Our Autonomous Future: The Outlook for Driverless Vehicles
Driverless or not, safety continues to be both the biggest motivator for automotive manufacturers to invest in the autonomous vehicle, as well as the biggest driver for consumers to question the technology.
The Driving Trend of Driverless Vehicles
In the early 1980s, Bill Gates shared his vision that there would someday be a small computer – a “personal computer” – on every desk and in every home.
Continental Conducts Tire Tests with Driverless Car
At its test site in Uvalde, Texas, Continental has commissioned the company’s first driverless tire test vehicle for a wide range of road surface types.
Driverless Shuttle Introduced in NYC
In Times Square in New York, a low-speed self-driving shuttle from Coast Autonomous was demonstrated this week.
Poll: 2/3 of Public Still Concerned About Driverless Cars
Self-driving cars may be the future of the auto industry, but many consumers aren’t so sure they’re ready for it.
Going Driverless The Challenges Facing the Acceptance of AVs
Every single day of the year millions of Americans climb into vehicles we know nothing about, driven by people we have never met, and we voluntarily pay for that experience.
IHS Predicts Early U.S. Deployment of Autonomous Vehicles
The United States is expected to be one of the earliest countries to deploy autonomous vehicles, according to IHS Automotive. According to IHS research, deployment will begin with several thousand autonomous vehicles in 2020. Forecasts anticipate this number to grow to 4.5 million vehicles by 2035. ”Future mobility will connect and combine many different modes
Electric Power Steering: From Fieros to the Driverless Car
Electric power steering is fast becoming a standard feature on new vehicles, but it’s not an emerging technology. It’s been in the field for the better part of two decades. One of the first domestic applications that almost made it to broad production was on the Pontiac Fiero. The 1989 model was going to have
Car Sharing Continues To Impact Number Of Vehicles On The Road
A new study conducted by AlixPartners, a consultancy that has automotive clients, estimates that there are already 500,000 fewer vehicles on the road due to changing attitudes about owning a vehicle and the rise of car sharing services. By 2020, it expects 4 million people will be sharing cars, and that there will be 1.2
Continental Technology Shines Through in Driverless Test
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) In what Continental AG is calling a “high-tech triumph,” the “Boss,” a self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe equipped with Continental technology, won the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007.