Technology/Autonomous Vehicles

While rival Stellantis recently abandoned its Level 3 autonomous driving program, General Motors took advantage of the GM Forward media event in New York on Wednesday to make major announcements in this field as well as those of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. For starters, CEO Mary Barra promised the …

Toyota ’s plan to build an entire city at the foot of Mount Fuji to test autonomous vehicles and future mobility, announced at CES 2020 in Las Vegas , has finally come to fruition with the official inauguration of Woven City. The location will serve as a “living laboratory” where …

Ride-hailing giant Uber announced Thursday it will acquire $300 million worth of shares in US electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors as part of an ambitious plan to build its own fleet of robotaxis. The emerging autonomous taxi market is gaining momentum, with Google subsidiary Waymo currently holding the strongest position …

US safety regulators contacted Tesla after its self-driving cars stopped abruptly, sped or swerved into the wrong lane as the company began limited robotaxi service, US officials said Tuesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it is following up on videos posted online of Sunday's launch in Texas …

Tesla began offering robotaxi services Sunday in the U.S. city of Austin, Texas, an initial step that Elon Musk’s backers believe could lead to the company’s next growth wave. “Super congratulations to the @Tesla_AI software & chip design teams on a successful @Robotaxi launch!!” Musk posted on the X platform …

Google-owned Waymo on Wednesday said it has applied for a permit to start testing its self-driving cars in New York City, a first for the Big Apple. Waymo's autonomous vehicles have become part of the everyday landscape in a growing number of US cities, serving as safe transport options, tourist …

Apple today announced the launch of CarPlay Ultra, the next generation of CarPlay designed to “deliver the best of iPhone and the best of the car” by deeply integrating with the vehicle. Supporting iPhone 12 or later running iOS 18.5 or later, the system provides information for all of the …

Stellantis, parent company of Chrysler , Dodge , Jeep , Ram and ten other global brands, has unveiled its first in-house-developed automated driving system offering hands-free and eyes-off (SAE Level 3) functionality. STLA AutoDrive, as it’s called, is at the heart of the automaker’s technology strategy, alongside STLA Brain and …

With no one in the driver seat, the SUV pulling up resembles an autonomous robotaxi like those becoming increasingly present in some cities, but the car from German startup Vay is something else. One of a number of emerging players aiming to disrupt road transportation, the seven-year-old company is built …

General Motors on Tuesday said it will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development work and intends to combine Cruise engineers with its own technical teams Citing “the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business, along with an increasingly competitive robotaxi market” (more than $10 billion …