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Google is teaching its self - driving cars to share the road with cyclists, the company said in a monthly report on its autonomous vehicle testing program.

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To date, no company has tested Level 5 autonomous vehicles on public roads in the US.

Volkswagen will deploy autonomous test vehicles developed with Aurora on public roads in 2018.

Aurora Innovation, the secretive startup founded by autonomous vehicle veterans from Google, Tesla, and Uber, has received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to start testing self - driving cars on public roads there.

Aurora confirmed to Fortune that it has been testing its autonomous vehicles on private courses and is now ramping up its test fleet operations on public roads in California, including in Palo Alto, Calif..

Many people assume Zoox, Google, and Uber (which revealed its own driverless test car in May) will eventually launch their own urban fleets of on - demand autonomous vehicles.

Gonzalez also said artificial intelligence startup Plus Ai received an autonomous vehicle testing permit on Wednesday.

That Monday's accident was the first fatal incident involving a fully autonomous vehicle indicates that arguments for their safety have merit, but much of that testing has occurred on highways, which are easier for self - driving cars to navigate than dense, urban environments.

German auto group Daimler AG (DDAiY) has been granted a license by the state of Nevada to test self - driving trucks on public roads, as the United States and Europe race to establish a regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles.

A New York Times report in August said Apple was going to test its autonomous vehicle technology in a shuttle that transports the company's employees between buildings on its campus.

The growing list of companies with state approval to test autonomous vehicles on city streets and highways highlights the race to turn the sci - fi technology into reality.

In September, California officials started requiring companies testing autonomous vehicles on public roads to get permits.

It prompted Uber to halt autonomous vehicle testing on public roads in four cities and other companies to pause their own public road tests.

All three vehicles in each convoy will still have a driver in the cabin — but it's a significant step forward in efforts to test autonomous driving technology on British roads.

Uber launched its self - driving pilot in San Francisco on Dec. 14, after which the DMV ordered the company to cease its operations until the vehicles got the permits required to test autonomous technology on public roads.

The state allows for the driving and testing of autonomous vehicles on public roadways, but requires the operator to obtain a $ 150 permit to drive in the state.

The fatality is drawing fresh attention to the safety of autonomous vehicles, and the challenges of testing them on public streets.

TEMPE, Ariz. / DETROIT (Reuters)- Arizona officials said on Tuesday they saw no immediate need to tighten rules on the testing of self - driving cars in the state in reaction to a fatal accident involving an Uber autonomous vehicle that has focused attention on the safety of the new technology.

Testing in inclement weather is considered the Achilles heel of autonomous vehicles because their sensors can't see the road and must rely on highly detailed 3D maps.

Full details are still forthcoming surrounding the death on Sunday night of pedestrian Elaine Herzberg after she was struck by Uber's test vehicle, a Volvo SC 90 sport utility vehicle, operating in autonomous mode..

Baidu and other autonomous driving technology developers testing vehicles on public roads in California have had to release more details as to why thei...

«In the best interest of the people of my state, I have directed the Arizona Department of Transportation to suspend Uber's ability to test and operate autonomous vehicles on Arizona's public roadways,» Ducey wrote in his letter.

As is required for Uber's autonomous test vehicles operating on public roads, the AV had a safety driver at the wheel.

Project will further on - road testing in the Kanata North tech park, where BlackBerry conducted the first demonstration of an autonomous vehicle on a public street in Canada last year.

«It is illegal for the company to operate its self - driving vehicles on public roads until it receives an autonomous vehicle testing permit,» Brian G. Soublet, deputy director of California's Department of Motor Vehicles, said in a letter to Uber.

This demonstration and testing will enable state officials to assess the «development of autonomous vehicle technology and to begin identifying potential impacts of such technology on safety, traffic control, traffic enforcement, emergency services, and such other areas» of importance to state officials and others charged with traffic safety.

This budget proposal will empower the state commissioner of the department of motor vehicles (DMV) to «approve demonstrations and tests consisting of the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous vehicle technology while such motor vehicle is engaged in the use of such technology on public highways within this state.»

ALBANY, N.Y. — An Audi sedan drove itself and four passengers through Albany on Tuesday for 6.1 miles, marking the first - ever test of an autonomous vehicle in New York.

Volvo plans its test of Level 4 autonomy on about 31 miles of highway in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2017 and wants to next test somewhere in the U.S. California's Department of Motor Vehicles put the kibosh on that late last year when it issued operator rules for autonomous vehicles that require human drivers to always be in control.

Given Volvo's recent commitment to test autonomous cars on the road by 2017, we expect that vehicles on the SPA platform will play a significant role in this development.

Meanwhile, Uber is also working hard on autonomous vehicles, having recently tested its technology on a Ford Fusion Hybrid.

Volvo remains the only automaker to claim responsibility for any of its vehicles involved in an accident while operated by its autonomous systems, but the Drive Me test program is being conducted with 100 Volvo XC90s on just 50 kilometers (31 miles) of limited - access highway in Gothenburg, Sweden, which, I am told, doesn't get much snow.

Lexus has shown an autonomous version of the LS luxury sedan, Nissan says it will sell a self - driving car by 2020, Volvo hopes to test autonomous vehicles on Swedish streets by 2017, Mercedes - Benz is testing the fully - autonomous S - Class Intelligent Drive, and Ford has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University to build a self - driving Fusion sedan.

«Thanks to LIDAR, the test cars aren't reliant on the sun shining, nor cameras detecting painted white lines on the asphalt,» Ford technical leader for autonomous vehicles Jim McBride said in a statement.

Over the next few years, Google hopes to test the autonomous vehicles on a more widespread scale, potentially further paving the way for a mainstream, commercially available self - driving car.

Last year, JLR began testing autonomous and vehicle - to - vehicle communication tech on public roads in the U.K. Lyft recently partnered with autonomous tech firm nuTonomy and has a standing partnership with GM that provides access to Chevrolet Bolt EVs and other vehicles.

The vehicle on test, the range - topping Santa Fe Highlander, now boasts autonomous emergency braking for a price of $ 55,990 (plus on - road costs).

There are fully autonomous cars testing on roads right now and even production vehicles with autonomous tech.

In addition to testing these technologies, Jaguar Land Rover previously revealed that it has begun testing Level 4 autonomous vehicles on public roads, and it hopes to offer that level of automation to the public within the next decade.

To get there, the automaker is tripling the size of its autonomous development fleet, and rolling out a new version of its test vehicles, which are based on the Ford Fusion Hybrid sedan.

Ford has yet to release information on exactly when it will begin testing, but given how seriously it is taking the advancement of autonomous vehicles, connectivity and mobility, it's a safe bet they'll starting popping up on Cali roads sooner than later.

Earlier this month, Ford announced it is taking the next step — tripling its fully autonomous development fleet to 30 vehicles being tested on roads and test tracks in California, Arizona and Michigan.

Jim McBride, Ford's technical leader for autonomous vehicles, said, «Thanks to LiDAR, the test cars aren't reliant on the sun shining, nor cameras detecting painted white lines on the asphalt.

This year, the auto maker plans to triple its autonomous vehicle test fleet — bringing the number to about 30 self - driving Fusion Hybrid sedans for testing on roads in California, Arizona and Michigan.

Groupe Renault and Sanef, a world - leading motorway operator, belonging to Abertis group, will cooperate to further develop communications between autonomous vehicles and road infrastructure, and testing on toll barrier crossings and work zone approaches.

In addition, Ford's Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto has done work on autonomous vehicle «virtual» test drives, sensor development for road signs and pedestrians, camera sensor development, and data - driven health care for GPS - and digital mapping - based distribution of vaccines in rural Africa.

In preparation for a trip from the SF Bay Area to Barstow where we were testing our autonomous vehicle, I replaced the rear brakes on my S10 but stupidly neglected to tighten the nuts on the left rear wheel.

Of course there's a lot of leg work still be to done around other areas of regulation and on testing the tech before we can consider sending even an autonomous mobility scooter out on UK roads, let alone interconnected fleets of AVs vehicles capable of sharing vast amounts of data with each another and with the highway infrastructure.

South of the border, AVs are on the roads in several states: Uber is testing driverless cars in Pittsburgh; Google has been operating vehicles in California for several years; and last March the Audi SQ5 drove from west coast to east in autonomous mode 99 per cent of the time.

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