Tag Archives :: self-driving car
U.S. DOT Announces $40 Million Smart City Challenge
December 8, 2015 – Transportation officials across the country breathed a sigh of relief when a new $305 billion federal highway bill was signed into law late last week. But the U.S. DOT wants those same officials to look further into the future than the five years of funding the bill offers – and to begin looking into public-private […] [Continue Reading]
Is the World Ready for Driverless Car Racing?
December 7, 2015 – People love to race things—be it their fellow humans, machines, or beasts. So, it was probably inevitable that autonomous cars would eventually find their way into competition. It was announced earlier this week that Formula E, the year-old FIA racing series designed exclusively for fully electric vehicles, intends to launch a new global race series for […] [Continue Reading]
NXP and Freescale Combine to Create an Automotive Chip “Giant”
March 12, 2015 – As consumers and markets warm to the idea of mobile payments, news from the semiconductor industry might just provide the technological tipping point needed to achieve mass market adoption in the auto industry. Last week’s announcement of NXP Semiconductor NV’s acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. will create a single company with chip manufacturing […] [Continue Reading]
Powered by Google, Built by Others
January 15, 2015 – It’s becoming clear that Google was never intent on competing with automakers in putting a self-driving car into the market. Recent news of Google’s talks with numerous car companies and their collaboration with various automotive suppliers suggests that the tech giant’s main interest is participating with automakers to build autonomous vehicles branded under a car […] [Continue Reading]
CES Day Two: Autonomous Vehicles Hit the Streets of Vegas
January 7, 2015 – The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show is clearly the new launching point for automotive technology, proven once again by the introduction of multiple autonomous vehicle concepts by numerous automakers. Here is a roundup of key self-driving car technology introductions and other related news going on at 2015 CES: Mercedes Benz The Mercedes-Benz F-015 “Luxury In Motion” […] [Continue Reading]
VW ERL Tasked with Tapping Silicon Valley Innovation
November 11, 2014 – The Volkswagen Group is the latest automaker to announce the availability of cars within five years that will self-drive and self-park, according to engineers at VW’s Electronic Research Laboratory (ERL) in Silicon Valley. Founded in 1998 in Sunnyvale, California and now based in nearby Belmont, ERL was one of the first advanced automotive technology development […] [Continue Reading]
Autonomous Vehicles and the Mobility of New (and Old) Consumers
October 16, 2014 – With all of the news of autonomous vehicles possibly changing the urban transportation landscape in some European metropolitan areas, we have to wonder what other disruptive events will take place as self-driving vehicles enter the market. Some obvious applications are commercial and military, in which the benefits of lower driver error and the ability to […] [Continue Reading]