The Autonomous Report: Mass introduction of AVs won’t occur for ‘20 years or more’
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 10, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into why experts at the Technology in Motion conference say we won’t see a mass rollout of true autonomous vehicles (AVs) for at least 20 years, the “lack of respect” between Silicon Valley and Detroit, how AVs will […]
The Autonomous Report: Researchers find two methods to hack LiDAR
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 2, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into the potential for LiDAR hacking, how autonomous vehicles (AVs) are learning to deal with emergency vehicles, the role of rental car companies in Google’s grand plan, and much, much more! – A report from Deutsche Bank claims […]
The Autonomous Report: Court battle between Google and Uber heats up
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 9, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look at how advanced technology may lead to driver complacency and more crashes, the latest update on the court battle between Google and Uber over allegedly stolen tech, how a race between nine autonomous vehicles (AVs) only saw four […]
The Autonomous Report: True self-driving cars still 10 years away?
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 5, 2017 — This week in the Autonomous Report, we hear from a senior engineer at BMW who says full self-driving cars are at least 10 years away, take a look at the cost of generating highly precise maps, the ongoing troubles of Uber and much, much more! […]
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: Waymo’s cars kept offline, taxi drivers fight ‘Uber-ization’ and sensors still have trouble with salt, slush and grime
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — January 15, 2017 — Here in early 2017 the automated vehicle (AV) story continues to emerge as a major new business story. This week we look into how Waymo’s cars are being kept offline to prevent hacking, a new survey from KPMG that says half of car owners don’t […]
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 […]
