Autonomous vehicles under testing permits have collectively covered nearly 4.5 million miles on California’s public roads from December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2024, down more than half from the previous year, the California Department of Motor Vehicles announced, The most recent year total, standing at 4,498,066 miles, includes 3,945,171 miles with a safety driver […]
Consumer Reports Calls for Next Transportation Secretary to Improve Driving Automation Technology and Autonomous Vehicle Crash Reporting Program
Calls for ADAS and autonomous technology crash report program marked by underreporting to be made stronger, fairer, and more efficient. Consumer Reports (CR) is calling on federal regulators and the incoming administration to keep and improve a vital program that requires auto manufacturers and autonomous vehicle (AV) companies to report serious crashes in vehicles equipped […]
NHTSA Proposes Voluntary National Program for Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed a voluntary national framework for the evaluation and oversight of certain vehicles equipped with automated driving systems. The ADS-equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program, known as AV STEP, would establish a voluntary review and reporting framework for participating ADS-equipped vehicles. The program would […]
GM to Close Cruise Robotaxi Unit and Refocus Autonomous Driving Development on Personal Vehicles
General Motors (NYSE: GM) yesterday announced plans to realign its autonomous driving strategy and prioritize development of advanced driver assistance systems on a path to fully autonomous personal vehicles. GM intends to combine the majority-owned Cruise LLC and GM technical teams into a single effort to advance autonomous and assisted driving. Consistent with GM’s capital […]
S&P Global Mobility Report Vehicle Manufacturers Strategic Noves on Path from ADAS to Autonomy
Automotive manufacturers are in a race to distinguish themselves in the fast-evolving landscape of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving technologies according to a report by S&P Global Mobility. As competition intensifies, automakers are adopting diverse strategies to integrate these features, from enhancing safety and convenience with ADAS to pushing the boundaries with […]
U.S. Commerce Department Proposes Rule to Secure Connected Vehicle Supply Chains from Foreign Adversary Threats
If adopted, the proposal would ban vehicles, telematics and automated driving technologies originating in China and Russia. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles integrating specific pieces of hardware and software, or those components […]
Researchers Collaborate on Best Practices for Automated Vehicle Evaluation
Researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have joined colleagues from academia and the automated vehicle and insurance industries in issuing a set of best practices for future evaluations of highly automated vehicles. The recommendations, known as the Retrospective Automated Vehicle Evaluation (RAVE) checklist, emerged from a two-day working group meeting in January […]
Toyota Research Institute and Stanford Engineering Demonstrate Autonomous Tandem Drift Sequence
AI-powered research demonstrates two vehicles avoiding crashing in dynamic conditions. Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Stanford Engineering announced a world first in driving research: autonomously drifting two cars in tandem. For nearly seven years, the teams have collaborated on research to make driving safer. The experiments automate a motorsports maneuver called “drifting,” where a driver […]
AAA Survey Says Fear of Self-Driving Cars Persists as Industry Faces an Uncertain Future
According to AAA’s latest survey on autonomous vehicles, most U.S. drivers either express fear (66%) or uncertainty (25%) about fully self-driving vehicles – a fear that has not decreased since spiking last year. However, interest in semi-autonomous technologies such as Reverse Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) and Lane Keeping Assistance remains high. The results infer that […]
Nissan Announces Plan to Commercialize Autonomous-Drive Mobility Services in Japan by 2027
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. yesterday announced its roadmap to commercialize its inhouse-developed, autonomous-drive mobility services in Japan. According to the company, this is a significant step towards its long-term vision, Nissan Ambition 2030, to empower mobility by solving transportation service issues faced by local communities in Japan. Local communities have been facing several mobility challenges, […]
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