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Swedish car manufacturer Volvo Cars has taken full ownership of its autonomous driving software division Zenseact. It said it acquired the remaining 13.5 percent of shares in Zenseact from automotive software and hardware company ECARX, co-founded in 2017 by Eric Li, as the company's...

Cisco is to provide car-to-trackside wireless connectivity at the first autonomous car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next month. The firm has signed as a sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) on October 23, a new competition with teams from 21 universities...

The two basic rules for autonomous driving are: Rule number 1: Do no harm. Rule number 2: Don’t get hurt. Forget about insurance companies’ claim that autonomous driving is safer and that insurance rates will be lower. When people hear about an autonomous car running...

Swedish car-maker Volvo has taken a stake in US start-up Luminar, based in California and Florida, to develop sensor technology for autonomous vehicles. Volvo Cars, a subsidiary of Chinese automotive company Geely, has been working with Luminar already on development and testing of LiDAR technology,...

Are you ready to cede control of your commute to an autonomous vehicle, or buckle your loved ones in and send them off without a driver? Several technologies need to become mainstream before most people will be ready, and one of them is advanced...