

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 28, 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...
By John R. Quain
May 3, 2019


Ford Adds Amazon In-Car Delivery
With each passing week, the American automobile becomes more of an integral part of the Internet of things. The latest sign of that trend...
By John R. Quain
Apr 30, 2019


Does it Matter Whether or Not Your Autonomous Car Can Think?
Much is made these days about artificial intelligence or AI particularly as it may be the savior for what ails self-driving vehicle...
By John R. Quain
Apr 12, 2019


The Week in Autonomy: Florida Law, Public Skepticism, and Tesla
In the ignorance-is-bliss category, another poll found that most people in the U.S. are skeptical about autonomous vehicles. A Reuters...
By John R. Quain
Apr 5, 2019


Teleoperation Gets Serious, and an Autonomous Shuttle Heads to NYC
What was once considered an afterthought, remote control operation of autonomous vehicles is starting to become another area of serious...
By John R. Quain
Mar 25, 2019


The Week in Autonomy: A Big Deal for Waymo?
Could Waymo become the primary systems supplier to automakers in the future? That's the question as Google's self-driving subsidiary...
By John R. Quain
Feb 8, 2019


The Week in Autonomy: Getting Weaker, Apple to Audi
There's more and more grumbling out in auto land that car and tech companies are taking several cautious steps back from the autonomous...
By John R. Quain
Jan 28, 2019