, a pioneer in clean mobility, has launched a prototype of its long-range solar car to a select audience of investors, customers, partners and press in Katwijk, Netherlands. The Dutch company, which was founded in 2016 by alumni of Solar Team Eindhoven, won the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in 2013, 2015 and 2017. The company's…