University Of Michigan Opens Mcity Test Environment For Connected And Driverless Vehicles
Mcity is a 32-acre simulated urban and suburban environment that includes a network of roads with intersections, traffic signs and signals, streetlights, building facades, sidewalks and construction obstacles. It is designed to support rigorous, repeatable testing of new technologies before they are tried out on public streets and highways.
Google Responds To Calls For Disclosure Of Driverless Car Crash Details
Included in the first report is a synopsis written by Google of the 12 accidents that have occurred since it began testing the robot cars in 2009.
Consumer Watchdog Calls On Google To Release Driverless Car Accident Reports
Consumer Watchdog learned that there had been accidents involving Google’s robot cars when the nonprofit nonpartisan public interest group filed a Public Records Act request with the California Department of Motor Vehicles seeking communications between Google and the department. However, the DMV treats driverless car accident reports with confidentiality and would not release them.
TIA Announces Richard Smallwood As Keynote Speaker For The 2017 Tire Industry Honors
Smallwood’s speech will focus on the advent of driverless cars – the greatest change in highway travel in more than a century.
US House Committee On Energy And Commerce Considers Package Of Self-Driving Vehicle Legislation
The hearing followed the Automotive Service Association’s Mechanical Operations Committee meeting with senior House Energy and Commerce staff to discuss several issues related to driverless cars and the potential impact on repair shops.
Transportation Of The Future Discussed At World Government Summit In Dubai
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said that although driverless cars will be a “great convenience,” it will result in a 12-to-15-percent job loss. “We need to find new roles for those people” as increased manufacturing of autonomous cars will be “very disruptive and very quick.”
Hankook: American Drivers Change Driving Habits for Winter Weather
Driverless cars also are a concern to American drivers on the road. According to Hankook, roughly 50 percent of Americans are not comfortable with the idea of autonomous cars driving in the snow, and 24 percent of drivers are not comfortable sharing the road with an autonomous car in the winter weather.
Female Car Owners Are More Tech-Ready Than Men According To National Consumer Survey By Jabian Consulting
When it comes to technology, 38 percent of women believe driverless cars are the way of the future, compared to only 21 percent of men. More than half of women (54 percent) would pay for an app that allows their car to communicate what’s wrong with it prior to service, compared to only 38 percent of men.
Guest Commentary: Look, Ma, No Hands!
I’ve loved the cars I’ve owned, and I’ve always loved driving, preferring to be the one behind the wheel instead of a passenger. So when I first read about driverless cars, I was appalled. I thought, “The day you get my steering wheel is when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!” The things that America stands for, democracy and freedom, are symbolized in part by that steering wheel and those four wheels and the wide open road.
I-CAR Adds NHTSA, IIHS, CAR And Bosch Speakers To July Conference
Industry leaders will discuss key technology topics such as driverless cars and telematics on July 24-25 in Boston.