Safety

New strategy can help avoid complex models of the self-driving vehicles and their environments, as well as the expensive, time-consuming validation of those models.

The new intelligent speed assist solution allows OEMs whose vehicles already integrate the supplier’s EyeQ4- and EyeQ6 chips to meet the new regulation by updating software without any new hardware requirements.

Sensors and microchips in pavement markers could provide road condition data and shift part of a car’s processing loads to infrastructure, says a research team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Western Michigan University.

This latest $50 Million Series B funding round bolsters the company’s position as a pioneering company digitizing signalized city intersections to help better adapt infrastructure for the rise of autonomous vehicles.

Using a scientist behind the steering wheel disguised as a car seat, researchers find the most expressive signals proved best.

A lack of understanding of social cues can lead autonomous vehicles to move when they should stop and stop when they can go, a new study finds.

Interacting with drivers may help keep their attention on the road to boost safety.

The British startup says that Fetch is the world’s first commercial car rental service enabled by remote driving technology, with the on-demand service launching in Milton Keynes and further regional hubs to follow.

A new lens material can repair scratches using just sunlight.

Its HD Lighting System uses a camera sensor and GPS navigation to display real-time driving information on the road for drivers and guide pedestrians across roads more safely with a virtual crosswalk.