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Volvo’s prototype autonomous bus drives itself around depots Volvo has demonstrated yet another potential use case for autonomous transport after its Volvo Buses subsidiary showcased a self-driving bus that’s capable of transporting itself around depots. The Swedish automotive giant partnered with public transport company Keolis to configure a 12 metre electric bus that can traverse between parking bays and work stations, ensuring that it’s cleaned, serviced, and fully charged before moving back to the correct... [Lire la suite]

Tesla starts selling China-made Model 3 with autopilot function   U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla (TSLA.O) on Friday started selling its China-made Model 3 with an autopilot function priced from 355,800 yuan ($50,310), making it the company’s cheapest model on sale in the country, the official website showed. It suspended website sales of a less expensive variant of the same model, lacking an autopilot function, it had previously offered at 328,000 yuan ($46,389). Tesla did not respond to an e-mailed request for comment. ... [Lire la suite]

Dubai ‘not far’ from being first city to have driverless transport Dubai: Dubai is “not very far away” from becoming possibly the world’s first city to use driverless public transport, a senior Dubai official said on Wednesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the ‘Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport’, Ahmad Bahrozyan, CEO of Public Transport Agency of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), told Gulf News Dubai is already trialing several transport modes, including a helicopter taxi. Read more... [Lire la suite]

Renault R-NEST: using stimulation to fight hypovigilance at the wheel The Renault R-NEST project (Renault Research Tool for NEuroscience STudies) was developed by the Groupe Renault Research department as a neurophysiology research tool and demo model for these types of system. The purpose of this research is to help reduce accidents caused by driving fatigue. The demo model consists of a static driving module. It has two cameras (3D and 2D) that capture and record driver reactions and measure a large amount of data (heart rate,... [Lire la suite]

Snooze mobiles: how vibrations in cars make drivers sleepy New research has found the natural vibrations of cars make people sleepier, affecting concentration and alertness levels just 15 minutes after drivers get behind the wheel. With about 20 per cent of fatal road crashes involving driver fatigue, RMIT University researchers hope their findings can be used by manufacturers to improve car seat designs to help keep drivers awake. Professor Stephen Robinson said the effects of physical vibration on drivers were not... [Lire la suite]

Automotive V2X Market The Automotive V2X Market is estimated to be USD 689 million in 2020 and projected to reach USD 12,859 million by 2028, at a CAGR of 44.2%. The advancements in 5G technology and an increase in fuel consumption and time wastage caused by traffic congestion have pushed the V2X technology forward.   The cellular segment is projected to be the fastest growing automotive V2X market, by connectivity The advancements in 5G technology would enable the applications of 5G-V2X which is expected to offer... [Lire la suite]

How Technology is Driving the Democratization of ADAS Today's ADAS (advanced driver-assistance systems) functions do more than reduce the risk of injuries during a crash. Many features, such as autonomous braking, collision avoidance, and the ability of a vehicle to determine whether a lane change is possible, are designed to help avoid accidents altogether. ADAS features, only offered to drivers when purchasing a new vehicle as embedded solutions, first appeared as options on high-end luxury vehicles. Unfortunately, to date, it... [Lire la suite]

New Datasets to Accelerate Autonomous Driving Research In the past month, several companies announced they will release new high-quality datasets for autonomous driving. One of these datasets is Waymo Open Dataset which was introduced at top AI conference Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2019 in Long Beach, California In a talk at the CVPR 2019 Autonomous Driving Workshop, Waymo Principal Scientist said traditional open-source datasets like KITTI are too small and with little diversity... [Lire la suite]

Tesla's robotaxi fleet will be 'functionally ready' in 2020, Musk says   Last year during its Autonomy Investor Day, Tesla laid out the broad strokes of its plan for a fleet of autonomous Teslas to operate as a "robotaxi" service. Of course, at the time, this seemed like a flight of fancy, given the fact that no car manufacturer is even close to full, Level 5 autonomy, by the standard SAE definition. Fast-forward to now, and it still seems like a flight of fancy. Nevertheless, problems of... [Lire la suite]

WAYMO’S DRIVERLESS CAR: GHOST-RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT OF A ROBOT TAXI Last October, Alphabet’s self-driving subsidiary Waymo emailed its customers in the suburbs of Phoenix to let them know that “completely driverless Waymo cars are on the way.” For several years, Waymo has offered its autonomous taxi service to a small group of people, but the rides typically included a safety driver behind the steering wheel. Now, Waymo is saying more of those rides will take place sans safety driver, a sign that the company is growing... [Lire la suite]