driverless cars

In an episode of Amazon's The Grand Tour, host Jeremy Clarkson stirred debate over how self-driving cars should respond in life-or-death situations. In a conversation with co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond, Clarkson posed a stark question: If an autonomous vehicle must decide between veering...

StradVision, an artificial intelligence-based vision perception technology company, tapped Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) to combine the former’s 3D Perception SVNet with AMD’s processing technology. The goal is to deliver high-performance perception solutions for automated...

Several factors could help Baidu.com Inc‘s (NASDAQ:BIDU) Robotaxi initiative disrupt urban transportation, analysts note. What Happened: According to Goldman Sachs’ Lincoln Kong, Baidu’s Robotaxi launch is expected to accelerate user adoption and expand the company’s...

Starting today, Uber riders in Phoenix may find themselves being picked up by a driverless Waymo vehicle. The partnership between Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE:UBER) and Alphabet Inc.‘s Waymo (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) autonomous taxi division, enables customers within Waymo’s service...

On Tuesday, BlackBerry Inc. (NYSE: BB) announced that Motional, a vehicle maker backed by Hyundai Motor Company GDR (OTC: HYMTF) and Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV), will be the first to use its QNX Black Channel Communications Technology for driverless systems. What Happened: Although BlackBerry...

Navistar is shaving up to five years off the industry timeline for autonomous semis, partnering with self-driving technology leader TuSimple to sell International-branded driverless trucks in 2024, the companies said Wednesday.  Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) took an undisclosed minority...

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Waymo said Tuesday it's found a "perfect facility" in Detroit to build autonomous cars, offering further details on a promise to return auto jobs to the car industry's longtime hometown. What To Know Waymo said back in January it...

Wednesday was a big news day in the self-driving automobile technology space. A potential Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) partnership with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) captured most of the headlines. However, BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) also announced its own under-the-radar...

A startup investing fund in Israel announced that it raised $40 million to fund investment in driverless car technology. Maniv Mobility raised the money from startup crowdfunding investment platform OurCrowd, Tata Motors Limited (NYSE: TTM) subsidiary Land Rover’s investing arm, and auto...

As technology continues to advance into uncharted territory, it’s extremely important that legislators in Washington keep laws updated as well. Shareholders of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are hoping that each company...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shareholders are on the edge of their seat this week as the company is set to report its December quarter earnings Wednesday. Loup Ventures is bullish on Tesla, but believes whatever CEO Elon Musk says this week about Model 3 production will be irrelevant in the long term...

Analysts have speculated for years about what Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) could choose to do with its massive $246.1 billion cash balance. In a new report, Baird analyst William Power suggests some aggressive and surprising M&A opportunities that may actually be realistic for Apple. Power...

Traditional automakers are in a transition phase, where selling merely to retail customers and fleets will not place them in good stead. Disruptive technologies such as self-driving cars, ride sharing and ride hailing services are beginning to take hold, forcing the traditional players seek their...

September was really quite something for advances in autonomous technology — both on land and under the sea. What Schools Of Fish Can Teach Florida Atlantic University is studying the movement of fish to develop advanced autonomous technology capable of navigating beneath the shore. Dr. Oscar...

At this point, it seems inevitable that driverless cars are the future of the automotive industry. Investors who want to be a part of the transformative and potentially extremely profitable autonomous vehicle era have been piling into popular driverless car stocks like Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:...