Watch this autonomous bulldozer excavate dirt without a human operator
The Verge
Link to video...
We have self-driving cars, self-driving trucks, self-driving boats, and self-driving buses, so it was only a matter of time before we...
Alphabet Unit Leads $1 Billion Investment in Lyft
Bloomberg
Lyft Inc. raised $1 billion in a deal that values the ride-sharing startup at $11 billion, steps up competition with rival Uber Technologies Inc. and...
Self-driving Chevy Bolts will roam New York City streets next year
Recode
New York City’s streets will get their first extensive test of self driving cars starting next year.
General Motors will operate a handful of semi-driverless...
Gauging investment in self-driving cars
Brookings
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Introduction
A CNN story late last year declared 2016 “a tipping point for excitement in self-driving cars.” In...
Alphabet is training law enforcement on how to handle self-driving car...
Recode
What happens when self-driving cars gets into an accident?
Alphabet’s self driving car division Waymo has been testing its fleet of robot cars in four...
Criminal Probe of Uber May Freeze Waymo Trade Secrets Trial
Bloomberg
A federal criminal probe of Uber Technologies Inc. investigating whether the company stole driverless car trade secrets from Waymo could freeze a high-stakes trial...
Alphabet’s Waymo demanded $1 billion in settlement talks with Uber –...
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Waymo sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc as conditions for...
Alphabet launches U.S. ad campaign to promote driverless car safety
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s self-driving car unit Waymo and several groups are launching a campaign aimed at convincing skeptical Americans of what they...
The US Postal Service Is Building a Self-Driving Mail Truck
Wired
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds-and...
Mapped: The Top 263 Companies Racing Toward Autonomous Cars
Wired
Forget dot coms and social networks. The hotspot for research and investment in Silicon Valley right now is the future of transport. Convince the...
G.M. Acquires Strobe, Start-Up Focused on Driverless Technology
The New York Times
DETROIT — General Motors said on Monday that it had acquired a company that specializes in laser-imaging technology geared toward enhancing...
GM’s self-driving cars involved in six accidents in September
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - General Motors Co’s self-driving unit, Cruise Automation, told California regulators its vehicles were involved in six crashes in the...
U.S. Senate panel puts self-driving cars in fast lane
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday unanimously gave the green light to a bill aimed at speeding the use of self-driving...
Self-driving taxis are coming to residential neighborhoods
The Verge
Most experts agree that robot cars will first roll out as fleets of self-driving taxis in controlled environments — college campuses, business parks,...
Don’t shut trucks out of the driverless vehicle future
Washington Examiner
A law that would, for the first time, create a federal regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles is speeding down the legislative highway....
GM and Cruise announce first mass-production self-driving car
TechCrunch
Kyle Vogt, CEO and founder of Cruise Automation, revealed very big news for his company and its owner GM, which acquired the startup last...
Judge delays Waymo/Uber trial until December 4th
TechCrunch
This morning, Judge William Alsup ruled that the Waymo v. Uber trial would be delayed until December 4th. The trial had initially been expected...
Ford And Lyft Partner to Bring Self-Driving Cars to Public Roads
Fortune
Ford Motor has struck a partnership with Lyft to develop and test self-driving vehicles...
Mobile World Congress Americas Features Connected and Autonomous Panels
While last week’s Mobile World Congress-Americas in San Francisco would hardly be mistaken for an auto tech show, it featured several panels on connected...
Waymo clarifies it actually wants $1.8 billion from Uber
TechCrunch
Last week, Uber’s legal team told Judge William Alsup that Waymo was seeking $2.6 billion for an allegedly stolen trade secret related to the company’s...
