Driverless transportation is developing further each day. From rules and regulations to funding and licensing and even autonomous prototypes. Below are a few recent news articles that we thought readers would be interested in checking out. These articles are also available on our ‘News’ page.
DMV Announces Manufacturers’ Rules For Testing Self-Driving Cars On California Roads
California Department of Motor Vehicles has created rules for how driverless cars are tested on the roads.The rules cover vehicle testing, insurance, registration and reporting. For the full article click here.
U.S. Energy chief says driverless car suppliers may qualify for tech loan funds
Energy Department Secretary Ernest Moniz hinted Thursday that auto suppliers developing driverless-car features could be next in line for more than $16 billion in unspent vehicle technology loan funds. Read the full article here.
When driverless cars break the law of land for owners
The big questions behind autonomous vehicles: Who is responsible when something goes wrong? Lawmakers will have to grapple with how to govern machines and hold software accountable. Read the full article here.
Don’t laugh; the new Google prototype car has implications for your business
Google officially announced at the inaugural Code conference that they have built their very own prototype self-driving car. Read more about the prototype and how it will change where we live and work here.
This is incredible to see how Google progressed within 1 year about their program “Google self-driving car project”. This is now not anymore, a concept with technical tests using a Toyota cars, as it was last year, with Prius or Lexus RX; this is not anymore a technical solution with engineers embedded in these cars, checking the issues of the software developed.
This concept allows Google to propose a completely automatized car without any steering wheel nor any pedals of acceleration or brake nor any engineer embedded in the car.
If you are interested by more information, you can read my article on Google Cars you can read at: http://worldofinnovations.net/2014/06/15/connected-car-new-model-building-by-google/