By John R. Quain
- Jul 22, 2019
Autonomous Shuttles: The Trouble With Pedestrians
Last week, a Navya self-driving shuttle in a residential Vienna neighborhood bumped into a pedestrian. The female walker reportedly...
By John R. Quain
- Jul 12, 2019
The Great Race to Autonomy: Ford, VW Tighten Partnerships
Ford and Volkswagen confirmed what many have argued for some time: the future of transportation will be electric and autonomous--and it's...
By John R. Quain
- Jun 28, 2019
Annals of Micromobility: E-Scooter Insurance
E-scooters--it's all fun and games until you fall off and hurt yourself--or someone else. Many people have opined about what happens to...
By John R. Quain
- Jun 18, 2019
Traffic Fatalities Hold Steady
Ending traffic fatalities is the ultimate goal of autonomous vehicle developers. So every year that the introduction of self-driving cars...
By John R. Quain
- May 28, 2019
Waymo Out West: Horse Hockey
Classification is what folks in the autonomous car business call the process of correctly identifying objects, people, cars, and trucks...
By John R. Quain
- May 3, 2019
The Push for Autonomous Vehicle Engineers is Global
There's a "desperate shortage" of engineers needed to make self-driving cars a reality. Even with some optimistic predictions that...