• Americans don’t trust autonomous parking
    • 29/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    According to the results of a new survey from AAA, nearly 80 per cent of American drivers are confident in their parallel parking abilities and only one-in-four would trust this technology to park their vehicle. Despite this, AAA testing found self-parking technology outperformed unassisted drivers in four key [...]
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  • TomTom launch RoadDNA
    • 14/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    TomTom today announced the launch of TomTom RoadDNA, an innovative new product for vehicle localisation that will help make automated driving a reality, faster. Designed with vehicle data storage and processing limitations in mind, RoadDNA delivers highly accurate location information that can easily be integrated [...]
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  • Camber Ridge launches $60m test facility
    • 05/08/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Camber Ridge has announced its financial partnership with Teton Capital of Jackson, Wyoming, to launch a new state-of-the-art facility for vehicle tyre characterisation, which will begin operations in 2016. The facility aims to offer all the advantages of testing real tyres on real surfaces, but with the precision, [...]
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  • Bosch and TomTom design autonomous maps
    • 21/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Bosch and traffic information provider TomTom, have agreed to collaborate in the area of maps for highly automated driving. Under this agreement, TomTom is designing the necessary maps, while Bosch, on the basis of its systems engineering work, is defining the specifications these maps have to meet. At this [...]
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  • £20m backing for driverless cars
    • 20/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The UK government has launched a £20m research and development fund dedicated to boosting driverless car developments. Funding will be awarded following a competition to find the bid with the most innovative approach to developing the technology. It is hoped the money will make Britain the best place to test the [...]
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  • Horiba acquire UK group Mira
    • 15/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A Japanese industrial group has swooped on Mira, the British automotive company that is a pivotal player in the future of driverless cars. Horiba announced on Tuesday that it had acquired the former Motor Industry Research Association for an undisclosed sum. Mira began life in 1945 as a government-funded test [...]
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