Google announced today that its self-driving car project is progressing positively. “Our vehicles, of which about a dozen are on the road at any given time, have now completed more than 300,000 miles of testing,” Google said in blog post. “They’ve covered a wide range of traffic conditions, and there hasn’t been a single accident [...]
California State Senate has passed a bill that allows for the sure of autonomous, self-driving cars on California roads. SB1298 by State Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) is going to establish guidelines for such self-driving cars to be tested and operated in the state. The bill will now head over to the Assembly for consideration next month. A [...]
Google’s self-driving, driverless and autonomous (however you want to say it) Prius was seen roaming the streets of Washington D.C. on Tuesday, a move that could probably mean that the search-engine giant is taking its robo-Prius to the doorstep of legislators to get it legalized for U.S. roads. U.S. News & World Report speculates that [...]
Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius has been approved by Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles to receive the nation’s first autonomous vehicle license. Prior to being approved, officials were given rides on highways and in the Carson City neighborhoods. They were also driven by the self-driving Google Car on the famous Las Vegas Strip. The Nevada legislature [...]
Google is looking to launch its self-driving car technology as soon as possible, and may be making an announcement sometime next year as to when it will become available. The search engine corporation is already discussing the matter with automakers. “The most important thing computers can do in the next 10 years is drive a [...]
During its 2012 U.S. Automotive Emerging Technologies Study, J.D. Power and Associates found that vehicle owners have come to expect a certain level of safety features and are now turning their attention more to infotainment technologies in their vehicle. The study showed that customers now look for features such as enhanced collision mitigation, wireless connectivity [...]
Whenever I heard the words ‘self-driving car’ I cringed at the idea of cars driving us everywhere we wanted to go. Of course, my mindset was around the fact that I love driving and enjoy the actions of turning the steering-wheel myself and stepping on the accelerator. I never really cared to see the benefits [...]
