Autonomous cars, or self-driving cars as they are popularly called, are no longer a subject of fiction. Global companies such as Uber, Tesla and Google have made giant strides towards developing efficient self-driving vehicles. The general notion is that self-driving cars are first-world technology. For India, these cars may be ... Read More »
German carmaker Audi is offering a free software upgrade for 850,000 diesel cars in order to improve emissions. Audi said the upgrade would “improve emissions behaviour in real driving conditions further beyond existing legal requirements”. The carmaker added it was convinced the programme would counteract possible bans on diesel cars. ... Read More »
The government has said there is no proposal under its consideration to allow private car owners to share rides and charge fare, and no steps have been taken to evolve a regulatory mechanism over the same. “At present there is no such proposal under consideration of the Ministry of Road ... Read More »
– Fiat Chrysler is recalling between 1.4 and 1.9 million cars over a computer issue that might keep air bags from deploying and seat belts restraining passengers in a crash. The computer glitch has been linked to three deaths. The automaker said the”occupant restraint control module” is the problem. The ... Read More »
Future buyers of General Motors Co.’s semiautonomous driving system will have to be comfortable with Big Brother sitting in the passenger seat. The nation’s largest auto maker aims to release its Super Cruise on a Cadillac next year, and will feature eye tracking in the cabin, a first for a ... Read More »
There are plenty of unanswered questions about how self-driving cars would function in the real world, like understanding local driving customs and handing controls back to a human in an emergency. Now a start-up called Drive.ai, based in Mountain View, California, is trying to address how an autonomous car would ... Read More »
Google’s self-driving car project hit a rough patch with the departure of one of its earliest team members, but it’s evident that the tech giant is still bent on turning the experiment into a viable business. The company has hiredAirbnb executive Shaun Stewart, who led his former employer’s vacation rental ... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The option to hail a ride in a self-driving car, which was science fiction just a few years ago, will soon be available to Uber users in Pittsburgh, the first time the technology has been offered to the general public. Within weeks, the company announced Thursday, ... Read More »
The Supreme Court on Friday issued an order lifting the eight-month-old ban on sale of diesel cars with over 2,000 cc in the capital, which was imposed citing environmental concerns. Auto major Toyota was one of the worst hit and it stated that the ban has impacted around Rs 1,700 ... Read More »
New analysis by safety experts Thatcham Research has found that a half of the top 10 best-selling cars in the UK do not offer Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) as standard. AEB is a safety technology that works by monitoring the road ahead using sensor and camera technology, automatically braking the ... Read More »
The design team were welcoming, but nervous about what we filmed – and in the background, as we sat down for the interview, were a number of cars draped in black sheets. One key reason for the secrecy was that Tesla was just a couple of months from unveiling the ... Read More »
WASHINGTON: Self-driving cars are “absolutely not” ready for widespread deployment despite a rush to put them on the road, a US robotics expert warned on Tuesday. The cars aren’t yet able to handle bad weather, including standing water, drizzling rain, sudden downpours and snow, Missy Cummings, director of Duke University’s ... Read More »
