by aieg | Dec 16, 2016 | News
Either driverless cars replicate humans a bit too well or they need more tweaking before they’re ready for prime time. Just hours after Uber proudly rolled out a fleet of sleek self-driving Volvos in San Francisco on Wednesday morning, one of them barreled through a...
by aieg | Nov 30, 2016 | News
“General Motors’ semi-autonomous “Super Cruise” system will allow drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel for extended periods, but will stop the vehicle automatically if drivers are not attentive, according to a government letter...
by aieg | Nov 29, 2016 | News
According to a study at Virginia Tech, drivers operating under a semi-autonomous mode “were observed to engage in a wide range of secondary task activities … in which the responsibility for managing vehicle speed, spacing, and lane keeping functions were...
by aieg | Nov 21, 2016 | News
This September, Uber, the app-summoned taxi service, launched a fleet of driverless Volvos and Fords in the city of Pittsburgh. While Google has had its own autonomous vehicles on the roads of Mountain View, California, Austin, Texas, Kirkland, Washington, and...
by aieg | Nov 16, 2016 | News
Clarence Ditlow was much more than the Executive Director of the Center for Auto Safety (CAS). He was much more than the consummate consumer advocate for highway safety. To untold hundreds of thousands of Americans, he was their guardian angel—with a sword in his...
by aieg | Nov 16, 2016 | News
Clarence Ditlow, the long-time head of the Center for Auto Safety, died last week at the age of 72. His passing triggered an outpouring of tributes from colleagues, friends and others, including these: Ben Kelley, board member of the Center for Auto Safety: There are...
