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Huge self-driving controversy as California suspends Cruise’s testing permit

Self-driving experts respond to California DMV’s suspension of Cruise’s testing permit.

Just a few days left to enter the Self-driving Industry Awards 2023

Self-driving Industry Awards 2023 entry deadline: Monday 23 October

2024 Start For New Self-driving Race Series

Self-driving on the grid in Abu Dhabi in April 2024

Who needs HS2? CCAV £1.3m feasibility cash for six UK self-driving projects

More joint UK government and industry funding for self-driving feasibility studies…

Entry deadline for Self-driving Industry Awards 2023 extended

Self-driving Industry Awards (#SDIA23) deadline extended to 23 October as date for presentation ceremony confirmed.

Self-Driving APPG on safety and public perception

Self-Driving All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meets at House of Commons to discuss safety and public perception.

Study finds some 2022 self-driving cars safer than average human driver

Self-driving safety on upward curve – key finding from IDTechEx report Autonomous Cars, Robotaxis & Sensors 2024-2044

UK plays instrumental role in 1st international standard for safe self-driving

New ISO 34503:2023 international standard on safe self-driving trials.

Not 1 but 2 DfT reports on The Great Self-Driving Exploration

DfT and CCAV publish two new reports on self-driving public engagement

Self-driving gets healthy slice of new £50m funding for cutting edge UK manufacturing

43 British companies win CCAV funding for self-driving supply chain projects.

Celebrate automated mobility! Entries open now for the Self-driving Industry Awards 2023

Introducing the inaugural Self-driving Industry Awards…

Cross-domain safety: What do self-driving and automated air and sea transport have in common?

Self-driving expert Professor Siddartha Khastgir on the Cross-Domain Safety Assurance for Automated Transport Systems report

Can self-driving help cut emissions and congestion?

From car sharing to emissions-based parking, Anne Snelson is one of the UK’s leading experts in transport carbon literacy – can self-driving help?

Zenzic announces pioneering CAM Scale-Up 2023 winners

Zenzic CAM Scale-Up cohort 4: Gamma, Helix, Megasets, Reed and Robotiz3d

Chinese self-driving study claims huge environmental benefit

Report suggests 60%+ particulate matter emission and energy consumption reductions from self-driving.

Self-driving at MOVE 2023: renewed focus on environmental impacts

Neil Kennett MOVE 2023 event review – self-driving, software-defined, clean fuel and more…

Talking our language in 2023: BSI Vocabulary shifts from CAV to CAM

BSI’s Nick Fleming and technical author Dr Nick Reed on the new Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) Vocabulary.

Cars of the Past: BBC’s 1967 report on self-driving Alden staRRcar

Self-driving on track in 1967 feat. BBC Archive footage of an amazing connected, automated, shared and electric vehicle.

The UK’s first self-driving bus service: AB1 in Scotland

CAVForth success: The UK’s first self-driving bus service

New self-driving survey finds 45% of Brits are “Not AV’ing it”

New self-driving consumer opinion survey identifies continuing negativity and gender and age divides.

Rough seas make stronger sailors: Former Zenzic CEO Ruiz on navigating peak self-driving hype

Dr Daniel Ruiz on self-driving, the internet of transport and more.

Ford-backed Delivers.ai targets last mile self-driving deliveries

Profile: Delivers.ai – the London-based last-mile self-driving delivery specialist.

Bill Gates enjoys a surreal self-driving ride around London, 2023

Microsoft co-founder blogs about his self-driving trip around London with Wayve CEO Alex Kendall

Revolutionary self-driving tech: Oxford RF’s solid-state 360-degree sensor

Cutting-edge radar for ADAS and self-driving

Zenzic CAM Innovators 2023: a superior self-driving sequel

Self-driving event review: Zenzic CAM Innovators 2023

Oxbotica at Lloyd’s: Why insurance and self-driving are inextricably entwined

Self-driving event report: Oxbotica’s Newman addresses insurance professionals at Lloyd’s of London

Testing times for Tesla: Twitter, self-driving and Merc Level 3 success

Tesla has enjoyed success after success in recent years, but other VMs have been quietly making progress on self-driving.

New self-driving stats show UK public opinion still polarised

New statistics on UK public views on self-driving via RJRF-backed research by Reed Mobility

A solid bridge to self-driving: Fetch trials remote rental car delivery

Remote driving rental car delivery trial in Milton Keynes is steppingstone to full self-driving

MIT self-driving CO2 report sparks hyperbolic headlines and an intelligent rebuttal

MIT self-driving emissions paper gets wide media attention, not all positive

UK government backs 7 self-driving projects with multi-million £ grants

February 2023: seven winners of commercialising UK self-driving competition to share £81m

MP Holden at landmark launch of UK’s 1st self-driving EV bus service

Another UK self-driving success as First Bus launches EV-powered service near Didcot in Oxfordshire

UK self-driving public transport breakthrough as CAVForth bus takes passengers for first time

Landmark moment for UK self-driving as CAVForth bus takes passengers

Self-driving baby buggy gets absolute no from ITV’s Loose Women

Self-driving scepticism on ITV’s Loose Women

CES 2023: Self-driving advances overshadowed by Terminator hero

Self-driving headline news from CES 2023

Will London be the first UK AV city?

When can we expect autonomous vehicles – AVs – in the capital?

Great self-driving debate despite Waymo no show

Self-driving event report: APC Future of Technology, 7 December 2022

Self-driving video: SF Standard reporter on cool Cruise robotaxi

December 2022 video of SF Standard reporter taking a Cruise self-driving cab ride

Santa’s self-driving Audi is not a flying toy

Audi’s 2022 Christmas advert shows Santa getting a new sleigh… a self-driving concept car

A new measure for safer vehicles, self-driving or not

Shortlisted by Zenzic for CAM Scale-up, Streetscope’s Collision Hazard Measure can inform safe self-driving deployment.

Transport Select Committee 2022: UK self-driving safety, testing and timescale

Huw Merriman chairs Transport Select Committee inquiry into self-driving vehicles on Parliamentlive TV

Self-driving knowledge gap: Thatcham survey finds 52% of Brits wrongly believe driverless cars are already available

Thatcham’s Avery and others comment on new Trust in Automation self-driving research

Video: Kodiak self-driving truck handles catastrophic tyre failure

Kodiak CTO Andreas Wendel on latest self-driving truck test track success.

World leader in self-driving: why Dromos is a UK success story

Zenzic CAM Scale-Up winner Dromos says UK is currently best placed to become world leader in safe self-driving.

Video: NBC reports on cool Navya self-driving trial at JFK airport

French company Navya in self-driving shuttle trial at major US airport.

Oxbotica CTO Newman tells MPs: explainability is foundation of trust in self-driving

Oxbotica founder and CTO, Professor Paul Newman, addresses MPs on the Transport Committee about self-driving, October 2022.

Self-driving gives lidar billion dollar boost

Lidar sector thriving as established players and new start-ups push for safe self-driving.

London City Summit 2022: preparing the capital for safe self-driving

Self-driving news from Autonomy’s London City Summit 2022

Anthony Levandowski on self-driving in 2022: The only metric is safety

Must-see video: October 2022 Bloomberg Quicktake interview with Anthony Levandowski on self-driving and safety

Level 5? VW concept claim goes largely unchallenged

Level 5 already… and we’ve put a man on Mars, I’ve seen the film.

Self-driving cars causing traffic jams in San Francisco

Video of Cruise self-driving taxi disrupting traffic in SF

Oxbotica’s Ben Upcroft talks Universal Autonomy – how self-driving will increase safety and enable countless further innovations

Long-read interview with self-driving expert Ben Upcroft, VP of Technology at Oxbotica.

EV and self-driving stocks suffer big fall in Sept 22

CNBC in America has reported on “an ugly month” for a key electric vehicle and self-driving ETF.

Backed for self-driving success: Zenzic CAM Scale-Up Winners 2022

Zenzic CAM – connected and self-driving – Scale-Up winners all get UK government funding

Real world edge case as self-driving delivery bot has run-in with LA law

More questions than answers as self-driving delivery robot enters Los Angeles crime scene.

The Great Self-Driving Exploration in Taunton

Aurrigo’s self-driving vehicles arrive in Taunton, Somerset, as part of CCAV trial.

Nvidia’s 2k teraflop super chip for self-driving and assisted driving

Nvidia boss says new DRIVE Thor computer will be epic for self-driving.

Tokyo uni studies eye cue for self-driving cars

University of Tokyo ‘gazing’ self-driving car aims to improve pedestrian safety.

Self-driving sector pays tribute to The Queen

UK self-driving organisation Zenzic issues statement on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

We’ve bought one of the world’s first self-driving buses… ok, it’s a 2019 Matchbox toy

Our editor is quite pleased with his new self-driving bus…

Who wants self-driving anyway? US survey finds 80% love ADAS but not hands-free

New survey on ADAS and self-driving by The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in America raises questions for UK legislators and motorists

New research into self-driving UX: horse and rider or Jeeves and Wooster?

Bournemouth University researchers investigate what Gen Z want from a self-driving car?

August 22 deadline for evidence to new Transport Select Committee inquiry into self-driving vehicles

Transport Select Committee to scrutinise the development and deployment of self-driving vehicles on UK roads.

Law Commission invites views on remote driving ahead of 2023 report to Government

Law Commission issues paper on reform options for remote driving on shared roads.

New BSI white paper on UK self-driving legislation and good practice

Highlights from BSI’s June 2022 self-driving white paper “Connected and automated vehicles: A review of the UK’s legislation and good practice”

Baidu’s JIDU unveils ROBO-01 self-driving concept car

China’s Google, Baidu, unveils a self-driving concept car ahead of a production model in the near future

Meet ZiGGY the super clever self-driving EV charger – but can it play guitar?

Self-driving charger robots could remove the need for dedicated EV parking spaces.

Are you sure this is a good idea? Concern as UK Government pushes ahead with plan to list ALKS cars as self-driving

Government pushes ahead with plan to list ALKS-equipped vehicles as self-driving.

Cross-party parliamentary group sets 7 self-driving red lines for new Transport Bill

CAM APPG sets seven expert recommended red lines on UK self-driving.

The UK is a global leader in self-driving. Someone please tell Bob Latta.

Leading voice on US self-driving policy Latta namechecks China, Japan and Germany as self-driving leaders. No UK?

Self-driving cars? Think like Parker from Thunderbirds advises RAC Foundation’s Gooding

RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding, a member of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles’ expert advisory board, talks Highway Code, ALKS and self-driving

Does Tesla’s brave U-turn on radar signal a more sensible approach to self-driving?

Big self-driving hardware news as Tesla registers a new radar unit with the US Federal Communications Commission.

Oxbotica self-driving 1st illustrates insurance industry’s increasing focus on A-EVs

Why insurance is fundamental to the advancement of Oxbotica’s trials and self-driving in general

Self-driving 1st: Cruise wins permit to charge in San Francisco

Despite criticism following another blue light incident, Cruise gets permit to charge for self-driving rides in its home city of San Francisco.

End of the road for self-driving race series Roborace?

A star of early self-driving, it might be farewell to the Roborace race series.

Driver out: US autonomous trucks lead the self-driving charge

Kodiak and TuSimple are both in the vanguard of the fast-growing self-driving freight industry.

£40m CCAV funding competition will kick-start self-driving as rival to new railway lines and bus routes

Get your grant application in! UK government announces £40m funding for commercial self-driving projects

Minister praises Oxbotica’s landmark self-driving success: 1st zero-occupancy vehicle on UK roads

Lord Grimstone says Oxbotica’s zero-occupancy feat will strengthen UK as a leading destination to develop self-driving vehicles

Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and self-driving at FT Future of the Car Summit 2022

Self-driving related highlights from Elon Musk’s keynote conversation at the FT Future of the Car Summit 2022

AXA’s Jenkins on ADAS and self-driving: a fascinating time for motor insurance

AXA Insurance UK’s Doug Jenkins talks ADAS, self-driving, MAAS and more…

Video: amazing 130mph self-driving NASCAR crash test at Talladega Superspeedway

AB Dynamics and NASCAR conduct 130mph self-driving crash test at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama

Video: BBC Archive releases remarkably prescient 1971 news report on driverless cars

50 years on from a forward-looking BBC news report on driverless cars, how close did they get to today’s reality?

Gimme, gimme, gimme a robotaxi after midnight! Oxbotica and NEVS unite for self-driving, all-electric on-demand mobility

NEVS Sango EVs to be fitted with Oxbotica self-driving tech.

Queen’s Speech 2022: a notable absence and no mention of self-driving

Somewhat surprisingly, as it had been trailed, there was no mention of self-driving in the 2022 Queen’s Speech

Snow way! Finland successfully trials L4 self-driving in worst weather for years

Finnish company Sensible 4 tests two self-driving Toyota Proace vans at minus 20 degrees.

Next gen mobility will be transformational like smartphones predicts new Volvo CEO Rowan

VW and Volvo CEOs talk connected and automated mobility (CAM) at the FT’s Future of the Car Summit 2022.

Video: 192mph PoliMOVE car rockets to self-driving world speed record

Indy Autonomous Challenge winner PoliMOVE sets new self-driving world speed record at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Businesses urge PM to add self-driving legislation to Queen’s Speech on 10 May

Industry letter to UK Prime Minister calls for primary legislation to seize global self-driving opportunity.

Another UK self-driving 1st: Project Encode demonstrates transfer of control between manual, autonomous and teleoperation

Project Encode demonstrates live switching between manual driving, self-driving and teleoperation in Oxford and London.