Jan 13 GM, rideshare Lyft to launch first self-driving cars in Austin By News Desk General Motors will launch its first self-driving cars in Texas, but be prepared to share. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 0:37 This tractor-trailer drives itself By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a self-driving 18-wheeler has been approved for test-drives on public roads in Nevada. The goal of the semi-autonomous vehicle is to reduce driver fatigue on long-haul trips. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 3:39 Drive the car of the future? No, it drives you By PBS News Hour A big sensation at the Consumer Electronic Show this year was a preview of the autonomous driving car, a vehicle equipped with a supercomputing chip and software that can recognize other vehicles and obstacles. Special correspondent Steve Goldbloom takes the… Continue watching
Apr 30 On tiny racetrack, scientists test self-driving cars of the future By Frank Bi, Joshua Barajas In a robotics lab at George Washington University, there’s a small-scale race track, complete with a loop-the-loop. A battery-powered car hurls itself around the room, flipping over jumps and around the vertical spiral. “They are really robust, so when a… Continue reading