The concept of the electric car may have been around for over 100 years, but it’s only now that it is becoming a driving force in the car industry. With so many technological advances, cars are rapidly changing, with fully autonomous cars set to be rolled out by 2020. So, what can we expect from our electric automobiles? Should we …

View original post. Blockchain and autonomous vehicles is a perfect match. The combination of both concepts facilitate monetary transactions and mitigate the risks of hacking. Self-driving vehicles, which once appeared in the sci-fi movies only, are now becoming an everyday reality. We see a sudden hype in the concept of autonomous cars, as industry leaders are on their way to …

View original post. The big question around self-driving cars, for many people, is: When will the technology be ready? In other words, when will autonomous vehicles be safe enough to operate on their own? But there has been far less attention paid to two equally important questions: When will the driving environment be ready to accommodate self-driving cars? And where …

View original post. Discussion about autonomous driving tends to focus on the leading company in the field, Google, which back in October 2010 set the ball rolling. Following the restructure that led to the creation of Alphabet, a subsidiary was set up called Waymo, which already has fleets of self-driving cars without safety driver on the roads of Phoenix, Mountain View, San …

View original post. Self-driving cars could mean better public transit, more green space and less congestion. But also: more urban sprawl and greater inequality. . As the arrival of driverless cars gets closer, cities are scrambling to get ready. And for good reason: The driverless car promises to reshape the urban landscape as we know it. Little wonder, then, that …

Motorists may have a false understanding of what their car’s driver-assist technology is actually capable of thanks to how it’s labelled by manufacturers, according to a recent report. CAR manufacturers using the word “autonomous” to describe new technologies could be confusing drivers. New research has found that the labelling behind driver assist technology could be giving motorists a false sense …

View original post. Toyota has pledged to return to its manufacturing roots even as Japan’s biggest carmaker forms partnerships with technology groups Uber and Amazon. Toyota and Uber are discussing ways of reapplying the Japanese group’s vaunted kaizen philosophy to improve the safety and efficiency of autonomous vehicles. The talks come in the wake of a deadly collision involving a …

View original post. Technology continues to make vehicles smarter, more fuel-efficient, more connected, and even driverless. These seismic shifts will shape transportation’s future for years, if not decades, to come. In an ongoing collaboration with the consulting firm KPMG, we partner with industry leaders to debate, discuss, and strategize about the future of the automotive industry. Through this 360° lens, …

View original post. Most contemporary coverage of driverless vehicles is only about driverless cars. But analysis of a suburban automated car future is one step too far down the analytical pipeline. Driverless vehicles can develop as solo cars serving distant houses with limited stops, or as minibuses (and big buses!) serving denser neighborhoods with frequent stops. Booming cities may grow …

View original post. This gives new meaning to ‘living out of your car.’ At the June 4 Radical Innovation briefing, real estate developer and compeition founder John Hardy unveiled two exciting new hotel concepts purposely designed for a future in which folks drive long distance travel in driverless cars. Now on its thirteenth year, the global competition seeks radical but plausible proposals for new …