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- GM unveils new self-driving car with no pedals and no steering wheel Sat, 13 Jan 18, 3:06amYou won't need a steering wheel in the autonomous cars of the future - and General Motors just brought us a little closer to this bold new reality. The new Cruise AV has no steering wheel, pedals, or manual controls - and...
- Self-driving cars are hitting Atlanta this September Thu, 3 Aug 17, 12:57amAtlanta's roads are about to enter the future as driverless cars start hitting the road. Georgia Tech, the City of Atlanta and City Hall joined to launch the test that will help open up the city to autonomous traffic. The...
- Tesla responds to first ever death-by-autopilot crash in Florida Fri, 1 Jul 16, 8:31pmThis week Tesla disclosed that the first known death caused by a self-driving car was due to one of its own. Joshua Brown was involved in a fatal accident on May 7, when his Model S sensor system failed to discriminate between...
- Uber to roll out self-driving cars after receiving numerous complaints against drivers Wed, 1 Apr 15, 5:00pmHot on the heels of Elon Musk's comment that he expects self-driving Teslas to be available by summer, troubled transportation company Uber has announced that it is rolling out its own fleet of autonomous vehicles in certain...
- INFOGRAPHIC: How Self-Driving Cars Will Change Our Lives Sat, 8 Nov 14, 8:00amThere's no doubt about it - driverless cars are on the way. Everyone from Google to Tesla, Lexus, and Porsche are developing autonomous vehicles - but have you ever considered how self-driving cars will change your life?...
- London Unveils Driverless Subway Trains of the Future Fri, 10 Oct 14, 8:36amThe new trains' contemporary style continues in their interior carriages.The designers converted the traditional separate carriage layout into a more comfortable, cohesive atmosphere of one long cylinder that runs the length...
- London Unveils the Driverless Subway Trains of the Future Fri, 10 Oct 14, 4:41amThe new trains' contemporary style continues in their interior carriages.The designers converted the traditional separate carriage layout into a more comfortable, cohesive atmosphere of one long cylinder that runs the length...
- Ann Arbor Plans America’s First Networked Fleet of Driverless Cars by 2021 Tue, 12 Nov 13, 3:38amAnn Arbor is planning to become America’s first city with a shared network of driverless cars - and it could happen as early as 2021. The Mobility Transformation Center (UMTRI), an initiative involving government, industry...
- Uber Car Service to Buy 2,500 Driverless Cars from Google Tue, 27 Aug 13, 11:29pmInternational transportation and delivery service Uber announced that the company will be purchasing 2,500 driverless vehicles from Google. The companies agreed to share Uber’s local transportation data which will help...
- Lexus Releases Sneak Preview of its New Driverless Vehicle Mon, 7 Jan 13, 3:53amGoogle no longer has a monopoly on driverless vehicles. Lexus has unveiled a sneak preview of its luxury LS model equipped with proprietary Intelligent Transport Systems technology, including an on-board radar and video cameras...
- California Passes A Bill That Would Approve Self-Driving Cars On The Roads Tue, 4 Sep 12, 2:16amIn June 2011, Google successfully lobbied Nevada legislators to make driverless cars legal on state roads. Now California has followed suit by passing a bill that could make the sunshine state the second in the United States...
- NYC Will Replace Taxis With New Driverless Google Cabs Mon, 2 Apr 12, 1:20amNews has just broke that NYC Mayor Bloomberg has signed a contract with Google to replace all the city’s yellow cabs with Google’s patented driverless cars...