View original post. BRITISH motorists could have to take another driving test and get a new license to be able to own a self driving car. UK drivers may be required to take another driving test and get a new licence to be able to operate and own a driverless car. While self-driving cars have had a turbulent few months, …

View original post. Legislation on the testing of autonomous cars does not address liability and safety concerns, warn Ashley Nunes, Bryan Reimer and Joseph F. Coughlin. Last month, for the first time, a pedestrian was killed in an accident involving a self-driving car. A sports-utility vehicle controlled by an autonomous algorithm hit a woman who was crossing the road in …

View original post. I’m continuing my series looking at digital transformation trends in various industries. Previous focus has been on trends in sectors such as healthcare, retail, finances and media and entertainment. Today, I’ll discuss how digital transformation has revolutionized the automotive industry. By 2020, growing digitalization and advancements in technology will have increased the automotive industry investments to $82 billion. The automotive industry has …

View original post. The automated vehicle age is nearly upon us and it’s set to completely change our driving habits and the way we think of car ownership. What’s more, the introduction of driverless cars will have a huge impact on society, mobility and future city infrastructure, and also lead to the development of new and disruptive business models. While …

View original post. Many tech pioneers of Silicon Valley are dipping their toes into the world of driverless car technology. Some of the 52 different companies that have been approved by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test autonomous vehicles on the road include Apple, Waymo, Tesla, Ford, Honda, BMW, Nissan, Intel and Uber. “We’re still in the very early stages …

View original post. Automakers can now start testing fully driverless cars on California’s roads. According to the state DMV’s new regulations that became effective on April 2nd, it can now issue three types of autonomous vehicle testing permits. The first kind is the original one it approved years ago, which needs a driver behind the wheel, while the other two could pave the way …

View original post. Automakers are on the verge of a prolonged period of rapid change to the way they do business, thanks to the combined disruptive forces of growing on-demand mobility services and self-driving cars, which will start to come to market in the next couple of years. By the end of 2019, Google spinoff Waymo, Uber, and GM all …

View original post. When the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground and dumped 250,000 barrels of oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989, Exxon’s response became a textbook example of how not to address a crisis. Exxon not only further damaged its reputation but also hardened public resistance to oil exploration. A key element of Exxon’s failure, as the New York Times observed, was …

View original post. Cars that can drive themselves are coming faster than many have predicted, but they are coming in a way that the general public might not expect. If you take away a car’s steering wheel, you take away more than the driver, you also take away the navigator. This is not a loss, it is great opportunity in …

View original post. The ad-supported business model that ruined the internet could come for transportation next. After nearly 10 years of relentless hype for autonomous (“self-driving”) vehicles, the bloom seems to be coming off the rose. In terms of the hype cycle outlined by research consultancy Gartner, autonomous vehicles are plunging down from the “peak of inflated expectations” into the “trough of …