by aieg | Jul 7, 2017 | News
Supporters and critics of self-driving cars agree there are lessons to be gained from automation in transportation sectors like aviation and rail. They disagree on whether the lessons are good or bad. Advocates note that the U.S. aviation industry has used autopilot...
by aieg | Jul 5, 2017 | News
Despite the flash, gee whiz and dazzle of Google, Uber and Tesla, it’s 110-year-old General Motors that may have a self-driving car ready first for consumers, VentureBeat reports. And it won’t be all from Motown either. Venerable GM is using Bay Area...
by aieg | Jun 30, 2017 | News
When safety statistician Randy Whitfield saw federal safety regulators claiming that airbag deployment crashes on Tesla Model S dropped 40 percent after the self-driving “Autosteer” feature was installed, his reaction was indelicate but clear: bullshit. If...
by aieg | Jun 27, 2017 | News
Basic rules of the road are needed before lawmakers allow companies from Apple Inc. to Ford Motor Co. to dramatically expand testing of self-driving cars, safety and consumer advocates will tell lawmakers Tuesday. Automakers should be required to certify the safety of...
by aieg | Jun 26, 2017 | News
Automakers, senators at odds over best approach Consensus is growing on the need for national legislation to govern autonomous-vehicle development, but cybersecurity protection for connected vehicles looms as a potential area of conflict. High-profile Democrats on the...
by aieg | Jun 22, 2017 | News
SEVEN YEARS AFTER Google started developing robocars, 13 months after a Florida man died in a Tesla Model S that was driving itself, and almost a year after self-driving Ubers started picking up passengers in Pennsylvania, Congress might actually start regulating...
