Neowin News Feed for: Driverless

HERE and AWS sign $1 billion agreement to revolutionize car industry

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:02:01 +0000

HERE and AWS have agreed to a $1 billion agreement that will help developers of assisted driving and driverless technologies boost efficiency. This could help solutions reach market quicker. Read more...

Nuro approved to become the first driverless delivery service in California

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:20:01 +0000

In a first, the California DMV approved Nuro to operate its autonomous delivery services in the streets of California. Nuro plans to kickstart its service in two counties with a fleet of Priuses soon. Read more...

Gartner: Over 740,000 autonomous-ready vehicles to be added to the market in 2023

Paul Hill — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:54:01 +0000

Gartner has announced that in 2023, the net additions of autonomous-ready vehicles will reach more than 740,000. The figure was at just 137,000 in 2018 which shows decent growth in the market. Read more...

True self-driving cars are coming to Phoenix courtesy of Waymo

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 08 May 2018 22:54:02 +0000

Waymo, Alphabet's subsidiary focused on autonomous vehicles, went on stage today at Google I/O to announce that driverless autonomous cars are on the way, starting in Phoenix, Arizona. Read more...

Waymo's commercial driverless ride-hailing service gains Arizona nod

Jay Bonggolto — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 08:22:01 +0000

Waymo has been approved by the Arizona Department of Transportation to start picking up and dropping off paying riders around the state using its fleet of autonomous Fiat Chrysler Pacifica minivans. Read more...

Apple patent reveals car software user interface

Paul Hill — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:08:01 +0000

New patents have surfaced which show mock-ups of Apple's self-driving car software. It's probably not how the final software will look but does give us cues about the feature set Apple will include. Read more...

Here are the tech highlights of the UK's 2017 Budget

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:54:01 +0000

Phillip Hammond, the Chancellor of the UK, has issued the Autumn Budget which sets out what the Government plans to spend in the coming months and years. It included a heavy focus on digital. Read more...

Self-driving shuttle hit by lorry after failing to move

Paul Hill — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:58:01 +0000

A newly deployed driverless shuttle has been involved in a minor traffic collision with a lorry just two hours after beginning services. The police blamed the incident on the lorry driver. Read more...

Intel acquires self-driving car tech company Mobileye for $15.3 billion

Usama Jawad — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:46:01 +0000

Intel has announced that it will be acquiring Mobileye - a company which develops technology for autonomous vehicles - in an all-cash deal valued at $15.3 billion, priced at $63.54 per share. Read more...

Waymo's self-driving vans will show up on public roads this month

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:44:01 +0000

Waymo unveiled its new driverless cars at the end of last year, saying they'd hit roads sometime in 2017. The company is now launching the new vehicles on public roads before the end of the month. Read more...