Autonomous Vehicle Project Reaches Landmark With First Public Demonstration
Posted on May 3, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Autonomous Vehicle Project Reaches Landmark With First Public Demonstration
Driven, a group researching autonomous vehicles, launched its first public demonstration involving two cars driving on their own at its headquarters at the Culham Science Centre in Abingdon. The two vehicles used their cameras, computers and sensors to navigate the track which included basic traffic, cyclists and pedestrians. The Driven group is comprised of a number of companies,...
Jaguar Land Rover To Test Cars That See Through Obstacles
Posted on Apr 18, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Jaguar Land Rover To Test Cars That See Through Obstacles
Jaguar Land Rover is leading project “AutopleX” to develop self-driving cars that have the ability “see” at blind points and through obstacles. AutopleX will aim to use technology to deliver information earlier to self-driving vehicles allowing communication with road users and detection of obstacles when no direct view is available. This should allow the vehicles to safely merge...
BMW Opens Campus to Develop Autonomous Vehicles
Posted on Apr 12, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on BMW Opens Campus to Develop Autonomous Vehicles
BMW recently opened an autonomous driving campus in Bavaria, allowing a centralization of development of fully automated driving. Fifteen months ago, BMW decided to pool together its development resources in the fields of vehicle connectivity and highly and fully automated driving at a single location, according to a BMW announcement. The campus will house more than 1,500 employees and...
Head Of Self-Driving Cars at Audi Leaves Company
Posted on Apr 11, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Head Of Self-Driving Cars at Audi Leaves Company
Audi’s Senior Vice President of Automated Driving has left the company. Alejandro Vukotich had been the head of Audi’s autonomous efforts since January 2017. While he led Audi’s research into advanced driver assist systems [ADAS], Vukotich is best known for his role in developing Audi’s new A8, a model the company claims is the first production car to offer Level 3 automated driving...
Do People Want Self-Driving Cars In Their Neighborhoods?
Posted on Apr 9, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Do People Want Self-Driving Cars In Their Neighborhoods?
A recent survey of 1,100 California residents found that more than half of all residents surveyed (57%) said they don’t want autonomous vehicles on the streets of their neighborhoods. Less than one in four (23%) said it would be OK, and about one in five (19%) said they weren’t sure. State residents expressed similar views when asked about the relative safety of self-driven cars. More...
