Driverless Cars Will Open the Door to a Building Spree
Even as reclaimed parking spaces fuel a downtown building boom, autonomous vehicles will encourage builders to push deeper into the exurban fringe, confident that homebuyers will tolerate longer commutes now that they don’t have to drive, according to the report, sponsored by a unit of Capital One Financial Corp.
October 17, 2017The Newest Frontier for Hackers: Your Car
As computer technology increasingly controls critical vehicle safety features and more cars are connected to the internet, the danger of a hacker taking control of vehicles is becoming less like a Hollywood movie plot and more like something that can actually happen.
October 16, 2017Daimler Moves to Separate Mercedes, Trucks to Counter Tech Shift
Daimler AG is firming up plans for its biggest corporate overhaul in a decade, granting its cars and trucks operations more independence in a bid to become more nimble and better confront the disruptive shift to self-driving electric vehicles.
October 16, 2017GM Shows Off Autonomous Cargo Hauling Concept Vehicle
General Motors says it “aims to solve some of the toughest transportation challenges created by natural disasters, complex logistics environments and global conflicts” with its new Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure.
October 13, 2017Nvidia's Powerful New Computer to Power DHL Autonomous Delivery Vehicles
Nvidia Corp. said Oct. 10 it’s helping Deutsche Post AG and its subsidiary DHL automate their fleet of electric delivery vehicles with a powerful new computer.
October 13, 2017Coming Soon to California: Cars Without a Human Behind the Wheel
California took another step Oct. 11 toward permitting testing of self-driving vehicles without a human driver, continuing a shift away from previous policies that companies criticized as being overly restrictive.
October 11, 2017Platooning: Coming Soon to a Truck Near You
Truck platooning — also known by the more precise but less compelling term “cooperative adaptive cruise control” — will soon become available to trucking fleets interested in testing the latest in fuel-saving technology.
October 11, 2017VW to Roll Out Electric Trucks, Buses in $1.7 Billion Project
Volkswagen AG is flanking its push into electric cars with plans to roll out battery-powered commercial vehicles targeted at urban areas as growing public concerns about air quality boost demand.
October 11, 2017Iowa DOT Seeks Volunteers for Self-Driving Car Research
Some of Iowa’s leaders in automated vehicle research are seeking volunteers to help test the results of high-definition mapping and data collection.
October 10, 2017Tesla’s Model 3 Bottlenecks Delay Unveiling of Semi-Truck
Tesla Inc. pushed back the reveal of its semi-truck by three weeks as CEO Elon Musk focuses on boosting production of the cheaper sedan that the electric-car maker is counting on to dramatically increase sales.
October 10, 2017