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Current camera systems in self-driving cars are tuned for consistent lighting, which means accuracy drops when conditions shift rapidly, like moving from a dark road into oncoming headlights. The Penn ...

Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary that hopes to someday pepper roads with self-driving taxis, today pulled back the curtains on a portion of the data used to train the algorithms underpinning its cars: ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Human drivers aren't the only ones who need to have eyes on the road. Many cars on the road today are ...

Autonomous vehicles employ a suite of complementary sensors—such as radar, LiDAR, cameras and GNSS—to perceive their surroundings and make driving decisions. Adverse weather conditions, including rain ...

Fleets of autonomous, unmanned cars have descended upon Tampa. Elon Musk’s robotaxis hit the streets last week, and curious passengers are already hitching rides in the self-driving vehicles. But ...

EV manufacturer XPENG is targeting a 2027 global rollout for its next-generation VLA 2.0 autonomous driving system. Announcing its launch plans in March, XPENG stated that VLA 2.0 is the first AI ...

Packed with sensors, connected to the internet, and controlled by complex and opaque layers of software, modern cars represent a significant cybersecurity risk. Every new generation gathers more data ...

Waymo added four US cities to its driverless network on July 8 — Las Vegas, San Diego, Tampa, and Denver — and the company's own numbers make the competitive landscape difficult to misread: where ...

Uber revealed on Wednesday a prototype car that it plans to use to scoop up real-world driving data for its growing roster of autonomous vehicle partners, including Avride, Waymo, and WeRide. The ...

Police and states are figuring out how to punish driverless car companies like Waymo and Zoox when their cars break the law.

Waymo says after 271 million driverless miles, its vehicles were involved in 82 percent fewer injury-causing crashes as compared to human drivers.