Netherlands keen to encourage self-driving cars
The Netherlands is aiming to get the promotion of the self-driving car on the European agenda. This includes facilitating large-scale cross-border testing, and enabling a market launch in 2019. This European agenda will be discussed by...Read more
TomTom delivers automated maps to enable autonomous driving
TomTom has announced the launch of its Highly Automated Driving (HAD) map products for all interstate roads in California and all interstates and freeways in Michigan. By delivering the maps and RoadDNA products for states that...Read more
GSMA expects self-driving connected cars in Europe by 2018
As a result of 5G deployment, GSMA expects to see the first self-driving cars on European roads by 2018. This prospect was made by the new director general of the GSMA Mats Granryd at the...Read more
129 Million autonomous-capable vehicles to be sold from 2020 to 2035
According to a recent report from Navigant Research, 129 million autonomous-capable vehicles are expected to be sold from 2020 to 2035. “Over the last few years, the topic of autonomous (or self-driving) cars has shifted...Read more
Nissan promotes intelligent park assist with self-driving chair
Inspired by the latest Intelligent Park Assist Technology Nissan Motor Presents The World’s First Automated ‘Intelligent Parking Chair’. It is a promotional project that materializes Nissan’s corporate vision of ‘enriching people’s lives through technology’. For creating the ‘Intelligent Parking...Read more
Over 10 autonomous vehicles from Renault-Nissan in next four years
The Renault-Nissan Alliance will launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology in the next four years. The global car group confirmed today that it will launch a range of vehicles with autonomous capabilities in...Read more
‘Largest problem of self-driving cars will be ethical decisions’
It will not be the technological hurdles, but the ethical decisions made behind the wheel which will provide the most difficult challenges that manufacturers of self-driving vehicles will encounter. This was stated by Markus Auerbach,...Read more
New algorithm for better pedestrian detection in self-driving car
What if computers in a self-driving car could recognize objects as well as the human brain could? Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego have taken an important step toward that goal by...Read more
Three Mercedes-Benz E-Class vehicles approved to drive themselves
The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is the world’s first standard-production vehicle to be awarded a test licence for autonomous driving in the US state of Nevada. In a world first and also in time for the...Read more