Charles Choi

AIs trained to become horrible drivers can greatly slash costs of AV safety validation, according to researchers at University of Michigan, who are developing a new system that could help reduce the number of miles needed for testing by 99.99%.

Three autonomous shuttles will travel in close formation, a first for a U.S. airport.

New Ford subsidiary draws more than 500 employees from recently disbanded Argo AI.

The first project will debut in Cary, North Carolina, with the four-stop, two-mile route employing an all-electric low-speed autonomous shuttle to provide easy access the 310-acre park in an environmentally friendly manner.

The expanded partnership will build on the companies’ current offering of on-demand, dynamically routed, and shared autonomous vehicle services in three cities.

The new software is the first in line with all 20 recommendations from the European Union expert
group on autonomous vehicle decision-making.

The extra light would signal autonomous vehicles to move and human drivers to follow.

Wireless charging firm WiTricity is partnering with YuTong Bus, the number one bus brand in China, marking what is said to be the first-ever commercial wireless charging of autonomous buses.

U.S. self-driving trucking company Plus and Italian vehicle maker Iveco are starting public road testing of their jointly developed highly automated trucks in Germany, with plans to expand tests to Austria, Italy and Switzerland in coming months.

The computing efficiency of autonomous vehicles must rise to prevent a major rise in their carbon footprint.