AV Report: April 9, 2018
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario – April 9, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report: AV conferences in Ottawa and Edmonton, the University of Waterloo partners with Chinese universities on AV tech, Globe and Mail editorial writers tackle self-driving cars and much, much more! There is a crowded spring schedule in terms of conferences in […]
The Autonomous Report: Google Sidewalk project bringing AV delivery to Toronto
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 22, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into Google’s big plans for transport in Toronto, the world’s first self-driving lawnmower, Mercedes Benz trusts truck platooning technology and much, much more! – This could be really interesting. Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet, the company that […]
The Autonomous Report: Canada ‘running hard’ to keep up with US
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 25, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, the federal government is “running hard” to keep up with advances in autonomous vehicles (AVs), Amazon scouts for a second headquarters, BlackBerry and Delphi will partner to produce a self-driving operating system and much, much more! – Canadian Transport Minister […]
The Autonomous Report: Volvo has a kangaroo problem; Bosch reports increased demand for sensor systems
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 9, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into the spread of “cartapping” by police, Volvo’s kangaroo problem, Bill Ford’s thoughts on autonomous vehicles (AVs) and much, much more! – Auto component maker Bosch reports that the company has experienced, “… a surge in demand for […]
The Autonomous Report: Roborace pits AVs against each other and the ‘gold rush’ of self-driving data
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — February 19, 2017 — This week’s Autonomous Report looks at results from the first self-driving auto race, a future where the data a car generates is worth more than the car, Ford’s self-driving test program runs afoul of human boredom and much, much more! – An electric driverless car […]
The Autonomous Report: AVs could generate $1 trillion in revenue, but black hat hackers may have a new weapon
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — January 29, 2017 — News continues to flow from the emerging world of autonomous vehicles (AVs). This week we look into a report by KPMG on the revenue potential of AVs, the nomadic communities of the future, how cars may become the next big weapon for black hat hackers […]
The Autonomous Report: New players in the self-driving space, Uber exits California and Semcon wants cars to smile
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 28, 2016 — The evolution of the automated vehicle (AV) sector over the last year has been extremely rapid. Just a year ago the idea that self-driving cars would drive massive new investments on the part of the world’s biggest companies seemed a bit nutty. But here we […]
The Autonomous Report: Ghosn’s future vision, proliferation is decades away and a self-driver runs out of gas
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 20, 2016 — This week in the autonomous vehicle (AV) world, we look at Nissan’s CEO’s vision for the future of AVs, concerns that President-elect Trump will gut self-driving regs and a self-driving Uber appears to have made a very human error. – The Detroit News suggests that, […]
The Autonomous Report: Tesla’s Autopilot crashes again, cheap LIDAR is on the way and truckers may be in trouble
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 2, 2016 — This week in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space we look into another Tesla Autopilot crash, cheaper versions of light-sensing LIDAR are coming to market and tech entrepreneurs in Seattle and Vancouver want to link their cities with a driverless road. – Another Tesla has crashed […]
Report: Lux Research says only five automakers earn ‘positive take’ on self-driving
By Mike Davey Boston, Massachusetts — June 21, 2016 — There’s no question that autonomous vehicle research is grabbing a lot of headlines, and many automotive companies are throwing their hat into the ring. But a new report from Lux Research, “Determining Who’s in the Fastlane for Autonomous Vehicles: A Comparison of Automotive OEM Plans […]
