by Randall McAdory | Aug 26, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Ford, Internal Combustion Engine
According to Teslarati, Ford’s operations head for Autonomous Vehicles (John Rich), recently said that the demand for cars will rise with the deployment of autonomous technology. According to Rich, as self-driving vehicles experience consistent usage, the wear...
by Randall McAdory | Aug 22, 2019 | Audi, Autonomous Vehicles, BMW, Daimler
German automotive rivals are realizing that they must team up to attack the costs and challenges of developing the key technologies that will drive the future of automotive. Automotive News is reporting (subscription required) that Audi is joining the Daimler / BMW...
by Randall McAdory | Aug 21, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Waymo
According to Drago Anguelov, Waymo’s principal scientist and head of research, Waymo is making available its autonomous driving data for the purposes of research. This Open Data Set ostensibly is to be used for research purposes. However, this also includes...
by Randall McAdory | Aug 19, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles
The U.S. government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) organized three technology competitions in 2004, 2005 and 2007 to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles. The development of this technology became very important after 9/11 as...
by Randall McAdory | Aug 16, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles
A recent Washington Post opinion piece by John Browne highlights five myths about autonomous vehicles Mr. Browne attempts to explain. John Browne is the former chief executive of BP and the executive chairman of L1 Energy. He believes that autonomous vehicles are the...
by Randall McAdory | Aug 16, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Ford, General Motors, Internal Combustion Engine
General Motors has a point of view regarding this question. For GM, electric vehicles offer better integration of the required advanced technologies for autonomous vehicles that operate cleanly and safely. EVs offer the stable power and low latency required for...
