Tag Archives: Self-Driving Cars

GM shifts its president to CEO spot at Cruise

Posted on November 29, 2018 by

General Motors has shuffled its executive team to put its president, Dan Ammann, into the CEO spot at its autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation. Cruise co-founder Kyle Vogt will move out of the CEO role and partner with Ammann to set the … Continue reading →

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GM’s self-driving car venture plans Seattle office

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

Cruise Automation, General Motors’ autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, says it’s getting ready to open up an office in the Seattle area that could employ as many as 200 engineers within a year. Don’t expect Cruise to start putting its self-driving Chevy Bolts … Continue reading →

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Uber CEO touts flying cars and change in attitude

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

Uber executives are providing an update on their plans to put flying cars in the air by 2020, with commercial rides beginning in 2023, but the most pointed comments from CEO Dara Khosrowshahi address the rideshare company’s present challenges. Khosrowshahi’s interview … Continue reading →

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Apple concept could turn cars into zombie-killers

Posted on March 29, 2018 by

Running over virtual zombies might seem like a strange way to fight motion sickness in a moving car, but that’s exactly what Apple is suggesting passengers do in patent applications published today. The applications, filed last September, aren’t focused on zombies … Continue reading →

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Elon Musk on self-driving cars and AI’s perils

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

In the year 2037, non-autonomous vehicles will be as much of a curiosity as riding a horse is today, tech billionaire Elon Musk says. Musk also says that the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is “really like the scariest problem … Continue reading →

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Echodyne gets $29M boost for radar gizmos

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen are among the investors putting another $29 million into Echodyne, the Intellectual Ventures spin-out that’s developing low-cost, miniaturized radar systems for drones and self-driving cars. Echodyne founder and CEO Eben Frankenberg said the Series … Continue reading →

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Waymo opens up self-driving test in Phoenix

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

It’s been a good day on the streets and in the courts for Waymo, the driverless-car company that was spun out from Google as another Alphabet subsidiary last year. First off, Waymo opened up its closed trial for autonomous driving … Continue reading →

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