Technology
Technology is the enabling force behind the creation of AV’s.
The Autonomous Report: How self-driving cars see the world
This article original posted on collisionrepairmag.com In this week’s Autonomous Report, we take a look at the enormous amount of venture capital being poured into autonomous vehicles (AVs) and why most of it will be lost, what your self-driving cars sees as it learns how to drive, a vision of the future that will see cars transformed into “transportation experience pods” and much, much more! – As the Autonomous Report has noted several times in recent weeks, the software that is turning out to be the most successful for AVs are...
read moreIndustry standards: Paving the way for autonomous vehicles
This article original posted on computerweekly.com The car industry needs to agree open standards to allow connected cars and autonomous vehicles to communicate. The bIoTope project is one initiative that could lead the way to agreement The automotive industry is changing. There are already electric, connected and autonomous vehicles on the road, a trend that shows no sign of slowing down. Indeed, one report estimates that there will be 76 million autonomous vehicles on the road by 2035 and another suggests that 8% of all vehicles sold...
read moreHOW AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WILL FOREVER CHANGE HOW WE BUY, OWN, AND INSURE CARS
This article original posted on digitaltrends.com There are plenty of stories about the work being done to develop a truly autonomous car. For the most part, we focus on the technology – the radar, the cameras, and the software that will pull it all together. There’s no doubt that the result will be life-changing, not only for those who can’t drive a conventional car but for all of us. But the shock waves of this disruptive technology will shake the world in more ways than one, and the technical work moving forward at automakers today has the...
read moreSelf-driving cars just had one of their best months yet
This article original posted on theverge.com ‘Autonomous vehicles are moving from their infancy into their adolescence.’ For most people, self-driving cars are just an abstraction, something they read about occasionally in the press but still consider a far-off, futuristic fantasy. They read the headlines and scoff, “Not in my lifetime.” But the events of this past month may help put a lot of that skepticism to rest. There was a flurry of activity in both Congress and the private sector over the past few weeks, signaling a key shift in the...
read more10 Million Self-Driving Cars Will Hit The Road By 2020 — Here’s How To Profit
This article original posted on forbes.com Given the advanced state of driverless technologies and the amount of money being poured into the sector, there is little question—make that, no question at all—that within 10 years, driverless cars will be the norm. The implications are immense and widespread. There are currently about 1.4 billion cars on the road. Many of those cars, and eventually all, are going to be replaced by self-driving vehicles. Car sharing is already growing in popularity. When getting a ride someplace is as easy and...
read moreSelf-driving vehicles as instruments for the coordination of mobility
This article original posted on driverless-future.com Autonomous cars will change the way we think about traffic. Today traffic is primarily regarded as the result of the independent actions of thousands of drivers. A view from above on any city would show large numbers of vehicles pursuing their own trajectories through the maze of roads. The cities’ traffic management systems try their best to observe, identify and somewhat channel the grand flows. At first glance, autonomous vehicles do not seem to change this situation very much. From...
read moreAudi made a big move in the self-driving car game
This article original posted on businessinsider.com Soon, Audi cars are going to be able to tell drivers when a light will turn green. The new feature marks the first time an automaker has successfully launched something called a vehicle-to infrastructure (V2I) communication channel. V2I refers to any time a structure in a city, like a traffic light, relays data to a car. The traffic light timer will be displayed behind the wheel of the car. At this point, the system only works in Las Vegas and in Audi’s A4, Q7, and A4 allroad models built...
read moreTop 10 developments of 2016 in autonomous vehicles
This article original posted on techrepublic.com From the FDA unveiling autonomous vehicle guidelines to Tesla releasing all new models hardware-ready for full autonomy, 2016 has been a huge year for announcements in the driverless space. With major driverless vehicle announcements from automakers like Ford and Tesla, US government guidelines on autonomous vehicle development, and companies like Uber introducing self-driving fleets to the public, 2016 has been a huge year in the driverless tech space. “Automated driving developments in...
read moreAutonomous Vehicles: Feds Step on the Data-Sharing Pedal
This article original published on upside.tdwi.org In little more than two months since I published an in-depth review of the implications of autonomous vehicles for IT, employment, and society at large, the topic has switched to the fast lane of public interest. This week, even the US government has taken to the road to promote sharing of autonomous vehicle data… to perhaps predictable industry reactions. But first, here’s the rest of the news. Just as the above series was going to press, the first fatality involving a semi-autonomous...
read moreWhy Are We Building A Self-Driving Car?
Launching something like our Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree program is, to put it mildly, complicated. The technology, the logistics, the curriculum, the applications, the partner relationships, the structure, the finances, the messaging, the marketing, the legal implications, the support requirements, not to mention the self-driving car itself—it all combines to make the endeavor quite an undertaking! The effort is company-wide, and the immersion full-bore. But there is more to it than just getting the program up and running. As this...
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