The Chinese equivalent of Google, Baidu, expects fully autonomous cars to be used for commercial applications in China by 2019 and a mass production of these cars by 2021. The company thinks that Chinese people will embrace autonomous vehicles sooner than Americans. This was said by Jing Wang, leader of the autonomous vehicle program at Baidu, in an interview with technology magazine Wired. Baidu started...Read more
|Comment|author: Inge Jacobs
Volkswagen Passat

Volkwagen and Gett work together on autonous cars

The Volkswagen Group invests 300 million dollar in the Israelian company Gett. With this investment, the manufacturer wants to open the way for new mobility concepts. Gett’s technology leverages big data, cutting edge predictive algorithms,...Read more
|Comment|author: Marieke Van Gompel
NXP’s Autonomous Vehicle Platform BlueBox

NXP launches autonomous vehicle platform

NXP Semiconductors have come up with a new BlueBox Engine that is expected to speed up the process of production of self driving cars. In autonomous vehicles systems, multiple streams of sensor data are routed...Read more
|Comment|author: Marieke Van Gompel

Google hires test drivers for autonomous cars

Google is seeking drivers to test its driverless cars in Chandler, Arizona. “Test drivers play an important role in developing our self-driving technology,” said Brian Torcellini, head of operations for Google’s Self-Driving Car testing program....Read more
|Comment|author: Marieke Van Gompel