Uber Cut Back on Safety Sensors on Volvo Involved in Fatal Accidents: Reuters March 27, 2018 By Heather Somerville, Alexandria Sage and Paul Lienert When Uber decided in 2016 to retire its fleet of self-driving Ford Fusion cars in favor of Volvo sport utility...
What is Lidar and Why Are Autonomous Car Makers Fighting Over It? February 24, 2017 By Alex Webb Spacecraft use it to measure distance. Farmers use it to work out which fields need fertilizer. Archaeologists use it to...
Automakers, Chipmakers Race to Equip Autonomous Vehicles October 21, 2016 By Alexandria Sage and Paul Lienert Tesla Motors Inc.’s decision to equip all of its vehicles with self-driving hardware has intensified competition among rival camps of...
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...