Dubai Pushing For Autonomous Transportation by 2030
Dubai unveiled broad plans for using self-driving cars in its futuristic urban landscape, including an expectation that 25% of all transportation will be autonomous by 2030. Find out more at...
View ArticleUber Latest Ride-Sharing Co. to Start Autonomous Vehicle Program
Just weeks after Lyft announced plans to begin testing self-driving vehicle technology with GM, the ride-sharing giant Uber says it has launched its own autonomous vehicle test fleet. Get details at...
View ArticleBeep, Beep! Google Cars Learning to Honk Their Own Horns
Google is now teaching its autonomous vehicles how to honk their own horns. Ability to alert other motorists of potentially hazardous behavior next step in self-driving evolution. Check it out at...
View ArticleNearly 21 Million Self-Driving Cars Expected by 2035
Despite repeated surveys showing an inherent district of autonomous vehicles, the forecast for the number expected on the world's roadways by 2035 was revised upward to 21 million. Find out why at...
View ArticleThree of Four Drivers Want Autonomous Vehicles
As many as 73% of American drivers are willing to slide behind the wheel, or big red button, of an autonomous vehicle, according to a new AlixPartners study. Find out why at TheDetroitBureau.com.
View ArticleGeneral Motors Taking “Step Back” in Push to Autonomous Driving
General Motors may put off the introduction of its semi-autonomous driving feature, Supercruise, as it reassess the use of the technology involved, Mary Barra said today. Get all of the details at...
View ArticleTesla Producing More Robust Autopilot with Additional Technology
With collisions while a Tesla Model S is in Autopilot mode on the rise, the automaker is hustling up a more robust new version of the technology bolstered with more technology. Find out more at...
View ArticleTesla Updating Autopilot Within Two Weeks, Musk Says
Tesla plans to update its Autopilot program in the next two weeks. CEO Elon Musk noted the new version makes Teslas the safest cars on the road. Go to TheDetroitBureau.com for more.
View ArticleTaking a Ride – Hands Free – in Ford’s Autonomous Fusion
Like so many other automakers, Ford is developing its autonomous vehicle technology, hoping to be the first to bring it to market. In the meantime, there are plenty of “development” miles to be driven,...
View ArticleRenault-Nissan, Microsoft Ink New Connected Car Deal
Renault-Nissan and Microsoft signed a deal to develop next-gen technologies aimed at making connected cars more user friendly and safer for drivers using Azure, the tech giant’s cloud-based technology....
View ArticleContinental Adds Autonomous Driving System to Portfolio
Continental AG continues to expand its tech offerings becoming the latest company to offer up an autonomous driving solution with its “Cruising Chauffeur” system. Get the details at TheDetroitBureau.com.
View ArticleCalifornia’s Proposed Autonomous Testing Rules Rile Google, Automakers
As Tesla’s Elon Musk announced all of the maker’s new vehicles will be autonomous, other automakers were expressing their concerns about California’s proposed rules for testing self-driving vehicles....
View ArticleGoogle Focusing Solely on Autonomous Technology
Google is getting out of the automotive game, well, at least the part of it where it makes actual self-driving cars. The tech giant is just developing autonomous technology in a unit called WAYMO....
View ArticleGoogle, FCA Partnering for Ride-Sharing Service
Google plans to start a ride-sharing service using Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NA’s minivans as part of a reorganization of the tech company’s automotive unit, new reports suggest. Find out more at...
View ArticleBMW Opening Autonomous Vehicle Development Center in Germany
BMW has formally entered the race to build a self-driving car by announcing it plans to build a development center jusst outside of Munich in southern Germany. Get more details at TheDetroitBureau.com.
View ArticleHonda Launches Autonomous Car Talks with Waymo
Taking the lead from Fiat Chrysler, Honda is talking with Waymo about using the newly renamed Google autonomous vehicle spinoff’s technology in some of its vehicles. Find out more at TheDetroitBureau.com.
View ArticleUber’s Self-Driving Cars Wind Up in Arizona
Wondering what’s happened to the 16 autonomous Volvo XC90s Uber pulled off the streets of San Francisco this week? They went to Arizona. Find out more at TheDetroitBureau.com.
View ArticleForget Uber or Lyft, Call a Drone When in Dubai
If you’re in Dubai later this year, the delivery drones could be dropping off more than packages — they could be delivering people, and doing it autonomously. TheDetroitBureau.com has the story.
View ArticleGM, Lyft Deploying “Thousands” of Self-Driving Bolts in 2018
GM is planning to use Lyft to test a fleet of "thousands" of self-driving Bolt EVs in 2018: two years ahead of its competitors. Get the scoop on where these autonomous EVs will be at TheDetroitBureau.com.
View ArticleGovernments Catalyzing Growth of Autonomous Vehicles Globally
The push to develop autonomous cars is increasingly taking on a global hue as activist governments around the world take a hand in making more space for self-driving vehicles. Find out why at...
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