Vehicles
Vehicle topics include the various manufacturers producing new AV’s and the different aspects of the vehicles (form factors, costs, etc.)
Top 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...
read moreThese Cities Could Lead the Driverless Car Revolution
This article original posted on fortune.com The urban landscape is in for a drastic change. With some cities using autonomous vehicle technology to rethink their public transportation and infrastructure, the federal government is helping encourage the technology’s spread. President Obama announced in a September editorial new federal rules to facilitate the gradual introduction of driverless vehicles on American roads. The plan consists of a 15-point safety assessment of the vehicles and proposes model legislation that states and cities can...
read moreCar and Driverless: Rollout of Autonomous Vehicles Presents Exciting, Existential Questions
This article original posted on sanjoseinside.com Autonomous vehicles will soon be present rather than future, and the consequences are as exciting as they are existential. After touring an exhibition put on by Yanfeng, the world’s largest auto interior company, I hailed an Uber driver who happened to be on his first day of work. Six fares in and loving it, he sparked up the customary chit-chat, asking what I’d been doing. I stuttered. I didn’t want to deflate his excitement. I’d just seen the future, and it didn’t include him. Yanfeng’s...
read moreHere’s the timeline for driverless cars and the tech that wil drive them
This article original posted on mashable.com Just three years ago, autonomous cars seemed like a pipe dream relegated to a far-off decade in the future. But then, last week, Ford announced that in 2021 it’s planning to release an autonomous car without a steering wheel, brake or throttle pedals, designed for ride-sharing. Just a few days later, Volvo and Uber made public their partnership to develop a driverless car. Now, it seems autonomous cars aren’t just a fanciful future prospect but rather something tangible — and a real...
read more7 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Self-Driving Cars
This article originally appeared on Fool.com. News flash: You’re living in the future. Semi-autonomous vehicles already park themselves, hit the brakes to avoid fender benders, keep themselves in the correct lane on the highway, and can even be summoned to their drivers. But fully autonomous cars will take all of that even further. Check out these self-driving stats to see where the future of car automation is headed: It’s no secret that Alphabet is a leader in self-driving car technology — and it’s spent a lot of...
read moreThe big question about driverless cars no one seems able to answer
This article is original posted on washingtonpost.com Wow. A lot of you guys had some very passionate responses to last week’s news that the federal government had recognized Google’s software, not the human passenger, as the “driver” in its self-driving cars. There was one, big theme running through many of your comments. See if you can identify it: So does the software have to get a driver’s license and insurance? –ikeaboy So if I get drunk, get into my Googlemobile and crash into someone the software is going...
read moreThe firms who will beat Google to get us into self-driving cars
This article original posted on newscientist.com Google is going to be beaten to the punch. For years consumers have eagerly awaited the public launch of the firm’s self-driving cars: autonomous pods that will leave us free to read, watch TV or work on tasks other than driving. Now it seems as if traditional car manufacturers are about to take the lead. Last week, car companies from around the world lined up at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to announce their latest technology and investment in autonomous driving. General...
read moreWhat is Faraday Furture and Why Should We Care?
Read the original article on Popular Science. WHAT IS FARADAY FUTURE AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE? SECRETIVE STARTUP SHOWS OFF ELECTRIC CONCEPT CAR FFZERO1 AT CES Faraday Future—a secretive, California-based selectric-vehicle startup that’s been teasing a big reveal for weeks—finally pulled the sheet off its debut concept in Las Vegas Monday night, just ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show. We give them credit: It’s a looker, a striking, 1,000 horsepower LeMans-style racecar that seats precisely one. Now, this won’t be the company’s first...
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