Google Awarded Patent For Autonomous Vehicle
Google’s mission towards to mass market autonomous vehicles took another step forward this week when they were granted a patent for a method of controlling the self-driving car. The patent details how...
View ArticleGoogle Self-Driving Car Chauffeurs Legally Blind Man Video
What’s the real benefit to autonomous cars? To be able to eat your Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch while it drives you to your destination of course. In all seriousness, Google’s self-driving car just...
View ArticleSelf-driving cars by 2020, Former GM Exec Says
Self-driving cars aren’t new, but if electric vehicles’ slow adoption rates among U.S. consumers are any measure of new technology acceptance then autonomous cars can’t be close at hand, or can they?...
View ArticleGoogle Seeking Automaker for Autonomous Vehicle Production
Internet giant Google has been developing self-driving car technology for some time now, and is looking for a partner in the automotive industry to help the company mass-produce its cars. Anthony...
View ArticleGoogle Takes Autonomous Car to Washington D.C. in Search Of Country Wide...
Just a day after Google was awarded a driver’s license for its self-driving car, the tech giant brought one of its autonomous Toyota Prius out to Washington D.C. in hopes to make driverless cars legal...
View ArticleOxford Researchers Build Self-Driving Car for Just $7,600
Electric cars are often viewed as the personal transportation solution for the future, though a team of researchers at the University of Oxford in the UK is looking beyond that, to vehicles that drive...
View ArticleConsumers Wary of Self-Driving Cars: Survey
Many are saying “No thanks, I’ll take the wheel” to the prospect of self-driving cars according to a survey conducted by the ORC International for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. While...
View ArticleMost Adults Worried About Riding in Driverless Cars: Study
A new study suggests that an overwhelming majority of adults would be worried about the safety of riding in a self-driving car. The data comes from a Harris Poll conducted among 2,039 adults ages 18...
View ArticleSteering Wheel, Gas Pedal to Disappear by 2035: Survey
The future of the automobile looks very different from what we know today, and one survey predicts that even the steering wheel will be gone by 2035. Most respondents agree that rearview mirrors,...
View ArticleAudi A7 to Demonstrate Piloted Driving on Florida Freeway
Next Monday, Audi will be demonstrating its progress towards autonomous driving in public. The German automaker will have its A7 model demonstrate the initial version of Audi’s Piloted driving...
View ArticleGoogle Reveals Fully Functional’ Self-Driving Car
Google has unwrapped the first real build of its self-driving vehicle prototype, just in time for the holidays. While it may resemble the first self-driving car the tech giant showed off earlier this...
View ArticleGoogle’s Self-Driving Car Heading to Public Streets
Google’s self-driving car will begin testing on public streets this summer. The company has announced that its safety drivers will begin testing fully self-driving vehicle prototypes on the streets of...
View ArticleIs this Apple’s Project Titan’ Self-Driving Car?
Apple has been caught testing modified Dodge Grand Caravans around the metro Detroit area for the first time. The technology giant’s “Project Titan” supposedly involves the creation of an...
View ArticleChina’s Google is Making a Self-Driving Car
China’s equivalent to Google is reportedly working on its own self-driving car. Chinese tech giant Baidu is quite similar to Google, offering an Internet search engine along with multimedia content...
View ArticleFord Patents Self-Driving Car with Lounge Seating
[See image gallery at www.autoguide.com] Ford is looking well ahead to the future, where passengers in self-driving cars can simply relax while heading to their destination. The American automaker has...
View ArticleEx-Hyundai CEO to Head Google’s Self-Driving Car Program
Google has hired former auto executive and ex-President of TrueCar, John Krafcik, to lead its self-driving car program. Krafcik served as the CEO of Hyundai America from 2008 to 2013 and has many ties...
View ArticleFord to Begin Testing Self-Driving Cars on California Roads
Ford is now officially registered to begin testing self-driving cars on public roads in California. Starting next year, a fleet of self-driving Fusions will begin testing around the company’s Palo...
View ArticleFeds will Accept Google’s Self-Driving Computers as Legal Drivers
Self-driving cars have overcome another regulatory hurdle as U.S. vehicle regulators say that the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving car can be the legal driver. The National...
View ArticleGoogle’s Latest Job Postings Suggest it’s Gearing Up for Manufacturing
Google’s X self-driving car project has posted a number of job listings, looking mostly for individuals with expertise in manufacturing. Exactly thirty six jobs were posted searching for engineers who...
View ArticleAudi Says its Self-Driving Prototype is More Polite Than Human Drivers
Audi’s self-driving prototype might show more consideration for other drivers on the road than some human beings. The Audi A7 piloted driving concept has received the nickname “Jack” by the German...
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