Germany is still the leading country when it comes to incorporating automated functions in mass produced vehicles. The USA is...Japan and US put pressure on Germany
The development of self driving vehicles is growing tremendously. What is the impact of automated vehicles in public transport? How...‘Insights in driverless transit’ conference in the Netherlands
The Danish municipality of Vesthimmerland plans to introduce autonomous and electric shuttle buses for public transport. Local politicians hope to save time and money...Danish municipality wants to introduce selfdriving buses
‘Growth in autonomous vehicles in next two decades’
By 2035, 12 million fully autonomous units could be sold a year globally, and the market for partially and fully autonomous vehicles is expected to leap from about 38 billion euro in 2025 to nearly...Read more
UITP: automated metros enjoying exponential global growth
Automated metros are enjoying exponential global growth and infrastructure length has increased by 17 percent since 2014 according to a new study released by UITP (the International Association of Public Transport). Automated metros are a...Read more
‘Autopilot creates potential for driver confusion’
Consumer Reports wants Tesla to stop calling its autonomous driving system ‘Autopilot’, because the consumer organization finds this name both misleading and potentially dangerous. It also wants Tesla to take a less aggressive approach in...Read more
Ford invests in mapmaker for self-driving car
Among other investors, Ford has put a stake in Civil Maps, a California based startup that makes maps fors elf-driving cars. In total, Civil maps received 6.6 million dollars in funding. It’s not clear exaclty...Read more
Next level self driving Audi in 2018
Audi of America-president Scott Keogh believes his company is at the forefront of developing self-driving cars. Audi has been working on autonomous driving technology for the last ten years. Its latest research car A7, nicknamed...Read more
Autonomous drive technology on new Nissan Serena
Nissan has announced that the new Serena, scheduled to go on sale in Japan in late August, will come equipped with the company’s ProPILOT autonomous drive technology. Nissan is the first Japanese automaker to introduce a combination...Read more
‘Timeline self-driving car faster than expected’
General Motors (GM) finds both self-driving vehicles and ridesharing interesting concepts, and according to GM’s president the combination of those two shows the most potential. Dan Ammann thinks that autonomous technology will lead to beter...Read more
First deadly victim in Tesla’s self-driving car
Officials have confirmed the first self-driving car death involving a Tesla S sports car where the driver was using Autopilot. Some very rare circumstances seem to have made the incident unavoidable, the company has stated on its...Read more
Google’s self-driving cars acknowledge bicyclists
Google’s self-driving cars are designed to recognize cyclists as unique users of the road who require their own set of considerations. It can be hard for drivers to anticipate all their movements, but Google claims...Read more
Approval for self-driving shuttles in Switzerland
Residents and visitors can now travel in the Swiss city Sion with the PostBus self-driving shuttles. The authorities have granted approval for the pilot project in a specified area of the city. Self-driving buses carrying...Read more