99% of cars will be electric and self-driving in the future: Elon Musk says
Elon Musk expects that 99% of cars will be electric and self-driving in the futureLikening gas cars to using cell phones. A global EV survey shows that less than 1% of EV owners are switching back to gas vehicles, with 92% opting for another EV if necessary. Less than 1% of electric vehicle owners switch […]
Kodiak Completes Self-Driving Truck Delivery Ahead of Commercial Operations
Kodiak Robotics is touting its latest breakthrough in fully autonomous commercial vehicles today after completing the delivery of a driverless truck to partner and customer Atlas Energy Solutions in Texas. The delivery marks a major step toward launching autonomous commercial operations early next year. Kodiak Robotics was founded in 2018 to develop a suite of […]
Toyota plans to reboot its shrinking Chinese market with self-driving plans
Japanese automaker Toyota is reportedly planning to launch a new electric vehicle with self-driving technology in China next year through its local joint venture GAC Toyota. According to various reports, GAC Toyota — a joint venture with Chinese state-owned automaker Guangzhou Automobile Group — announced at an event in Guangzhou on Friday that it will […]
High-quality data cables give self-driving vehicles their autonomy
Fully autonomous vehicles are not common on highways, but many of their underlying technologies are already changing driving habits. At the same time, their innovations are transforming logistics across industrial and agricultural landscapes. Whether they are on the road or on the job site, their independence will be impossible without fast, secure data exchange and […]
Nio is China’s first list of L3/L4 self-driving concept car manufacturers
Niu said the entry on the list lays the foundation for commercializing high-level self-driving capabilities. (Image credit: New) The company announced today that Nio (NYSE: NIO) has been included in the first list of vehicle companies in China that can drive vehicles with L3/L4 autonomous driving capabilities to access roads. A Nio statement said the […]
45-Minute Tesla Full Self-Driving Test Drive (supervised) – 3 Interventions (Video)
Sign up to receive daily news updates from CleanTechnica via email. Or follow us on Google News! David Havasi and I recorded Tesla’s next (supervised) full self-driving test drive a few days ago. This was probably the most impressive of the weekly drive tests we’ve done since the introduction of FSD 12.3 (although the first […]