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Sell Off for Driverless (D20) Index
The short trading week brought a slight decline to the index of companies worldwide developing and delivering driverless, autonomous, and connected vehicle technology.
How Traffic App Waze Could Be Key in Winning the Driverless Race for Google (Particularly Over Uber)
Jennifer van der Kleut
Google’s purchase of Waze a few years ago could turn out to be a clinching factor in Google’s race to win driverless. Waze, a traffic mapping app that allows drivers and commuters to report accidents and delays, has data-sharing agreements with 51 municipalities around the world. Those municipalities love that they can use Waze’s traffic […]
Send Lawyers, Guns and Driverless Tech
Burney Simpson
New free report from TRB offers welcome overview of major legal, regulatory issues facing driverless industry.
Cars You Can Expect to See at CES 2016 in January
Jennifer van der Kleut
Cars have long been taking over the annual Consumer Electronics Show. While the show was once used as a way to show off the latest performance enhancements, it is now more about the latest connectivity, technology and driver assistance features, including autonomous drive. As we near showtime in January, news outlets like AutoWeek, CNet and […]
Tech CARS Awards Names Best Connected-Car Cybersecurity Companies & Products
Jennifer van der Kleut
One of the biggest concerns both consumers and industry experts alike have expressed when it comes to connected cars is the possibility that hackers could take over a car and crash it, causing harm or death to its drivers and passengers or even to nearby pedestrians or cyclists. Of course, the biggest example of that […]
Blackberry Leads D20 Up - Again
Blackberry push on its QNX embedded OS for autonomous cars boosts the D20 Index but Renesas CEO resigns following takeover failure.
Google to Pair With Ford to Build Self-Driving Cars
Jennifer van der Kleut
Yahoo! Autos published a big scoop this week, reporting that three different sources confirm that Google will pair with Ford Motor Co. to build self-driving cars. The three sources, who are all reportedly close to the project in some way, say the announcement will officially be made at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. The […]
Autonomous Forklifts Speed Equipment Yards
Burney Simpson
Autonomous forklifts from 5D Robotics move safely, efficiently in storage yards run by $6 billion heavy-equipment rental firm United Rentals.
Cambridge Engineers Are Teaching Your Smartphone to Think Like an Autonomous Car
Jennifer van der Kleut
A team of researchers from Cambridge University are training smartphones to “see” the world like an autonomous car would-even when it can’t pick up a GPS signal. Reports Gizmodo, the team has developed two different software programs that can run on mobile phones and teach the phone to think like a self-driving car. The first, […]
Britain to Allow Testing of Driverless Delivery Vehicles in Public Next Year
Jennifer van der Kleut
Especially during the chaotic holiday season, many can likely appreciate the idea of 24/7 package delivery from retailers. It all may be possible soon. The Daily Mail reports that Britain has approved the testing of driverless delivery vehicles in public in 2016. Britain has long been a front-runner in the driverless race. In 2015, several […]