Autonomous Driving Startup Wants Cars to Talk to You (Partly With Emojis)

While self-driving cars they may be able to fairly easily communicate their traffic intentions, there is one thing that they have yet to be able to do: communicate with people. This is the problem that a new self-driving car startup strives to solve.

Self-driving buses hit the road in Helsinki

Helsinki, Finland is road-testing autonomous buses as part of the effort to make the city car-free within a decade.

Self-Driving Taxis Schedule To Be Released In Singapore

A pilot project for self-driven taxis in Singapore is scheduled to be released early next year. As such, it becomes one of the first projects to implements real-world tests, on auto-self drive with no direct human influence.

Google's Self-Driving Car Now Knows When To Honk Its Horn

Google have released their latest monthly report on the antics of their self-driving car, and it appears to include a rather curious note on appropriate honking.

Queen's speech 2016: Space tourism, driverless cars and drones set for Queen's Speech lift off

New plans for driverless cars on Britain's roads are to be announced in the Queen's speech this week, as are proposals for creating an ambitious UK-based space tourism industry by 2018 along with drone-friendly innovations.

25% of all transportation in Dubai will be smart and driverless by 2030

It will save people millions of hours wasted during travel and increase the productivity of individuals

U.S. government will recognize each Google self-driving car as a normal driver

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that in the government’s eyes, each of Google’s autonomous vehicles will be treated as if they were an ordinary driver.

Apple, Google Self-Driving Car Projects Impress Daimler CEO

Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board for Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz, came back from a recent visit to Silicon Valley with the impression that Google and Apple are farther along with their automotive projects than he had assumed.

Elon Musk Predicts Tesla Cars Will Self-Drive Across The United States By 2018

Elon Musk is known for saying, as well as doing, some incredible things. The eccentric owner of SpaceX, who is still riding high on his company's historic vertical rocket landing, has commented once again on the Tesla.

The Solar Singularity Is Getting Closer

Tam Hunt revisits his thesis on the solar singularity - and also adds in storage and electric cars.

Greek City Trials Eco-Friendly Driverless Buses

As of last month, driverless battery-powered buses have been buzzing around Trikala'a small Greek city with a population of just 80,000. The bus has been trialed without passengers since summer of this year.