Snow and Ice Pose a Vexing Obstacle for Self-Driving Cars
Most testing of autonomous vehicles until now has been in sunny, dry climates. That will have to change before the technology will be useful everywhere. In late 2018, Krzysztof Czarnecki, a professor at Canada’s University of Waterloo, built a self-driving car and...
First Vehicle Designed Not to Have Human Driver OK’d by U.S.
A self-driving delivery vehicle with no driver's seat, steering wheel or brake pedal has become the first to be cleared by the federal government to operate without the presence of a human. Nuro Inc., a robotics company based in Mountain View, Calif., has been given...
Tesla Driver in Fatal Crash Reported Problems Before with ‘Autopilot’ feature
A Tesla driver killed in a March 2018 crash in California while using the Autopilot driver-assistance system had reported that on prior trips, the car had steered away from the highway, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) disclosed in documents made public...
Self-driving Cars: Hype-filled Decade Ends on Sobering Note
The calendar will soon turn to 2020, and you can be forgiven if you're wondering where your self-driving car is. A decade of hype and bold predictions is coming to a quiet end. Automakers and tech companies have promised a transportation utopia, and invested billions...
For a Self-driving Future, It’s Not Just the Tech We Need to Get Right
When President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act in 1956, he predicted that the connected highway system would change the face of America. And it did exactly that - reshaping the way we move, and creating tremendous economic...