Robot Cars Complain About Humans’ Poor Roads, Lane Markings, Signage April 28, 2016 By Alexandria Sage Volvo’s North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker’s semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during...
U.K. Gives Go-Ahead for Driverless Cars to Be Tested on Motorways March 14, 2016 By Svenja O'Donnell Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will give the green light for driverless cars to be tested on U.K. motorways,...
Insurers Could Find an Early-Mover Advantage from Telematics: Fitch March 7, 2016 The motor insurance industry faces a significant shake-up from two waves of technological innovation – the growth of telematics and...
Software Qualifies as a Driver, Says U.S. Safety Agency on Google Self-Driving Car February 10, 2016 By David Shepardson and Paul Lienert U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver...
Self-Driving Vehicles Meet Their Match When Snow Creates Sensor Blindness February 10, 2016 In Jokkmokk, a tiny hamlet just north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, where temperatures can dip to 50 below,...
Israel Emerges as Leader in Developing Cyber Defenses for Cars January 13, 2016 By Ari Rabinovitch Building on its expertise in technology, Israel is emerging as a leader in the race to keep cars secure and...
Expert Sounds off on Legal, Insurance Issues of Self-driving Cars January 12, 2016 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: To hear the full interview click on the podcast above or visit www.insuarncejournal.tv. Hilary Rowen, a partner in...
Federal Transportation Officials Want Self-Driving Cars Sooner November 25, 2015 By Justin Pritchard Federal transportation officials are rethinking their position on self-driving cars with an eye toward getting the emerging technology into the...
California DMV’s Pedestrian Pace on Self-Driving Car Rules Makes Google Antsy November 17, 2015 By Justin Pritchard Hustling to bring cars that drive themselves to a road near you, Google finds itself somewhere that has frustrated many...
Toyota $1B Research Labs Near Stanford, MIT to Develop Autonomous Vehicles November 6, 2015 By Craig Trudell and Yuki Hagiwara Toyota Motor Corp. is spending $1 billion to form a research institute focused on the artificial intelligence and robotics technology...