(Natural News) The autonomous vehicles of the self-driving car company Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, are causing traffic incidents in San Francisco. On more than one occasion, these driverless cars even blocked buses. San Francisco residents took to social media to share images and videos of at least three Cruise self-driving cars blocking traffic in […]

(Natural News) Lidar (light detection and ranging) technology uses light from lasers to measure distances. The reflections produced by these laser lights after bouncing off objects generate precise information about the surrounding area. While these weak laser pulses help autonomous vehicles determine distance and see things, lidar lasers can potentially damage human eyes and certain […]

(Natural News) Autonomous vehicles are slowly becoming a reality with new developments being announced in the sector. However, these driverless vehicles pose a new set of problems for law enforcement. To address this predicament, law enforcement has indicated a need to identify and communicate with driverless cars. New technologies to aid law enforcement by making […]

(Natural News) An autonomous taxi operated by Waymo got stranded at an intersection in Chandler, Arizona while carrying a passenger. A tech support team arrived to free it but the car suddenly drove away and pulled over again, blocking a three-lane road. Joel Johnson captured the whole incident on video while sitting in the autonomous taxi’s back seat. In the footage, which he […]

(Natural News) Nissan Leaf has broken record for longest self-driving journey in the U.K., successfully driving itself for 230 miles. This is the longest and most complex journey undertaken by an autonomous vehicle so far in the country. The Nissan Leaf was fitted with a GPS, eight laser scanners, seven cameras and radar systems located around […]

(Natural News) The question of who is to blame when a fully autonomous vehicle crashes is holding up legislation that the auto industry says it needs to advance. In a normal crash involving only human-operated vehicles, it’s much more straightforward who is to blame. The vehicle or vehicles involved have human drivers after all. “If another driver […]

(Natural News) A self-driving taxi from Google’s Waymo went rogue while ferrying a passenger in Chandler, Arizona recently. The incident was recorded by Joel Johnson who was riding in the vehicle. The vehicle halted after encountering a range of orange safety cones, which confused it enough to stop it entirely. But things got worse when Waymo’s roadside […]

(Natural News) Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out a fleet of driverless taxis in Beijing on Sunday, May 2, becoming the first firm to commercialize autonomous driving in China. Unlike previous demonstrations, there is no human driver behind the wheel as the autonomous cars, called Apollo Go Robotaxis, ferry passengers in Shougang Park in west Beijing. Instead, a […]

(Natural News) Elon Musk’s taxpayer-subsidized Tesla death traps are back in the news for trying to kill their drivers. A man from North Brunswick, New Jersey, reportedly almost died after his rogue Tesla recently decided to crash off the highway – the vehicle’s so-called “autopilot” mode taking control and plowing right into several objects before […]

(Natural News) A group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are currently working hard on the development of a new self-driving vehicle. But unlike many other such groups, they are taking their research towards a different direction. Many projects that aim to come up with a new autonomous vehicle solution try to […]