October 29, 2019
Waymo Gains Speed With Self-Driving Taxis And Deliveries
The self-driving future is not exactly here yet, but it’s coming quickly, at least based on some of the most recent moves in this space – a space that will...
October 18, 2019
Who Will Use Self-Driving Cars?
Last week, Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle business, announced that completely driverless Waymo cars are on the way – at least for customers in the suburbs of Phoenix. And this is...
August 30, 2019
Didi Chuxing To Tap Into Self-Driving Vehicles
With hopes to expand the program abroad, ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing reportedly intends to tap into self-driving vehicles to pick up riders in a part of Shanghai. The offering will...
August 27, 2019
Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Selling Trade Secrets To Uber
Former Google engineer and self-driving pioneer Anthony Levandowski is being charged with stealing closely guarded secrets and selling them to Uber, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Aug. 27)....
August 15, 2019
UPS Invests In Autonomous Driving Firm TuSimple
UPS announced that it purchased a minority stake in autonomous driving company TuSimple. The delivery company also said that it’s been testing self-driving trucks on a freight route in Arizona...
July 29, 2019
Elon Musk Says Next Teslas Will Have Netflix, YouTube
Tesla is adding to its in-car entertainment features and will soon offer Netflix and YouTube streaming on its vehicles’ multimedia screens, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced in a tweet on...
July 25, 2019
Alphabet’s Waymo, DeepMind Team For More Sophisticated Self-Driving Tech
Waymo, a self-driving and robotaxi company, and DeepMind, an AI company, have teamed up to better train self-driving software in a way that mimics Darwinian evolution, according to a report....
July 08, 2019
Waymo Experiments With Wireless Internet In Robotaxis
After rolling out ad-free music streaming for riders, Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Waymo is reportedly experimenting with ad-free wireless internet in its greater Phoenix robotaxis. Paying passengers have been transported in...
July 03, 2019
The Road To Self-Driving Retail
Cars and trucks have always had close links to retail and retail innovation — for starters, just think of drive-thrus and curbside pickup. Those links promise to get even tighter...