Autonomous Cars news and trends

Connected Car Tech From China Faces US Ban
Connected Economy // September 22, 2024

The U.S. is reportedly readying a ban on Chinese technology in connected and autonomous cars. That prohibition — borne of national security concerns — from the U.S. Commerce Department is expected on Monday (Sept. 23), Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Those...

Nvidia’s New AI Simulator Could Rev Up Self-Driving Cars
artificial intelligence // June 19, 2024

Chip maker Nvidia announced on Monday (June 17) a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) simulation software in an attempt to turbocharge the development of self-driving cars and robots. The Omniverse Cloud Sensor RTX was unveiled at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference and aims...

Tesla’s Autopilot Scandal Puts Future of Autonomous Transport Under Microscope
Transportation // May 09, 2024

If you take your hands off the wheel, you might crash.  That proverbial piece of advice, commonly leveled at business leaders and managers, has taken on a new meaning in light of the U.S. Department of Justice‘s (DOJ) investigation revealed Wednesday (May 8) into electric vehicle (EV) automaker...

Amazon-Owned Zoox Expands Operation of Autonomous Cars in Las Vegas
artificial intelligence // March 14, 2024

Amazon-owned autonomous car company Zoox has expanded the area in which its robotaxis are operating. The company is also operating the vehicles at faster speeds, in light rain and at night, Zoox said in a Thursday (March 14) update. “Deploying our robotaxi in a larger geofence is a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Tantalum CEO Talks What’s Working (And What’s Not) In The Connected Automotive Ecosystem

November 13, 2018
One might have to squint, but they can certainly see it coming — for real (not just hype) in some press release, interview, film or TV show. The push to bring connected vehicles to more consumers — vehicles that can enable their own fuel payments, parking arrangements, restaurant reservations and other such tasks — is significant. It’s […]

The Rumor-Filled Race For The Connected Car Future

August 11, 2018
Americans do a lot of driving. According to the latest edition of the American Driving Survey, each Americans spends about 290 hours a year behind the wheel, driving about 10,000 miles. As a...

AT&T’s 5G Push To Power Tomorrow’s Smart Cities

June 08, 2018
The world is becoming an increasingly urban place. In the year 1950, only about 30 percent of the human population lived in a city. Howoever, as of 2014, 54 percent...

How Cars Came To Drive BlackBerry’s Future

January 17, 2018
“It is hard for most people to really imagine the staggering amounts of data that need to be sorted, parsed and secured to make connected cars – and eventually autonomous...

Quick Reads
Uber Expands Robot Delivery and Robotaxi Offerings With Avride

October 03, 2024
Uber has launched a partnership with delivery robot/autonomous vehicle maker Avirde. The collaboration will launch in the coming weeks in Austin, letting Uber Eats customers get their food delivered by Avride’s sidewalk robots, per a Thursday (Oct. 3) press release. It will then expand to Dallas and Jersey City later this year. The ride-hailing side of the […]

Connected Car Tech From China Faces US Ban

September 22, 2024
The U.S. is reportedly readying a ban on Chinese technology in connected and autonomous cars. That prohibition — borne of national security concerns — from the U.S. Commerce Department is...

Amazon-Owned Zoox Expands Operation of Autonomous Cars in Las Vegas

March 14, 2024
Amazon-owned autonomous car company Zoox has expanded the area in which its robotaxis are operating. The company is also operating the vehicles at faster speeds, in light rain and at night, Zoox...

Report: Apple Scales Back and Delays Plans for Self-Driving Vehicle

January 23, 2024
Apple has reportedly scaled back and delayed its plans to develop a vehicle. After initially aiming for a fully autonomous vehicle, the company has scaled back its ambitions and is now...