More Uber Eats customers would be getting their orders from vehicles with no delivery personnel in sight. That's because Uber has signed a 10-year partnership with Nuro to use its autonomous, electric vehicles to deliver food orders in the US. They'll start in Houston, Texas and Mountain View, California this fall before eventually expanding their […]
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Walmart will offer autonomous grocery deliveries in Arizona
Walmart is expanding its experiments with self-driving grocery deliveries courtesy of a new trial in Surprise, Arizona. In the wake of its partnership with Ford, the retailer’s latest pilot will use startup Udelv‘s autonomous cargo vans “custom-made” for food drop-offs. When the trial kicks off later this month, Walmart customers can have their groceries driven […]
Rolls-Royce demonstrates fully autonomous passenger ferry in Finland
Rolls-Royce has demontrated what it calls the “world’s first fully autonomous ferry” in Finland, after partnering with Finferries back in May.Read More
Waymo is the first company that’s allowed to test autonomous cars without a backup driver in California (GOOGL)
Waymo Waymo received a permit from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Tuesday to test autonomous vehicles without human backup drivers on public roads, the DMV said in a statement. The Google spin-off is the first company to receive permission to test unmanned self-driving cars in California. California adopted regulations that allow for the […]
Ford and Baidu team up to test autonomous cars in China
There’s a new partnership in the autonomous vehicle game as Ford has announced it will be teaming up with Chinese internet company Baidu to work on autonomous vehicles, with testing set to begin in Beijing by the end of the year. The initiative hopes to achieve SAE L4 (a classification that measures level of human […]
NHTSA shuts down 'unlawful' autonomous school bus transporting kids in Florida
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Government/Legal,Weird Car News,Emerging Technologies,Technology,Autonomous,Electric,Future The shuttle has been running since the beginning of the school year. Continue reading NHTSA shuts down ‘unlawful’ autonomous school bus transporting kids in Florida NHTSA shuts down ‘unlawful’ autonomous school bus transporting kids in Florida originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 22 Oct […]
Chevy Bolt EV autonomous prototype spied with driver on the phone
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Green,Spy Photos,Chevrolet,GM,Crossover,Hatchback,Autonomous,Electric Hopefully the driver wasn’t just playing games. Continue reading Chevy Bolt EV autonomous prototype spied with driver on the phone Chevy Bolt EV autonomous prototype spied with driver on the phone originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms […]
Ford patent brings Real Racing tilt-steering to autonomous driving
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Ford,Technology,Autonomous,Future Take over steering by tilting a device or touching a virtual wheel. Continue reading Ford patent brings Real Racing tilt-steering to autonomous driving Ford patent brings Real Racing tilt-steering to autonomous driving originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 07 Oct 2018 08:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms […]
When it Comes to Autonomous Cars, the Department of Transportation Says ‘Drivers’ Don’t Have to Be Human
And that’s really great news for the humans developing self-driving trucks. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bb6a26d2b915f2dff96d6a6/master/pass/Waymo1.jpg
This autonomous suitcase follows you around like a lost puppy
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Videos,Autoblog Minute,Original Video It’s fully compliant with TSA regulations. Continue reading This autonomous suitcase follows you around like a lost puppy This autonomous suitcase follows you around like a lost puppy originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use […]