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Self-Driving Cars Still Are Not Ready for Prime Time

Tech nerds may remember back to 2012 when the billionaire founder of Google predicted that self-driving cars would be a thing very soon: (Cnet: Google’s Sergey Brin: You’ll ride in robot cars within 5 years).

But it hasn’t happened, not even close. Maybe the brainiacs of Silicon Valley couldn’t anticipate the vagaries of normal street […]

Arizonans Violently Resist Self-Driving Cars

This is an interesting report, showing that Americans are not all ready to be marched by corporate elites into the automated, jobless future.

Below, Waymo self-driving cars are being tested — and abused by citizens — in Chandler, Arizona.

In an earlier time, workers known as Luddites destroyed factory machinery to protest technology seen […]

Apple Expands Its Self-Driving Fleet

In the future, it’s possible we will see cars as computers with wheels and may shop accordingly for a self-driving vehicle that matches up with our laptop — particularly now that Apple is becoming a bigger player in that segment of the automated future. The company appears to be upping its interest in the self-driving […]

MIT’s Self-Driving Car Can Navigate Country Roads

Machines keep getting smarter and more capable of performing jobs formerly done by humans. One recent upgrade to self-driving tech comes from MIT where they have figured out how the cars can maneuver country lanes. Up to this point, companies like Google have tested their vehicles in big cities where they have mapped the exact […]

Waymo Self-Driving Cars Apply for Driver-Free Test Permit in California

The self-driving juggernaut keeps advancing, taking the necessary technical and regulatory steps to turn the automation dream of Google that was discounted even by techies into a world-changing industry.

The Google spin-off company Waymo has applied to the state of California for a permit to allow driver-free cars on the roadways for testing. Of course, […]

Companies Work to Roll Out Self-Driving Cars

On Friday, Fox had a short segment on its Special Report show about self-driving cars and how they are coming on strong. A Carnegie-Mellon scientist opined that full automation would take eight to ten years — perhaps, but the major business players would like to get there faster.

Below, Waymo self-driving cars from the Google […]

California Opens Its Roads to True Self-driving Cars

The training wheels are off in America’s biggest car state — on April 2 there will be no safety human in the driver’s seat of autonomous automobiles. It shows how the self-driving competition for market share is heating up. Waymo (the Google car) got approval from Arizona to operate as a ride-hailing business there a […]

General Motors Designs a Revolutionary Self-Driving Car

GM is taking a giant step into future tech with its new self-driving car that has no steering wheel and no brake pedal. Will the public accept such a startling lack of control? Many would want their self-driving car to have a “Manual” button that allowed a human to take charge. It’s not like computers […]

Human Bumps along the Road Await Self-Driving Vehicles

Big automobile and tech companies are racing to dominate the coming self-driving revolution in transportation, but there’s a small hiccup in the plans — the public is not convinced that autonomous vehicles (aka AVs) are a good idea.

Below, a self-driving car navigates a Pittsburgh bridge as part of its testing process.

A poll […]

The Self-Driving Car Edges Closer to True Autonomy

We’ve been hearing about self-driving cars for several years, but until now, there has always been a human in the driver’s seat in case anything went wrong. The latest news from Google reveals that its autonomous car, called the Waymo, is ramping up to the next level where no driver will be present at the […]

Self-driving Cars Will Be Tested in Diverse New York City

General Motors announced that it would begin testing its self-driving cars in New York City next year which shows a high degree of confidence, given the level of density and human randomness.

Usually at this point I would point out the job loss that will result with all those automated autos which would naturally […]

Despite Busy Calendar, House Passes Self-Driving Car Bill

It’s funny how with all the vitally important legislation that needs doing, such as Houston hurricane relief, raising the debt ceiling and funding the government, the House still had time to squeeze in a bill to facilitate the self-driving industry’s movement to the next stage. Who knew it was such a priority?

Certainly the […]

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