#Driverless #Autonomous

Self-driving autonomous vehicles have arrived. Utilizing technologies such as radar, GPS, 360-degree camera systems and powerful onboard processing computers, driverless vehicles will eventually be rolled out to many industries including fleet, long-haul trucking, livery, Uber and on-demand car services. The driverless social paradigm shift is fast approaching. Check back for the latest in autonomous self-driving vehicles news and information.

Bosch Demonstrates Emerging Safety and Self-Driving Technology at Bosch Mobility Experience 2018

Technology presented at the Mobility Experience in Flat Rock, Michigan could and probably will migrate into the commercial vehicle space very soon, such as system redundancy and advanced driver assistance systems -- precursors on the pathway to automated driving.

truckinginfo.com

Q&A: Lane Kidd Explains the Aims of the Trucking Alliance

We spoke at length with Lane Kidd, managing director of the Washington, D.C.-based Alliance for Driver Safety & Security (a.k.a. the Trucking Alliance) about which issues the carrier-driven and safety-focused lobbying group is most engaged with this year.

truckinginfo.com

Apple, VW reportedly sign deal for driverless vehicles

The agreement is part of an internal Apple program called “Project Titan,” which started in 2015 as an effort to build an electric vehicle.

metro-magazine.com

NTSB releases preliminary report on fatal Uber self-driving car crash

After crash in March, Uber has also shuttered its self-driving vehicle testing in Arizona.

metro-magazine.com

Uber's Self-Driving Vehicles Rely on Humans to Brake in Emergencies

A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board found that Uber does not enable the automatic braking feature while its self-driving test vehicles are under computer control to “reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior.”

autorentalnews.com

Crashes Shake Faith in Driverless Vehicles: AAA

Today, nearly three-quarters (73%) of American drivers report they would be too afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle, up significantly from 63% in late 2017.

automotive-fleet.com

New Flyer, King County Metro celebrate 10,000th Xcelsior bus

The artic is propelled by low-emission, hybrid technologies that reduce air pollution and help evolve KCM’s transit bus fleet with lower emission solutions.

metro-magazine.com

How Disruption Is Affecting the Auto Industry

Disruption in the automotive industry will affect many businesses with close ties to it, including those in wholesale remarketing, health care, and accident litigation.

automotive-fleet.com

Uber to End Self-Driving Vehicle Testing in Arizona

According to the Arizona Republic, about 200 Uber employees in Arizona, most of them vehicle drivers, will lose their jobs.

autorentalnews.com

Uber Scraps Driverless Program In Arizona

Faced with investigations two months after a fatal accident, the TNC plans to regroup its venture for another day and place.

lctmag.com

How to Ensure New Mobility Services Make City Life Better, Not Worse

A recent headline in the Chicago Tribune read: “Driverless cars may make traffic worse, not better.” The same week, the BBC ran a story titled, “How the internet is clogging up city streets.”

metro-magazine.com

Is Your Fleet Vulnerable to Being Privatized?

Fleets at the greatest risk of privatization are those that haven’t given it much thought, thinking it won’t happen to them.

government-fleet.com

AAA: Crashes Shake Faith in Driverless Vehicles

Two surveys conducted less than a year apart show Americans are increasingly anxious about the growing presence of autonomous vehicles on public roads.

fi-magazine.com

Tesloop: Bringing Autopilot to Car Rental

With a fleet of 12 Teslas, Southern California-based Tesloop is increasing access to the semi-autonomous, zero-emissions vehicles.

autorentalnews.com

Great Change and Great Pain in Trucking's Future?

A study focusing on autonomous vehicles says these new technologies could send massive shock waves through our society.

truckinginfo.com

Electric bus sales to surge even faster than EVs, new study says

Sales of electric cars racing to 28%, and those of electric buses to 84%, of their respective global markets by 2030.

metro-magazine.com

Prototype design for Dubai Hyperloop passenger capsule unveiled

Designworks worked with Virgin Hyperloop One and the Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai on the project.

metro-magazine.com

Wabtec, GE Transportation to merge

Union is expected to drive the advancement and implementation of technology solutions to improve safety, efficiency, and productivity for the transportation industry.

metro-magazine.com