(WIRED) – WHEN FORD EXECUTIVES started dropping in on Silicon Valley startups a couple of years ago, they were met with less than warm receptions. The stalwart car company was
(TECH CRUNCH) – In September, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued guidelines for the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles. The important thing to remember for now is that
By Alexandria Sage and Paul Lienert PALO ALTO/DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co plans to offer a fully automated driverless vehicle for commercial ride-sharing in 2021, the automaker announced Tuesday,
By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co <F.N> is hiking investments in Silicon Valley technology firms and more than doubling the size of its Palo Alto, California, research
By Jake Spring and Alexandria Sage SHANGHAI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla removed the word “autopilot” and a Chinese term for “self-driving” from its China website after a driver in Beijing
(BBC NEWS) – Australia is to shift its longitude and latitude to address a gap between local co-ordinates and those from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Local co-ordinates, used to
By Ethan Lou TORONTO (Reuters) – Ontario’s program to allow testing of self-driving cars on public roads has not received any applications since it launched Jan. 1, the Canadian province’s
By Joseph White (Reuters) – The top U.S. vehicle safety regulator said on Wednesday the government needs to be more nimble in designing rules for self-driving vehicles. The industry “is
(QZ) – Mankind has continually sought to travel beyond its limits. Humans have a natural urge to roam, explore, and push the boundaries of possibility. This urge explains ancient upheavals
(SILICON REPUBLIC) – Irish chip maker Movidius has created the world’s first deep learning USB stick that can add artificial intelligence (AI) to future products from self-driving cars to robots,
