The Victorian Government has announced that it is working with the Australian Road Research Board in conjunction with La Trobe University and EastLink to test cars with driver-assistance technology on Melbourne’s EastLink motorway, as part of an 18-month trial.
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Uber ordered to take self-driving cars off roads
Uber has begun trialling autonomous cars in San Francisco, but the trial has not gone without a hitch; cars were seen running red lights and the DMV has called for Uber to pull the vehicles from roads due to its lack of a permit.
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Nissan showcases driverless cars in Japan
The company showcased its vehicles earlier this week, where a driverless Leaf was seen towing vehicles on a trailer to the wharf for loading onto transport ships.
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Applications open: South Australian autonomous vehicle technologies
Companies, industry bodies, research institutions and other organisations are invited to submit creative proposals to the South Australian government which will accelerate the development and implementation of connected and autonomous vehicle technology.
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Solid state LiDAR sensor wins innovation award
Quanergy Energy Systems has announced that it has received the CES 2017 ‘Best of Innovation’ Award in the vehicle intelligence category for its S3 solid state LiDAR sensor.
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The move to prepare Australia for autonomous vehicles
Ministers at a recent Transport and Infrastructure Council Meeting agreed to a series of reform initiatives over the next 24 months that will assist the deployment of autonomous vehicles to Australian roads.
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Tesla announces fully autonomous vehicles
Tesla has announced that from this week onwards, all vehicles produced in its factory will have the hardware necessary for fully autonomous driving.
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More drama over Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ branding
Tesla Motors has been forced to delay its latest announcement due to an order from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) to drop the ‘Autopilot’ brand name from its autonomous vehicles in Germany.
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More sensors not the answer to better autonomous vehicles
A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has developed a reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, rather than the Global Positioning System (GPS).
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