Self driving cars

Why Self-Driving Cars are Still Unsafe?

Car production has been moving from petrol-based cars to electric vehicles with the main aim of fighting climate change by reducing CO2 emissions. The autopilot feature by Tesla in 2014 has been a notable improvement in advanced driver assistance systems taking the autonomy in cars to level 2 on the self-driving car scale out of […]

What is Tesla Robotaxi? A New Driverless Experience

Many companies are developing cars in pursuit of the latest technological trends, making them follow the latest innovations to offer high-quality products to customers.  Creating a digitally developed vehicle is reasonable to enhance some desired features we anticipate seeing in the Robotaxi, such as big sliding doors providing easy access, face-to-face seating, 4-wheel steering, easier […]

South Africa to Set New Rules for Self-Driving Cars

Plans to develop new rules regarding self-driving cars in South Africa are taking place for the coming months, the Department of Transport said.    During a quarterly report to parliament this week, the department noted the research into the restrictions was approved then submitted. However, it missed internal deadlines in 2021.    Therefore, it expects to admit […]

Driverless Taxi Service to Start in Dubai by 2023

In its latest announcement on Tuesday, Dubai’s Roads and Trasport Authority (RTA) publicized plans to start a driverless taxi service by 2023.  RTA said trials of the service were expected to start by the end of the year before an official launch in 2023.   As such, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is ranked by global […]

Apple is currently developing a self-driving car for 2025, reports say

Many obstacles have faced Apple’s heavily rumored electric vehicle; however, the iPhone maker seems to be proceeding with project “Titan,” and completing “much of the core work” on its secretive autonomous EV targeting 2025 as a possible launch date, a report by Bloomberg found. These developments come following years of reported changes to the project, […]

Tesla 'full self-driving' vehicles can't drive themselves

Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its “full self-driving” software to a small group of owners who will test it on public roads. But buried on its website is a disclaimer that the $8,000 system doesn’t make the vehicles autonomous and drivers still have to supervise it. The conflicting messages have experts in the field […]

US agency posts online map to track autonomous vehicle tests

DETROIT (AP) — If you’ve ever seen one of those self-driving vehicles with strange equipment on the roof and wondered where it’s going, then there’s a website for you. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday launched its autonomous vehicle online tracking tool, a map that shows some of the places where the […]

Study: Autonomous vehicles won't make roads completely safe

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A new study says that while autonomous vehicle technology has great promise to reduce crashes, it may not be able to prevent all mishaps caused by human error. Auto safety experts say humans cause about 94% of U.S. crashes, but the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety […]