Driverless cars

Amazon Reportedly Adding Driverless Car Maker Zoox To Its Portfolio For $1.2B 
Amazon Reportedly Adding Driverless Car Maker Zoox To Its Portfolio For $1.2B 
June 26, 2020  |  Amazon Acquisitions

Amazon will pay more than $1.2 billion to acquire Zoox, the Foster City, Calif., self-driving technology company, the Financial Times (FT) reported.  While the purchase could...

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Japanese Truck Designs Aim For New Delivery Frontiers
Japanese Truck Designs Aim For New Delivery Frontiers
October 25, 2019  |  Retail

With a design that would let vehicles be customized for parcel delivery or serve as mini-hotels, trucks are being designed in Japan for a driverless...

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China’s Pony.ai Launches Self-Driving Taxi App Under The Radar
China’s Pony.ai Launches Self-Driving Taxi App Under The Radar
January 15, 2019  |  Innovation

Pony.ai, the Chinese driverless car startup, rolled out a new app that lets users get a ride from a self-driving taxi. According to a report...

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Carmakers Pump The Brakes On Driverless Technology
Carmakers Pump The Brakes On Driverless Technology
January 09, 2019  |  Innovation

Many carmakers have softened their stances on driverless technology because they’re not sure if the tech is quite ready for the mainstream. Financial Times reported...

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Driverless Cars Coming To UK In Next Three To Four Years
Driverless Cars Coming To UK In Next Three To Four Years
October 01, 2018  |  Innovation

Driverless vehicles are coming to the U.K. in the next three to four years, the country’s Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said on Monday (Oct. 1)....

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Why Does Arizona Get All Those Self-Driving Tests?
Why Does Arizona Get All Those Self-Driving Tests?
August 17, 2018  |  Innovation

When writers get around to penning the history of autonomous vehicles, Arizona likely will gain mention in the early chapters of those books. The state...

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Kroger Partners With Nuro To Deliver Using Autonomous Cars
Kroger Partners With Nuro To Deliver Using Autonomous Cars
June 29, 2018  |  Delivery

Kroger, the grocery retailer, announced that it is partnering with tech company Nuro for the pilot of an on-road, fully autonomous delivery service for customers. Through the partnership...

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Toyota Enters Delivery Biz With Amazon, Uber Partnership
Toyota Enters Delivery Biz With Amazon, Uber Partnership
January 09, 2018  |  Delivery

Toyota has moved one step closer to making its self-driving cars a reality, partnering with several companies – including Amazon – to develop the vehicles...

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What Tech Will Make Irrelevant For The Class of 2035
What Tech Will Make Irrelevant For The Class of 2035
October 21, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

Consider, for a moment, the Class of 2035. What’s wrong with these kids of the future? Nothing, actually. Their future is just showing up all over the place —...

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