Apple continues to spend cash on self-driving cars
Writes a cheque for Drive.ai.
Apple Inc on Tuesday confirmed that it had acquired self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai.
Ford scales back self-driving cars
The first batch will have their limits
Ford CEO Jim Hackett scaled back hopes about the company's plans for self-driving cars.
Americans scared of self-driving cars
They are powered by witches and driven by Satan
A new survey of US adults think automated vehicles are more dangerous than current models and nearly two thirds said they would not buy a fully autonomous vehicle.
Waymo’s self-driving car can follow hand signals
Will not run over the cop.
Waymo's self-driving cars will now be able to use AI to detect and respond to the arm movements of a traffic cop as they wave traffic through an intersection.
Trump puts bureaucratic brakes on self-driving cars
It looks like other countries will get them first
Russian backed US president Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump is drowning his country’s self-driving car programme in red tape.
Renesas buys Integrated Device Technology
$6.7 billion in the quest for self-driving cars
Renesas has written a $6.7 billion cheque for Integrated Device Technology (IDT).
Xilinx is number two in car cameras
Make driving safe again
Computers made it to cars a long time ago. Assisted driving that most people know from Tesla, started with premium brands like Mercedes, BMW and Audi in 2016 and brands like Honda even got it to the masses in 20.000 Euro/USD cars. These cars must have front cameras, and Xilinx is clearly number two there
SkyWater works on technology for night vision on cars
Premium car makers are potential customers.
One of the things that caught my attention talking with Tom Sonderman, the president of SkyWater - a US owned and operated semiconductor foundry - was some developments it does for the automotive industry.
Autopilot was engaged in second fatal self-driving crash
Tough one for Tesla X
On Friday, March 23rd a man identified as an Apple engineer and former EA programmer Walter Huang died in a fatal accident when his Tesla X hit a median barrier on Highway 101 in Mountain View. Tesla has now officially confirmed that autopilot was engaged.
Uber's self driving car not up to snuff
Gear is failing to live up to expectations
Uber's self-driving car gear consistantly lived up to expectations before it killed a Tempe pedestrian, according to US reports.