Blog Category - Smart Cars

Oct

Waymo Plans to Test its Self-Driving Vehicles in Florida

Self-driving cars are soon headed for the streets of Florida. Self-driving vehicle manufacturer Waymo, a subsidiary of the same parent company that also owns Google, recently announced that it would begin test-driving its self-driving vehicles on Florida’s roads. The company is d...

Oct

NTSB Delray Beach Accident Report Raises Questions on Tesla’s Self-Driving Software

A report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding a March 1staccident in Delray Beach involving a Tesla equipped with an autonomous driving feature called Autopilot recently found that the vehicle’s system was engaged at the time of the accident and that the...

Oct

Self-Driving Uber Car in Arizona Kills Pedestrian

A pedestrian wheeling a bicycle across the road was recently killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona, calling into question the safety of the company’s self-driving vehicles and its use of public roads for test-driving those vehicles. This was believed to be the first p...

Oct

Driverless Cars and the Future of Lawsuits Involving Accidents

The future of America’s roads and, specifically, who will be driving the cars on those roads is an issue very much in a state of flux. Numerous technology companies, including Uber, Apple, Google and even some of the mainstream automobile manufacturers are locked in a struggle to...

Oct

Are Cars Getting Smarter?

Safe or smart driving technology is advancing at a rapid pace. Many companies are engaged in the race to create the first fully autonomous driving vehicle. There has even been news that Uber is testing a fully autonomous car on the streets of Pittsburgh. Google has been testing a...