Many people will remember the episode of BBC’s Top Gear when presenter James May, driving a Range Rover, raced an remote control, autonomous military vehicle called the TerraMax across a English country-side. It would seem like Land Rover was paying attention to this and has built their own version. The very long named Remote Control […]
Audi Continues to Push the Limits With their new R8 e-tron Concept.
When Audi unveiled their new R8 design at the Geneva Motor Show back in March, the R8 e-tron was there with its gas powered brothers. The R8 e-tron is Audi’s electric sports car, and has become testing ground for Audi’s electric and technology test ground for the rest of their vehicles. Now, Audi has continued […]
Delphi Drive To Make A Transcontinental Trip
Delphi Automotive PLC is about to attempt what might be the longest autonomous vehicle test in North America. The Delphi Drive, Delphi’s autonomous vehicle, will be taken on a test drive from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to New York City. With a total distance of about 3,500 miles, Delphi will be using […]
Could human-driven cars become illegal?
There are a number of questions still remaining about self-driving cars. Are we generally willing to relinquish control in the same way pilots have become accustomed to relying on autopilot? And how do we account for moral judgements, such as what action to take in a potential crash? That’s not going to be an issue […]
Volvo’s Self-Driving System Moves Forward With Development
Volvo, a company know for building some of the safest automobiles on the planet, has been working on an autonomous, self-driving vehicle system over the last two years. Called the Drive Me System, Volvo’s goal is to have the system working well enough to have 100 autonomous cars driving around Gothenburg, Sweden in 2017. Yesterday, in an […]