Kodiak wins $50M deal to develop driverless Army vehicles

Kodiak Robotics truck in front of an IKEA store. Source: Kodiak Robotics Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said Tuesday that it won a two-year, $49.9 million contract from the U.S. Department...

TuSimple CEO fired over improper ties to Chinese firm Hydron

TuSimple, partly owned by UPS, makes self-driving trucks, a technology that may be among the innovations to help lower longer-run inflation in the transport sector. Source: TuSimple Self-driving truck...

Electric and autonomous vehicle ETF falls 15% in September

GMC vehicles sit on display at the Sterling McCall Buick GMC dealership on February 02, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images A key ETF for electric and autonomous vehicle stocks suffere...

China’s electric car companies are safe from the U.S. Nvidia chip ban

Nvidia has found success in China by selling automotive chips to the country’s electric car companies. But the U.S. semiconductor giant has been restricted from sending some products to China. S...

Why the first autonomous vehicles winners won’t be in your driveway

An Apollo Robotaxi runs at Shougang Park as Baidu launches China’s first driverless taxi service in the city on May 2, 2021 in Beijing, China. He Luqi | Qianlong.com | Visual China Group | Getty...

Semi-Autonomous Cars Hit Cyclist In 5 Out Of 15 Test Runs, Finds AAA

AAA testing found that not all automated driving systems detect cyclists at intersections. AAA Testing by the American Automobile Association—AAA—has found that not all cars sporting semi-autonomous d...

AI Ethics Welcomes The Prospects Of A Standardized AI Risk Management Framework, Which Could Bolster Autonomous Self-Driving Car Efforts Too

AI Ethics welcomes the effort to craft an AI Risk Management Framework as a standard via NIST. getty We seem to be told repeatedly that taking risks is important in life. If you look at any everyday l...