driverless cars
The electric car manufacturer says updates to its battery design and manufacturing process will help lower production costs.
So far, 30 student teams have entered the Indy Autonomous Challenge, scheduled for October 2021.
Help future Mars rovers better navigate the red planet’s treacherous terrain.
Such a battery would make it far cheaper to implement robotaxis and long-haul electric trucks, both of which Tesla is developing.
The 2020 Democratic candidate’s plan to give Americans a universal basic income seems to include a special provision for truckers.
TuSimple, an autonomous trucking company, has also engaged in test programs with the United States Postal Service and Amazon.
Maura O’Connor discusses her new book, Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World.
Combined with high-capacity public transport, AVs could remove 9 out of every 10 cars in a mid-sized European city.
The pizza giant Domino’s partners with a Silicon Valley startup to start delivering pizza by robots.
A passenger on a California freeway shot a video of a Tesla driver dozing off at the wheel.
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The world’s always been changing, but it feels like it’s never changed so quickly as it does now. What life skills will that render obsolete?
Future vacationing could be pretty different.
The new version’s battery has a shorter range and a price $4,000 lower than the previous starting price.
In ten years, everything could be very different… while on the surface being as recognizable as possible.
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Scientists are conflicted about what causes car sickness, which may make a workaround difficult.
The driverless car is coming – but what will *you* being doing in your self-driving car? Robotic cars will give rise to a new ridership economy of on-the-go services and experiences.
Driverless cars are nothing short of a revolution – not a technological revolution, but a social one, that will determine how fast we can accept, adapt and trust these new systems to change our lives.
Driverless cars may be borne out of science fiction, but they are fast becoming realities on tomorrow’s roadways. The transition from driver to robot is nothing short of a revolution. Not a technological revolution, but a social one, that will determine how fast we can accept, adapt and trust these new systems to change how and where we live, work, play and interact with each other.