Driverless Cars

Will driverless cars run on Indian roads? Nitin Gadkari clears the air

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari firmly stated his opposition to the introduction of driverless cars in India

IIT Madras launches electric racing car; mulls driverless vehicle by 2025

The racing car will be featured at student-led formula championships like Formula Bharat in India in January and Formula Student Germany next August

Indian techies writing 35% of 100 mn lines of code for the driverless car

Global auto Tier-1 firms already have 50,000-55,000 software engineers working in India, OEMs have another 25,000

China's Huawei Tech aims to reach driverless car technology in 2025

The world's largest telecommunications equipment maker is looking to diversify its business in the face of US sanctions

UK becomes first country to green-light driverless cars on its roads

The country announced it would regulate the use of self-driving vehicles at slow speeds on motorways, with the first such cars possibly appearing on public roads as soon as this year

Driverless taxi pods in consideration for Noida Airport connectivity

Pod taxis could be considered for last mile connectivity of passengers commuting to and from the upcoming Noida International Airport, BJP leader and Jewar legislator Dhirendra Singh said

China's Huawei develops smart roads that talk to driverless cars: Report

The country wants to make traffic smoother and safer, while ensuring local champions like Huawei benefit from the enormous opportunity of supplying the infrastructure

Tesla very close to level five autonomous driving tech: Elon Musk

"I'm confident that we will have the basic functionality of L5 autonomous driving this year," Musk said. "There are no fundamental challenges."

Uber lost $1.1 billion by investing in food delivery, driverless cars

Analysts polled by FactSet predicted Uber would lose $1.18 billion, or 67 cents per share, during the quarter

GM's Cruise unveils Origin, an electric car sans steering wheel, pedals

Cruise's Chief Executive Officer, Dan Ammann, said the boxy vehicle with sliding doors will be used for the company's own ride-hailing service

Tesla driving into Daimler, VW, BMW's backyard as firm buys land in Germany

Officials in the state of Brandenburg said they agreed the text of a contract with Tesla Inc. to sell a 300-hectare (741-acre) plot of land - about 300 football fields - in Gruenheide near Berlin

Govt plans to take khadi turnover to Rs 2 trn in next 5 years: Gadkari

"The turnover of khadi and village industries is Rs 75,000 crore at present. Steps are on to take it to Rs 2 trillion in five years," Gadkari said

Alibaba-backed AutoX seeks permit to test driverless cars in California

Google-backed Waymo is the only company so far to have secured a full license for testing without a safety driver

Electric cars and the coming revolution

Just as it happened in the digital arena, electric and driverless cars are going to be disruptive for companies that resist change

Driverless cars may be coming, but let's not get carried away

A Cadillac Super Cruise system took care of the driving while Lawrence Ulrich, hands free, kept an eye on things - and the system made sure he was paying attention

Can driverless cars disrupt airline industry? Here's what researchers say

A future with driverless cars means people will have more options to avoid driving on their own, beyond trains and buses

When robots take the wheel

'Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future' is the first comprehensive analysis of what that will mean on the ground

Can neuroscience teach self-driving cars to anticipate human behaviour?

If driverless cars can't be safely programmed to mimic risk-taking human drivers, perhaps they can be taught to better understand the way humans act

Autonomous car race heats up; Toyota, SoftBank ink mobility services JV

The joint venture will start small with initial capital of 2 billion yen and SoftBank will own just over half of the business

Wanted in China: Detailed digital maps for 30 million self-driving cars

Anyone looking to sell driver-less cars in the world's largest automobile market has to find a local partner with maps than can be used by their vehicles