Sentences with phrase «make autonomous cars»

At last year's CES show, not only did Audi introduce an autonomous A7, but NVIDIA introduced the Tegra K1 mobile processor, an automotive - grade version of the GPU that powers the world's 10 most energy - efficient supercomputers, that will make autonomous cars a reality in the mass market.

Every major manufacturer on this green earth of ours is on a mission to make autonomous cars a reality by 2020, and now Acura has announced its second - generation automated development vehicle.

One of the California DMV's requirements for permitting includes making autonomous car companies report all accidents involving its vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is working on both fully - and semi-autonomous technologies to reach its vision of making the autonomous car viable in the widest range of real - life, on - and off - road driving environments and weather.

Not exact matches

Better image recognition is crucial to unleashing improvements in robotics, autonomous drones, and, of course, self - driving cars — a development so momentous that we made it a cover story in June.

A monthly subscription that's less than a car payment (apparently average in the US is $ 489) offering Zipcar - style car access and on - demand rides with a lower per - mile rate is really compelling, and makes it much easier to insert the autonomous vehicles these companies are working on anyways.

Baidu — alongside other companies like Google (googl) and General Motors (gm)-- is also actively encouraging a push for better coordination between autonomous vehicle manufacturers and the U.S. government, saying that it's necessary to make small changes to existing infrastructure and ease regulatory obstacles in order to get self - driving cars on the road.

But 33 percent said they would trust a new autonomous specialist or company to make self - driving cars a reality.

With criticism of self - driving cars swirling, our hunch is that it's a staged video made in the hopes of driving the argument that autonomous vehicles are safe to get behind the wheel of, even when you're asleep.

At the time, Musk said that once Tesla vehicles were fully autonomous, the company would set up a program for owners to make money off their car by letting other people use it.

Short of building entire cars, there is money to be made from the software to run a self - driving vehicle, as well as the services associated with autonomous driving, such as mapping, car - sharing and car recharging services, the auto source said.

Ford (f) also announced its intention to make self - driving cars for commercial ride - sharing or on - demand taxi services by 2021, a target the automaker says it will reach by expanding its Silicon Valley research lab, as well as investing in or buying autonomous vehicle technology startups.

Other factors in this revolution include the urgent imperative to make cities more livable, with lower congestion and cleaner air, the enormous potential for autonomous cars and trucks, innovative approaches to subway systems and buses, and rising consumer interest in car sharing and bike sharing.

«Whether it is the Google car [or] the Apple car, this notion we are seeing with autonomous driving and assisted driving is going to change the traditional nature of car making,» he said.

As Ford works toward its goal of rolling out a self - driving car in five years, it's claiming that, by the end of the decade, 20 percent of all U.S. auto sales will be made up of autonomous cars.

China has made self - driving auto technology a national priority, but the recent U.S. fatality involving an autonomous test car is prompting calls for the Chinese government to slow down those efforts to ensure public safety.

Faster speeds and lower latency will also be critical for autonomous cars, which must make near - instant decisions should a kick dart out onto the street.

Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer group, has called on the Department of Motor Vehicles to make its application process for granting permits to autonomous car companies available to the public.

In the race to put autonomous driving cars on the road, regulatory support makes a huge difference.

For people living in rural areas, where wait times for driverless Uber or any kind of public transit are completely unreasonable, yet don't have money to burn an extra $ 10k on their car to make it autonomous, will continue to buy old - fashioned human - driven cars with gas pedals and steering wheels long into the future — and will not accept not being able to drive their cars into cities.

(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.)

He made unsupported claims about the safety of his cars» autonomous driving systems.

But with the road car industry rapidly heading towards all - electric and autonomous cars, F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn says a decision needs to be made over whether the sport should follow the industry or forge its own path.

The firm has said it had no plans to make its own driverless cars, but instead will make control systems for so - called autonomous vehicles.

Tech giant Uber's experiments with autonomous cars have been making a stir.

Though I will be among the last drivers to give up a manual - equipped car — which can't be made autonomous — I'm growing more comfortable with the fiercely growing trajectory of autonomous driving.

With the average new car transaction price hovering around the $ 31,000 mark, making money on autonomous, mid-range, zero - emission vehicles is a fata morgana.

Readers made multiple interesting points, but the main issue most took with an autonomous race series was that if drivers themselves were removed as a limiting factor, why not push the cars to their absolute limits.

«Making semi-autonomous features standard in the S90 symbolizes Volvo's commitment to autonomous driving and our Vision 2020,» Volvo Cars USA president and CEO Lex Kerssemakers said in a prepared statement.

As connected and autonomous cars make it possible, more and more consumers will pay for their mobility on a per - trip basis, rather than buying or leasing their own car.

On the other hand, Eckert says «you need automatic transmissions or automatic gearshifts» to make fully autonomous cars viable, and «if you need to equip all cars with full automatics, this will be the last nail in the coffin of fully manual transmissions.»

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.

Make some expensive electric cars, then some cheaper electric cars, then some autonomous electric cars, and finally use that same battery - storage tech to turn everyone's home or office into a mini-powerstation.

Insert one hyphen and our machine made for driving becomes a «driving - machine,» the autonomous car that is itself in charge of the journey rather than the driver's partner on an adventure.

This may not sound appealing to you or me, but one can't deny the shifting nature of mass manufactured cars so it makes sense to be preparing for this autonomous, if boring future.

But lately CEO Elon Musk has been trying to boost sales with nothing but old - school strategies such as offering all - wheel - drive, more horsepower and making inflated claims about autonomous driving capabilities and using an app to try to eliminate range anxiety on the one car he offers.

All this is aimed toward an eventual autonomous operating mode, but it is more than a little disconcerting to have the car make moves that you intended to do yourself.

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.

A folding steering wheel makes it clear the car isn't fully autonomous.

LeEco's autonomous car concept is the LeSee Pro, which was set to make its U.S. unveiling.

In a decade or so, you'll need an autonomous car, bicycle or public transportation to make your urban commute, saving the driver - operated automobile for transportation in rural areas and between cities, and for sport, and for annual celebrations of our culture such as this event.

Nissan makes a historical commitment to bring fully autonomous cars to market by the end of the decade.

Ford said it is adding 20 fully autonomous Fusion Hybrid test cars to the company's autonomous fleet, making about 30 vehicles now wheeling around in California, Arizona and Michigan.

The Symbioz is Renault's first all - electric autonomous concept car that has been made from the ground up.

Called Pedestrian Detection with Active Steering within the lane, this piece of tech also enables the car to make autonomous micro-adjustments to its position within a lane on the freeway.

The crash occurred when the autonomous SUV attempted to switch lanes to avoid some sand bags, incorrectly assuming that the bus approaching from behind would either slow down or stop completely to let the car make the lane switch.

Among its recommendations, the ETSC report urges EU legislators to push through rules making new in - car safety technology such as autonomous emergency braking, intelligent speed assistance, alcohol interlocks mandatory.

There are several upgrades that make the 2016 Mercedes - Benz GLA an extremely safe car, such as Collision Prevention Assist Plus with autonomous braking, Attention Assist to alert drivers in a pattern constant with sleepiness and automatically adjusting Distronic Plus cruise control.

Upgrade to the Driver Assistance Package and get additional safety features such as a blind spot monitor, autonomous emergency braking, and forward collision warning.The 2016 Jetta SEL takes the strong engineering of a Volkswagen and includes extras and features that make it a fun and well - appointed car to drive.

The concept will feature an fully - electric powertrain and we expect it to also feature autonomous driving tech, making it the perfect urban city car.