Why Uber wants to win the driverless car race
Rewind the clock 10 years. It’s the end of a night out with friends and time to head home. “Let’s grab an Uber …” you suggest. Back then, you’d have been greeted with bewildered looks: “Does he mean a kebab?” Today, everyone would be reaching for their smartphones to see who can summon the closest […]
As one US state hits the driverless brakes, one hits the gas
Take two American states. One symbolises leading edge technology and the digital frontier: California, the home state of Silicon Valley. The other represents the heart of the American auto industry: Michigan, home to “Motor City”, Detroit. This month, one of those states touched the brakes a little on driverless cars. The other has gone foot […]
Driverless cars and the future of emergency vehicles
The end of blues and twos? Driverless cars and the future of emergency vehicles You can hear the siren but can’t yet see the flashing lights. Are you going to have to pull over? You start looking ahead for somewhere to pull in just in case. Every driver knows that moment of uncertainty when you […]
Will driverless cars cost jobs – or create them?
There’s a digital gold rush on. Some of the world’s best-known brands – from car marques to search engines – are racing to build autonomous vehicles. The question seems to have changed from “will driverless cars be the future of motoring?” – to “when will they become mainstream traffic on the road?” And all the […]
What will win the driverless race: car, bus, truck…or tank?
A world-first was claimed by the French city of Lyon earlier this month: the launch of the first regular driverless bus service. Two driverless vehicles will trundle through the centre of the city at a steady speed of 12mph, carrying up to 15 passengers each. The journey will take no more than 10 minutes and […]
Driverless car insurance has arrived
With our launch of the UK’s first personal driverless car insurance policy, the discussion around who or what is liable in the event of a collision will, we hope, take a new and interesting step forward. We’ve designed this policy for people who may have driverless or autonomous features in their existing car, or who […]
First come first served
We’ve all been there… In a hurry to get somewhere, wherever that somewhere might be. To catch a flight, a train, a romantic dinner date! If you’re in your own car, you know all the short cuts, the roads to avoid at certain times of the day, where to park and the bottlenecks. You’re in […]
Get on board in Greenwich
If you suffer from techno-joy – an insatiable desire to buy the latest gadget, rip open the packing, throw the instructions out the window, switch it on and start using it immediately without a second thought, you need to pay attention! The GATEway project is looking for people to take part in workshops and trials […]
Google’s blunder with a bus
It had to happen sooner or later. Google’s driverless car seems to have caused a crash. It collided with a bus as it pulled out at a junction. The bus was travelling at 15 mph, the car at 2 mph. Thankfully no one was injured. The car’s human driver saw the bus in the left-side […]
Roundup of Driverless News from CES 2016
With nearly 200,000 delegates and more than two million square feet of new exhibits, it’s easy to see why the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is seen as the essential place for brands to showcase their new technology and products. The gadgets and gizmos revealed here often appear on our wish list at Christmas later in […]