Collaborate Disseminate
When it comes to targets for autonomous machinery, those carrying out repetitive tasks on farmland are ripe for the picking. The newly introduced self-operating Monarch Tractor is designed to show how it’s done, being billed as the world’s smartest tra… Continue reading Electric, autonomous Monarch Tractor is billed as the world’s smartest
Just last week, AutoX announced the roll out a fleet of autonomous RoboTaxis in downtown Shenzhen, representing the first time such vehicles have been deployed in China without safety drivers or remote operators.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, Tr… Continue reading Baidu Apollo gets green light for fully driverless road tests in Beijing
After joining forces with Alibaba’s Amap to pilot robo-taxi ride-hailing services in April, and then opening the service to the Shanghai public, AutoX has now launched the first fully driverless fleet in China’s Shenzhen megacity.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading AutoX rolls out first fully autonomous taxi fleet in China
At its core, Mini has always been a brand that challenges conventional automotive dimensions. The badge’s all-new Vision Urbanaut takes the challenge into the future, reorganizing interior space for a fully autonomous world. Mini houses a versatile, sh… Continue reading Deliciously retro-future Mini Urbanaut van explores inner space
Two years ago, BMW rolled out the Vision iNext as a wheeled laboratory of next-gen autonomous and HMI (human machine interface) technology. Nothing about it felt particularly imminent, save for the electric powertrain that BMW didn’t actually detail. T… Continue reading BMW iX grilles its way toward a high-tech electric future
The world’s first fleet of autonomous boats is growing – literally. After years of tests and upgrades, MIT’s self-driving Roboat has now doubled in size, allowing it to carry two people at a time. The boats have also had an intelligence upgrade and can… Continue reading MIT’s autonomous “Roboats” are now big enough to be canal-bound Ubers
Back in 2018, Alphabet’s self-driving arm launched Waymo One, an app-based ride-hailing service where passengers got to ride in an autonomous taxi. But a safety driver was assigned to every vehicle, ready to take over if needed. Now Waymo is ditching t… Continue reading Waymo finally opens fully driverless taxi service to public
Last year, a cabless, autonomous electric truck prototype called the T-pod took to public roads for the first time. Now its maker, Sweden’s Einride, has unveiled the latest generation of the vehicle, as it drives itself toward commercial availability.C… Continue reading Einride’s Pod autonomous truck moves toward commercial availability
When we first encountered REE’s ultra-modular EV chassis, we struggled to know what to make of it. Speaking to CEO Daniel Barel, we couldn’t seem to pin down any specifics. What is it? A flat, modular vehicle chassis in which all steering, suspension, … Continue reading REE demonstrates its wildly innovative vehicle platform of the future
TuSimple is an autonomous trucking startup with some big ideas, and lately we’re starting to see how big those ideas really are. After revealing plans to establish a nationwide network for self-driving trucks in the US just a few months ago, TuSimple h… Continue reading TuSimple teams with VW’s Traton to bring autonomous truck tech to Europe