Here’s Which Self-Driving Test Cars Crash Most Frequently In California

(AP Photo/Eric Risberg) According to a report compiled by Allianz Global Assistance, only 52 percent of Americans say they’re confident that autonomous driving technology will develop safely enough to consider trading their conventional vehicles for self-driving ones. General Motors has reportedly

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CES 2018: Torc Robotics Drives In With Self-Driving Car

Torc Robotics is offering consumers private rides in its self-driving cars on the streets of Las Vegas during CES 2018. The rides mark the start of the consumer-testing phase of commercializing Torc’s Asimov self-driving car system. The consumer testers will

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Video Games Helped Give Us the Self-Driving Car

Self-driving cars. They’re the future of transportation – and they’re getting smarter all the time. Thanks to advances in software and artificial intelligence, these machines are now able to distinguish between cars and cyclists, or between pedestrians and your pet. Many

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U.S. Wants To Remove Unnecessary Barriers To Self-Driving Vehicles

The U.S. National Highway Traffic-Safety Administration said Friday it is looking for input on how it can remove regulatory roadblocks to self-driving cars. The auto safety agency said in a report that it wants to find any “unnecessary regulatory barriers”

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U.S. Official Backs Voluntary Rules For Self-Driving Cars

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Tuesday defended her department’s decision to use voluntary guidelines instead of enforceable rules to regulate self-driving cars, saying a flexible approach was best for an emerging technology. Chao also said the Trump administration would

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What self-driving car software can learn from playing video games

Open-world driving games like Grand Theft Auto V aren’t just for lawless virtual joyrides anymore. They’re offering new learning opportunities for the artificial intelligence algorithms in self-driving cars. The video game’s worlds are so intricately designed they can easily be adapted to simulate real-life

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A second life for open-world games as self-driving car training software

A lot of top-tier video games enjoy lengthy long-tail lives with remasters and re-releases on different platforms, but the effort put into some games could pay dividends in a whole new way, as companies training things like autonomous cars, delivery drones

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Cadillac has a secret weapon in its quest to beat Tesla at self-driving

In order for Cadillac to feel confident enough to introduce the industry’s first truly hands-free driving system to the public, the car company wanted to be sure it had enough data on the US highway system before it launched. How

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Waymo plans to expand its self-driving fleet

The independent autonomous car developer, Waymo announced recently that it plans to develop the autonomous technology as an automotive supplier by expanding its partnership with multiple car manufacturers. The current fleet of Waymo comprises of Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans and

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