Self-driving Cars
A judge decided that Alphabet can pursue new evidence it found in a document that was made public on Monday.
Here’s a timeline of events surrounding Uber’s acquisition of Otto based on our own reporting and a newly public document.
Lyft users will eventually be able to hail a Ford self-driving car.
It’s a vote of confidence for lidar maker Luminar, facing competition from behemoths like Velodyne.
First and foremost: It could avoid a big, public mess.
As of today, Waymo is pursuing nine separate trade secret claims.
Alphabet has been fighting to get hold of this due diligence report for months.
Chao said the Department of Transportation is already working on version three of the guidance, which will be released in 2018.
The Chevy Bolt EVs will be built with the hardware necessary to enable fully self-driving cars.
When the self-driving car comes across something it’s never seen, engineers recreate it in simulation.
Lyft is working with self-driving startup Drive.ai.
It’s still an early win for companies like Ford, Google and Uber.
Tap the brakes.
It’s another major step toward allowing more driverless vehicles on U.S. roads.
The apparent end of an industry task force is one of many headaches facing tech and automakers in D.C.
The autonomous cars are coming.
“We should have a undertone of scorched earth.”
Director of Product Taggart Matthiesen says today’s drivers can provide other services when they’re not driving.
Businesses once thought to be on the path to extinction are calling the shots when it comes to self-driving partnerships.
Miller left Didi after just four months.
A key congressional committee voted favorably on the measure, and now it’s up to the full House to decide.
It’s just the latest example of a tech company trying to forge new ties with the White House.
It’s early days, and it’s already complicated.
Alphabet says Uber knew it was hiring an engineer who had stolen internal information from Alphabet.
An ecosystem for self-driving cars is emerging.
Uber has said Alphabet trade secrets were never transferred to its servers.
Robots, robots, self-driving cars and robots.
But it’s still not clear whether Alphabet will get the full due diligence report.
NuTonomy, based out of Boston and Singapore, will be plugging some of its self-driving cars into the Lyft network.
And it’s expanding across California. More users = more screens for showing ads.
It’s all about what comes next.
The technological and business model for autos is slowly but surely moving toward a software-and-services-focused approach.
Well, this is an interesting development.
The judge has also referred the case to the U.S. Attorney, which means Uber could face criminal charges.
Waymo’s test fleet now has three million miles of public-roads experience under its belt.
Urtasun will continue to teach at the University of Toronto part-time and will be joined by eight of her students.
“I don’t know what they’re doing on the car front, it’s not clear.”
Anthony Levandowski, who pleaded the Fifth in the Uber-Alphabet suit, is being replaced by Eric Meyhofer “for the remainder of the Waymo litigation.”
As part of the limited test, Phoenix residents are encouraged to use the cars as frequently as possible.
Welcome to the hands-free world.