Study Says 25 Percent Of Miles Driven By 2030 In The US Could Be In Shared Self-Driving Electric Cars
Due to their ability to cut travel costs by 60 percent, shared autonomous electric vehicles could shift about 25 percent of miles traveled from private automobiles, creating enormous benefits for consumers as well as causing major disruption to the automotive industry.
Bosch And Daimler Working Together On Fully Automated, Driverless System
This alliance aims to make a market launch of a system for fully automated, driverless vehicles possible by the start of the next decade. Objectives include development and rollout of a production-ready system for urban automated taxis to navigate urban traffic.
Top 8 Consumer Concerns About Self-Driving Cars
No. 1 on the list from the report “Self-Driving Vehicles, Robo-Taxis and the Urban Mobility Revolution” from the Boston Consulting Group should come as no surprise: safety.
The Herman Trend Alert: Driverless Vehicles Will Change Our Lives
Ask any employee of Google who commutes to work in one of Google’s driverless vans and they will tell you – their lives are already changed. But, for most of us, the driverless-car future is still on the way.
Carnegie Mellon Research: Revamping EPA Tests Could Lead To More Fuel-Efficient Self-Driving Cars
Researchers in the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University have discovered that fuel efficiency for self-driving cars could improve by up to 10 percent if fuel economy and emissions standards tests were revamped to account for the early autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies likely to be offered in the coming years.
Research Project Puts Driverless Autobahns On The Agenda
The project will run for 40 months, with government funding of €16.3 million (approximately $17.75 million), and brings together 14 industry partners — most of them from Germany’s innovative small- and medium-sized enterprise landscape — with two scientific research institutes and a technical inspection company.
Self-Driving Cars To Take Off By 2021, Approaching 20M On The Road By 2025
The research found that, in the interim, consumer usage of Advanced Driving Assistance System technologies such as adaptive cruise control and automated braking will become the key to prepare drivers for the psychological change.
US Officials Rethinking Position On Self-Driving Cars
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said, with the technology’s rapid development, the federal policy is being updated.
Driverless Taxis to Take Test Spins Around Japanese Town
If the Fujisawa trials are successful, The Guardian reported that the cars could be used to transport spectators around at the 2020 Games and in rural communities with little or no public transportation.
Consumer Watchdog Petitions California DMV To Amend Driverless Car Testing Rules
Consumer Watchdog yesterday formally petitioned the California Department of Motor Vehicles to amend its driverless car testing regulations to require that police investigate any accidents involving driverless “robot” cars.
