Transportation

When developers began building the city of Palava, India, about an hour’s drive east of Mumbai on a 4,500-acre greenfield site, they used the notion of 5-10-15.

To See the Future of Cities, Watch the Curb. Yes, the Curb

"You can be sure when we come out with an electric car, its driving dynamics, acceleration and quality all will be typical Porsche."

Although G.M. has been reluctant to show off the cars it has developed through a subsidiary, Cruise Automation, the company now wants to prove that self-driving models are getting closer to general use.

It’s a huge opportunity, said Intel CEO Brian Krzanich.

Meet Hannah, a concept for an autonomous bus that solves long-standing issues with school buses. But will parents ever trust an AV with their kids?

The biggest vehicle manufacturer in America has some big work to do before humans take the back seat–for good.

The city block itself, no matter how well defined and sized, is insufficient to generate a circulation system of which itself is a derivative element.

The tipping point will come when 20 to 30 percent of vehicles are fully autonomous. Countries will look at the accident statistics and figure out that human drivers are causing 99.9 percent of the accidents.

Earlier this month, Waymo finally gave its team of human back-up drivers notice that they may have to start looking for something else to do, when some of the company’s vehicles in Phoenix began operating in fully autonomous mode.