Self-Driving Delivery Cars, Robot Taxis ‘Will Be Ready to Roll’ in 2018 December 5, 2017 By Keith Naughton and Gabrielle Coppola Self-driving vehicles will be ready to roll next year, though the work to make them affordable to individual consumers is...
Lincoln, Nebraska, Studying Uses for Driverless Vehicles November 29, 2017 The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, has signed a nearly $100,000 contract with an engineering consultant to study how the city...
U.S. Senate Panel Gives Green Light to Bill to Speed Use of Self-Driving Cars October 5, 2017 By David Shepardson A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday unanimously gave the green light to a bill aimed at speeding the use of...
Rio Tinto Plans to Use Driverless Trains to Ship Iron Ore in Australia October 3, 2017 Rio Tinto is set to use driverless iron ore trains in Western Australia in 2018, the world No. 2 miner...
Germany Pioneers Ethical Guidelines for Operation of Driverless Cars August 25, 2017 Protecting people rather than property or animals will be the priority under pioneering new German legal guidelines for the operation...
Autonomous Cargo Ships Expected to Revolutionize (Disrupt) Shipping June 8, 2017 By David Stringer BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, is studying the introduction of giant, automated cargo ships to carry everything...
Volvo Tests Autonomous Garbage Truck for Use in Cities May 19, 2017 Volvo Group is working with Swedish waste and recycling specialist Renova to develop an autonomous garbage collection truck for use...
China Ride-Hailing Firm, Didi, to Go Global After Record Funding May 1, 2017 By Christina Larson Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing just raised more than $5.5 billion, giving Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick...
Driverless Cars Mapping Route from Labs to Driveways January 5, 2017 By Keith Naughton Car electronics supplier Delphi Automotive Plc went coast-to-coast in 2015 in a self-driving Audi Q5 sport-utility vehicle to prove the...
First Driverless ‘Robo-Taxi’ Hits Singapore’s Streets in Limited Public Trial August 25, 2016 By Christophe Van Der Perre The first driverless taxi began work on Thursday in a limited public trial on the streets of Singapore. Developer nuTonomy...