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.
Not exact matches
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.
There will be 20 million
autonomous vehicles on the road by 2025, according to a new
report from Juniper Research.
The carmaker has also published an extensive safety
report to facilitate the process of getting a Level 5
autonomous vehicle — the highest level —
on the road.
These partners are Mercedes - Benz, which was recently
reported to be preparing to unveil a fleet of electric
vehicles based
on a completely new architecture; Nvidia, which just launched the artificial intelligence - powered palm - sized Drive PX 2 computer for self - driving cars; Otto, an
autonomous truck startup that was acquired by Uber last month; and Didi Chuxing, which recently bought out Uber's operations in China.
Michigan's Department of Transportation must
report to the state legislature by February 2016 the next steps to be taken in regulating
autonomous and automated
vehicles, including the issue of an «operational» license, which would allow such technologies
on public roads.
According to a
report by Reuters, Mercedes - Benz is planning
on selling a self - driving car by 2020, the same year in which Nissan recently announced it would sell
autonomous vehicles.
According to the study, 73 percent of American drivers are afraid of riding in an
autonomous vehicle, with two - thirds
reporting that they would feel less safe
on the road knowing they were sharing it with a self - driving
vehicle.
It's not the first time someone has been killed in an
autonomous vehicle accident — a Tesla driver died in 2016 when his autopilot didn't «see» a white tractor - trailer
on a fast road — and indeed it's been
reported that the Uber car was not at fault, but it nonetheless marks a turning point.
Even though the spreadsheet compiled by the DMV only contains 9 collision
reports, it is another sign that
autonomous vehicles will soon be driving along side us
on the road.
For example, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) could require companies that want to test
autonomous vehicles on public roads to submit more detailed data beyond disengagement
reports that some states like California currently require.
As per the
reports from company's spokesperson, the
autonomous vehicle is already
on its way of providing safety functions that are semi-
autonomous to the mass market.
Lyft has been granted a permit from the state of California to test
autonomous vehicles on public roads, Reuters
reports, citing the California Department of Motor
Vehicles website, which tracks the companies that have received the permit.
The company is pursuing its own strategy of
autonomous vehicle technology, Bruce said, confirming earlier
reports that its focus was
on adding
autonomous safety features to its line of performance cars.
Following Uber
reporting the death of a pedestrian after being struck by one of its
vehicles operating in
autonomous mode in the US, the New South Wales government has begun its trial
on Sydney's orbital network.
The company recently hired three engineers who previously worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an engineer who worked
on the space agency's
autonomous vehicle for exploration
on Jupiter's moon, a
report said in April.
Nvidia will suspend its
autonomous vehicle testing
on public roads in the aftermath of Uber's fatal crash in Arizona, Reuters
reports.
And because Waymo is operating its
vehicles in Arizona, where the laws regulating
autonomous tests are practically non-existent, a lot of the
reporting on the progress of these
vehicles will be incredibly one - sided.