When we talk about autonomous vehicles, discussion typically focuses on the issues of navigating city streets and driving on the highway. However, there are many other situations in which autonomy can be useful. Honda demonstrates this ably with its prototype Autonomous Work Vehicle, and has already put the cute little […]
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The Audi Grandsphere Is a Level 4 Autonomous EV Concept With a Disappearing Steering Wheel
So, what do you need to know? Well, it’s a concept so it’s not like we’re all gonna be rushing out and buying it but something interesting about the Gransphere is boy they are not kidding about it being grand. This is, for a sedan, a real big boy. It’s […]
Here’s Our First Look at the Autonomous Indy Lights Cars That Will Race for $1M
Whether the teams of engineers and software designers involved in IAC can fare any better remains to be seen; however, if they really do have a car faster than Roborace, then seeing AIs go over 175 miles per hour at Indy should be extremely cool. Especially because these AIs will […]
Uber Is Selling Its Autonomous Air Taxi Business, A Thing That Will Never Happen: Report
It’s hard to fathom a less realistic combination of transportation-related tech buzzwords than “autonomous air taxi,” but here we are. Uber has been shedding its most money-losing operations in an attempt to return to profitability lately, and according to an Axios report, its self-driving air taxi division Uber Elevate is […]
Autonomous Open-Wheelers Will Race at Indianapolis Next Year for a $1 Million Prize
Motorsport may have once been a technological wellspring from which road car tech could sometimes be skimmed, but today, the link between race and road cars is tenuous at best. If it’s a relationship the racing world wants to rebuild, it will have to turn its attention to new technological […]
How Cornell Disguised Drivers to Gauge the Public’s Reaction to Autonomous Vehicles
You’ve probably seen videos of pranks where people camouflage themselves as a car seat and drive around scaring people, but you probably didn’t know that researchers actually do that sort of thing to yield a scientific result. A team from Cornell Tech led a study in which a person was […]
The Autonomous Car Industry Is About to Get Hammered
Good morning and welcome back to Speed Lines, The Drive’s morning roundup of what’s going on in the world of transportation. I think it’s Wednesday, although I’m not really sure anymore, let alone what that even means. A ‘Bumpy Road’ Ahead For Self-Driving Cars As I’ve said many times on […]