Sentences with phrase «allow autonomous cars»

They're not here yet in 2015, but the features that allow autonomous cars to operate most certainly are.

California just passed a bill that will allow autonomous cars on its roadways.

With Stanford, Ford hopes to research ways to allow autonomous cars to see past obstacles.

While a number of states have passed laws to allow autonomous cars, most cover the testing of vehicles rather than the use by consumers.

Streetsblog: «If Governor Cuomo is going to allow autonomous car prototypes to operate in real city conditions, he needs to insist on a prototype for how these vehicles will pay for access to public streets.»

«In fact, LIDAR allows autonomous cars to drive just as well in the dark as they do in the light of day.»

The cost of light detection and ranging sensors must fall to build affordable cars, artificial intelligence must improve to ensure decisions made by the system are akin to that of drivers, and mapping technology requires refining, allowing autonomous cars to accurately navigate roads.

Not exact matches

On Tuesday, the company announced it is working on an open platform that allows any business to use its autonomous cars for transporting goods.

CALIFORNIA UPDATES SELF - DRIVING REGULATIONS: The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) released updated fully autonomous car regulations earlier this week, allowing fully autonomous cars with no driver on public roads.

Two types of research will be allowed, according to the Department of Transport: fully autonomous cars without a driver and those with a human driver who can take the wheel.

That decision certainly is allowing Apple to get its autonomous cars on the road more quickly.

CNBC's Phil LeBeau goes behind the wheel of several autonomous vehicles at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to demonstrate how Delphi's new V2E (vehicle to everything) technology allows cars to communicate with each other and avoid accidents, while moving through traffic with greater ease.

(The Senate bill also limits companies to making autonomous - only cars so long as they sell less than a certain number of units in a given year, capping the number at 15,000 vehicles in the first year, 80,000 in three years, and allowing an unlimited number of cars in the fourth year.)

The California DMV passed regulations that allow for the public testing and deployment of autonomous cars without drivers.

Darenta is tokenizing its services in order to transform them into an autonomous decentralized car rental service, allowing users to contact each other directly using the platform.

In April, the state passed a budget agreement that included legislation that allowed for the testing of autonomous cars through a pilot program.

But in the absence of federal law regulating the use of autonomous vehicles and driver - assist technology, the U.S. government could simply stand back and allow companies to put more self - driving cars on public roads to collect the necessary safety data, says Alain Kornhauser, a transportation engineer and adviser for Princeton University's Autonomous Vehicle Engineering team.

But on the other hand, autonomous cars could allow for emissions reductions by enabling more efficient driving patterns, without repeated acceleration and braking, plus vehicles traveling closer together benefit from improved aerodynamics.

Bobby and Robby are engineering exercises that allow Audi to continue developing the sensors, controllers, and software that will be used for autonomous cars.

The new Pilot Assist II, to launch on the 2017 Volvo S90, does not require following another car, and it allows autonomous steering up to 80 mph.

At some point in the future, it's possible that only fully autonomous cars will be allowed on public roads, but that's not happening anytime soon.

Technology that allows cars to «talk» to each other and to communicate with traffic lights, cameras, and other infrastructure is key to development of safe, fully autonomous cars.

In terms of the driving itself, the car can operate autonomously for as much or as little of the journey as you desire — Jaguar repeats the usual autonomous mantra that the car can drive itself on the more tedious legs of your trip and allow the driver to take over should you happen across a twisty bit of road.

The second stage of Musk's «master plan» involves integrating solar energy generation and storage, expanding Tesla's remit with commercial vehicles and public transportation, continuing to improve the firm's autonomous vehicle capabilities, and allowing Tesla owners to make money off their autonomous cars by adding them to a self - driving fleet — a kind of autonomous Uber.

Our cars have self - driving features like autonomous emergency braking and lane keep assist, but no cars are currently allowed to operate without a driver in the US.

Volvo was also one of the first automakers to pair the technology with autonomous emergency braking, allowing a car to both automatically follow a vehicle in front and brake if it encounters an obstacle.

«As our vehicles become more capable and autonomous off - road, we will ensure the driver has the confidence to allow the car to continue to progress, over any terrain.

This autonomous emergency braking — sometime called collision mitigation braking systems — allows the car's computer to step in and automatically brake if the driver's reaction time isn't fast enough or they're otherwise incapacitated.

The second - generation Ford Fusion autonomous development vehicle boasts new, more - potent computer hardware for added processing power, while placement of the LiDAR / RADAR sensors and digital cameras has been revised to allow the car to «see» the world more effectively.

Likely the most notable and exciting feature on the 2017 model is the adaptive cruise control — which lets drivers set a speed and buffer distance between the car in front of them, allowing the car to automatically speed up or slow down — resembling features of an autonomous car.

Fitted to a prototype version of the soon - to - be-introduced M235i Coupe, the advanced system has been developed by BMW's Technik division in Munich, Germany as part of a program that aims to make cars fully autonomous by the end of the decade, when vital juristic changes to road worthiness laws across the globe are expected to allow such technology to be introduced to regular production cars.

Volkswagen will offer adaptive cruise control, autonomous emergency braking, a Traffic Jam Assist that essentially allows the Golf to drive itself in stop - and - go traffic, and even a trailer backup assist, which autonomously steers the car while backing up with a trailer.

Ford has their next - generation Fusion Hybrid autonomous development vehicle in their display, Volvo debuted the XD90 Drive Me and Cadillac introduced Super Cruise in the 2016 Cadillac Sedan which allows the car to automatically stay in its lane, brake and accelerate.

It is able to precisely calculate the position and radii of corners and roundabouts, allowing the new concept car to automatically adapt its speed and chassis settings accordingly in what is billed as a further step towards autonomous driving.

The Connected Car Expo will be showcasing 100 of the brightest tech start - ups with designs on the future of personal mobility and Volvo will be showcasing something called the «Time Machine Concept,» believed to be a raft of autonomous driving features that won't allow drivers to correct past wrongs or check up on their children's future career choices, but could save drivers a huge amount of time.

Waymo's forthcoming commercial autonomous ride - hailing service is a good thing for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, allowing the automaker to have a stake in the self - driving - car race with little to no direct investment.

Several jurisdictions have allowed testing of fully autonomous cars, buses and trucks.

A car, even semi-automated, will not be allowed to drive even one single yard without prior approval of the regulator — not to mention an en - masse authorization of fully autonomous vehicles to take the streets.

Cruise is best known for creating an aftermarket kit that allowed owners of Audi A4 and S4 cars to turn them into autonomous vehicles.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk envisions a future where Tesla owners will be able to add their car to a «Tesla shared fleet» — likely an on - demand ride - hailing service that will allow the vehicle to give autonomous rides to the general public while the owner is at work or on vacation.

California's public utility regulator on Friday signaled it would allow self - driving car companies to transport passengers without a backup driver in the vehicle, a step forward for autonomous car developers just as the industry faces heightened scrutiny over safety concerns.

According to a new proposal, California may soon allow testing of autonomous cars in its roads.

The autonomous driving features in the Tesla Model S have allowed the car to be summoned from its parking space for several months now, first via the keyfob, and then with an unofficial Apple Watch app.

While tech companies like Google are moving aggressively to develop autonomous vehicles, traditional automakers are moving just as fast to add technology that allows cars to brake and steer themselves independently.

Tokens make autonomous companies possible, they allow for partial purchases of digital goods or land, they even allow for the creation of autonomous cars which drive themselves, pick up customers, drop them off, collect payment, and effectively pay themselves off.

Microsoft is leveraging its cloud platform to allow manufacturers to build autonomous cars, maintain vehicles, and provide navigation and Cortana capabilities.

California's move to allow empty self - driving vehicles on its roads demonstrates the state's determination to be at the forefront of autonomous - car development in the U.S..

California said earlier this year that it was preparing to allow autonomous - car companies to test their vehicles on the state's roads without a safety driver behind the wheel.