Waymo tests Wi-Fi in driverless taxis hoping perks can route it past rivals
Waymo is rolling out amenities to entice riders to use its self-driving taxis, creating a potential route to profitability in a money-losing industry.
Waymo is rolling out amenities to entice riders to use its self-driving taxis, creating a potential route to profitability in a money-losing industry.
Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology will stage a three-month, 1200-kilometre road trip to help assess how automated driving systems cope with lane markings, traffic lights and street signs as well as the limitations of GPS in areas where only a patchy signal is available.
Bosch is the first recipient of a permit under Victoria’s new Automated Driving System (ADS) scheme.
Uber will stop developing self-driving trucks that have been hauling cargo on U.S. highways, the ride-hailing company has said, seeking to focus its autonomous-vehicle technology solely on cars.
Autonomous vehicles used to be fictional concepts in movies. These days, thanks to the likes of Tesla and Google, there are several autonomous vehicle pilot schemes already underway.
The Queensland and federal governments have struck an agreement with Integrity Security Solutions (ISS) and the iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre for the development of Australia’s first security credential management system, which could inform national efforts to prepare for the rollout of intelligent transport systems.
Australia’s transport ministers have agreed to take a uniform legal approach across states and territories to vehicles equipped with automated driving systems.
As anyone that has relied on a sat-nav to guide them through a built up, city environment will attest: GPS systems are highly prone to failure around tall buildings.
Networking vendor Cisco has teamed up with the South Australian government and the City of Adelaide for a trial of traffic sensors that can potentially be used to ease congestion as well as communicate with autonomous vehicles.
Rio Tinto’s Australian fleet of autonomous trucks have hauled their one billionth tonne of material, the resources company announced today.
A new report (PDF) released by Transport Certification Australia (TCA) scrutinises the challenges of building a secure national ecosystem for the rollout of the so-called ‘internet of cars’: Cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS), which can include vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-person communications.
WA motoring services organisation RAC plans to build on its driverless Intellibus shuttlebus trial, unveiling a planto bring on-demand autonomous vehicles to the streets of Perth.
The federal government should facilitate and encourage trials of automated vehicles in Australia, the report of a parliamentary inquiry into the technology has recommended.
The New South Wales government has launched the state’s first trial of an automated ‘smart shuttle’ bus in Sydney’s Olympic Park.
The ACT government has revealed it plans to support testing autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle technology in the territory.