Driverless Car Technology

Turning heads as they cruise past office buildings and malls, driverless taxis are slowly spreading through Chinese cities, prompting both wariness and wonder.

With its smart technology and artificial intelligence, the vehicle can detect criminal behaviour, recognize faces, and read car license plates.

Baidu's electric vehicle arm Jidu Auto aims to deliver 800,000 self driving vehicles by 2028, according to Jidu CEO Joe Xia Yiping. Parent company Baidu CEO Robin Li said on Monday that Jidu will be one generation ahead of Tesla, in terms of autonomous driving technology. The company's second model will go into mass production by 2024, according t...

General Motors Co's Cruise became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco, after it overcame objections by city officials.

General Motors Co's Cruise became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco, after it overcame objections by city officials.

The permits are the latest set of approvals the municipal government has handed out over the past year to the two companies, which have been allowed to test drive their autonomous vehicles in some areas of the city.

Cruise, Tesla, Alphabet Inc's Waymo, and Aurora Innovation Inc are among many companies aiming to deploy fully autonomous vehicle technology in the United States within the next two to three years.

Three chip firms - Intel Corp's Mobileye, Qualcomm Inc and Nvidia Corp - have emerged from a raft of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the leaders in locking down the brains of self-driving cars for the next decade.

Self-driving tech company Pony.ai has obtained a taxi license in China, which will allow some of its driverless vehicles to start charging fares. The company said it was the first autonomous driving company in the country to do so

Alphabet Inc unit Waymo said it has started offering driverless rides to employees in San Francisco.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday said it will review whether startup technology firm Pony.ai complied with government reporting requirements for driverless crashes.

Baidu Inc and self-driving startup Pony.ai will introduce paid driverless robotaxi services in China's capital Beijing, deploying not more than 100 vehicles in an area.

Three chip firms - Intel Corp's Mobileye, Qualcomm Inc and Nvidia Corp - have emerged from a raft of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the leaders in locking down the brains of self-driving cars for the next decade.

Waymo is among a small number of companies around the world that have billions of dollars in financing to develop self-driving cars and trucks.

Motional is one of several autonomous driving technology companies pushing to start revenue-generating services in the United States using driverless vehicles over the next one to two years.

Turning heads as they cruise past office buildings and malls, driverless taxis are slowly spreading through Chinese cities, prompting both wariness and wonder.

With its smart technology and artificial intelligence, the vehicle can detect criminal behaviour, recognize faces, and read car license plates.

Baidu's electric vehicle arm Jidu Auto aims to deliver 800,000 self driving vehicles by 2028, according to Jidu CEO Joe Xia Yiping. Parent company Baidu CEO Robin Li said on Monday that Jidu will be one generation ahead of Tesla, in terms of autonomous driving technology. The company's second model will go into mass production by 2024, according t...

General Motors Co's Cruise became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco, after it overcame objections by city officials.

General Motors Co's Cruise became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco, after it overcame objections by city officials.

The permits are the latest set of approvals the municipal government has handed out over the past year to the two companies, which have been allowed to test drive their autonomous vehicles in some areas of the city.

Cruise, Tesla, Alphabet Inc's Waymo, and Aurora Innovation Inc are among many companies aiming to deploy fully autonomous vehicle technology in the United States within the next two to three years.

Three chip firms - Intel Corp's Mobileye, Qualcomm Inc and Nvidia Corp - have emerged from a raft of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the leaders in locking down the brains of self-driving cars for the next decade.

Self-driving tech company Pony.ai has obtained a taxi license in China, which will allow some of its driverless vehicles to start charging fares. The company said it was the first autonomous driving company in the country to do so

Alphabet Inc unit Waymo said it has started offering driverless rides to employees in San Francisco.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday said it will review whether startup technology firm Pony.ai complied with government reporting requirements for driverless crashes.

Baidu Inc and self-driving startup Pony.ai will introduce paid driverless robotaxi services in China's capital Beijing, deploying not more than 100 vehicles in an area.

Three chip firms - Intel Corp's Mobileye, Qualcomm Inc and Nvidia Corp - have emerged from a raft of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the leaders in locking down the brains of self-driving cars for the next decade.

Waymo is among a small number of companies around the world that have billions of dollars in financing to develop self-driving cars and trucks.

Motional is one of several autonomous driving technology companies pushing to start revenue-generating services in the United States using driverless vehicles over the next one to two years.