Driverless

UK government 2025 driverless cars target “ambitious and achievable”

The UK government has committed to have driverless cars “operating safely” on British roads by 2025 with some types of…

Softbank and Toyota Plan On-Demand Autonomous Vehicles that Prep Your Food on the Move

Japanese giants Toyota and Softbank have partnered to create new services for autonomous cars, including on-demand meal deliveries, medical, services,…

Mercedes Benz Owner Inks Deal with NVIDIA for Autonomous Taxi Plan

German automotive behemoth Daimler has inked a deal with US hardware giant NVIDIA that will see the two work together…

Didi Chuxing targets AI and smart transport following $4bn funding round

In a major funding round the Chinese ride-hailing firm, Didi Chuxing, has raked in $4 billion and is now targeting…

Government gives green light for self-parking cars

Self-parking apps could soon get the go-ahead in the UK as the Highway Code is updated to incorporate the responsible…

Sony revs the engine on driverless cars with new micro sensor

Sony is making strides into the emerging technology sector with the mass roll-out of its new time-of-flight (ToF) image sensor.…

Did the Autumn budget leave the tech industry satisfied?

Chancellor Phillip Hammond put his money where his mouth was in his Autumn Budget announcement, with technology taking a central…

Apple scientists lift the lid on machine learning driverless tech

Scientists from Apple have published a report on driverless car technology that describes an object-detection system called VoxelNet, which the…

Uber readies for driverless revolution with 24,000 cars from Volvo

Though Number 10 aids burst Philip Hammond's hopes of test-driving a driverless car in the West Midlands this week, autonomous…