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Fast Company
Chuck Tannert |
Our Ultimate Driverless Car Report Card Self-driving proponents have to do one thing: Convince people that surrendering the steering wheel to a computer is a good idea. So who's doing the best job of overcoming such considerable obstacles? Take a look -- then take a spin.   |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2012
Coelingh & Solyom |
All Aboard the Robotic Road Train Semi autonomous cars will play follow the leader, giving drivers a rest and saving fuel |
Popular Mechanics
October 2007
Erik Sofge Render |
DARPA's Robot Car Race Hits the City: 2007 Preview (with Video) A cross between a DMV driving test and a rally, this year's race promises to be DARPA's most complex yet. |
Wired
January 2006
Joshua Davis |
Say Hello to Stanley Stanford's souped-up Volkswagen blasted through the Mojave Desert, blew away the competition, and won Darpa's $2 million Grand Challenge. Buckle up, human - the driverless car of the future is gaining on you. |
National Defense
March 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Robots Get Smarter, But Who Will Buy Them? While the technologies to enable fully autonomous vehicles have advanced, robotics experts say there is still more to be done to make them viable in military and commercial applications in the next decade. |
AskMen.com
October 16, 2015
Justin Quirk |
Tesla Autopilot Review As Tesla's autopilot launches, are we ready for driverless cars? |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Daniel H. Wilson |
DARPA's Tough New Robot Road Test A robot expert explains why DARPA's previous robotic races were GPS-guided cakewalks compared to the upcoming Urban Challenge. |
Popular Mechanics
July 19, 2007
Paul Weissler |
6 New Car Technologies in Your Not-So-Distant Future From navigational systems for the kids to cruise control for drowsy driving to cleaner fuel conversions, here's what's on the horizon for Volkswagen vehicles. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2, 2010
Dan Carney |
Top 5 Next-Gen Auto-Safety Technologies Automotive engineers are working on new technologies to make cars safer to drive. |
PC Magazine
November 28, 2007
John R. Quain |
Safe at Any Speed? Do smart cars result in safer roads-or more distracted drivers? |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2007
John Voelcker |
Autonomous Vehicles Complete DARPA Urban Challenge Six of 11 autonomous vehicles finish 90-kilometer course with no major accidents. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Steve Russell |
Stanley, Stanford University's Robot Car - DARPA Grand Winner The race: 132 miles. 23 vehicles. 0 drivers. Stanley, a VW Touareg, wins the race of the century (so far). |
PC Magazine
August 16, 2006
Errol Pierre-Louis |
Self-Parking Cars by 2009 BMW is developing a system that lets its vehicles park themselves. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
Self-Driving Cars Will Be The Biggest Auto Safety Innovation Ever Like so many things in life, the future of driving is automated. In fact, autonomous vehicles could reduce traffic accidents by 90%, according to a new report from McKinsey. |
Car and Driver
November 2003
Daniel Pund |
Big-Box Sports Cars Test driving 1280 horsepower, split fairly evenly among the four V-8 engines powering these pumped-up utes: Cadillac SRX V-8... Infiniti FX45... Porsche Cayenne S... Volkswagen Touareg V-8... |
Car and Driver
December 2005
Swan et al. |
Volkswagen Passat 3.6 Price becomes a problem for the people's car. |
Wired
March 2004
Douglas McGray |
The Great Robot Race Unmanned aerial vehicles are for wimps. 20 driverless bots are about to get down and dirty in the Pentagon's million-dollar rumble from L.A. to Las Vegas. Start your engines. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2010
Anil Das |
Google Tests Driverless Cars The company's blog says the project could make roads safer and free up commuting time. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Park 'n' Save With Robots Consider some modest investments in the emerging field of robotics, then park those investments away. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2010 |
Vehicular Vending Machine A robot delivers new cars in Volkswagen's twin garage towers at the automaker's Wolfsburg, Germany, factory |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2010
David Welch |
The Transformer: Why VW Is the Car Giant to Watch Volkswagen is bent on displacing Toyota as the world's biggest car company - and it just may succeed. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Self-Driving Cars Successfully Avoid Collision Autonomous cars just hit a new milestone: successfully avoiding an accident involving two self-driving cars from two different companies. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Willie D. Jones |
Hard Drive In the past year, the robotics community has learned a great deal about how to make cars drive themselves. Recently, computer algorithms showed that cars might just be ready to take the wheel without human chaperones. |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Gail Edmondson |
Volkswagen Slips Into Reverse In three years, the carmaker has gone from showcase turnaround to laggard. Looks like it's time for a radical shift of gears. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2008
Erik Sofge |
America's Robot Army: Are Unmanned Fighters Ready for Combat? The MULE (Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment) is one of many robots being developed for combat. |
Fast Company
Dec 2013/Jan 2014
Skylar Bergl |
The Rise of Robo-Parking The worst PART about parking in cities is actually finding a place to park. New York company Automotion has eliminated the hunt. |
Car and Driver
September 2003
Frank Markus |
Virtual Tour of VW's Transparent Factory In a bid to prove to customers that this luxury car is indeed different from all the others, the company has set up a factory, at a cost of some 186 million euros that is unique in all the world. We visit this glass house, home of the new Phaeton. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
David Kiley |
Can VW Find Its Beetle Juice? It is betting on new models -- and an ad blitz -- to rescue sagging sales. |
PC Magazine
October 9, 2010
Mark Hachman |
Google Developing a Self-Driving Car, And It Works Google is developing - and has extensively tested - technology to build an autonomously self-driving car, Google said on Saturday. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
Robert N. Charette |
Smart Systems Make It Easier to Find a Parking Space From an airport system that directs drivers toward open spaces to cities' replacing meters with pay stations, technology is changing the way we park. |
BusinessWeek
May 19, 2011
Cremer & Higgins |
Volkswagen Rediscovers America VW is spending $1 billion on a Tennessee factory to boost market share in the U.S. and eventually become the No. 1 global carmaker. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Roberts et al. |
GM And VW: How Not To Succeed In China The two auto-industry giants, who not long ago dominated the Chinese markets, are losing sales to rivals offering cheaper cars with features Chinese buyers love. The reason for the shift is simple: China used to be an easy game. Not anymore. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2007
John Voelcker |
LA Auto Show: Attack of the 3-Ton Hybrids Automakers show off hybrids, hydrogen fuel-cell concepts, and their thriftiest vehicles at the "green auto show." |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2007
John Teresko |
Meet the New Robots The latest generation of robots offers performance advances, growing integration of vision and an enlarging capability to transform manufacturing. |
Car and Driver
December 2003
Patrick Bedard |
$70,000 Luxury Sedans We test six sedans for those who can plunk down $100,000 and say, 'Keep the change': the Audi A8L, BMW 745i, Jaguar XJ8, Lexus LS430, Mercedes-Benz S430, and Volkswagen Phaeton |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004 |
Ready To Buy A Home Robot? For a glimpse into the future, BusinessWeek checked out some of the most intriguing robotic developments -- things your digital home could grow to love. |
BusinessWeek
December 4, 2006
Gail Edmondson |
Power Play At VW Chairmen Piech tightens his grip at troubled automaker Volkswagen. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006
Willie D. Jones |
Parking 2.0 Meters go high tech. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2008
J.R. Wilson |
The Agency of Continuing Vision: DARPA Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and several reviews are being written of its contributions to various areas of military and civilian science and technology |
Fast Company
January 2010
Ellen McGirt |
The Germans Are Coming: Volkswagen's Drive to Succeed in America Volkswagen wants to be the world's No. 1 carmaker, but first the company has to win over America. |
National Defense
February 2015
Stew Magnuson |
DARPA Contest Seeking Humanoid Rescue Robot The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's latest robotic challenge calls for a human-shaped robot to carry out a series of search-and-rescue tasks. |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003
Gail Edmondson |
Will Yankee Drivers Buy VW Luxury? Its upscale move is meeting resistance in Europe, so the U.S. push is crucial. |
Car and Driver
May 2005
Tony Swan |
Volkswagen Jetta Expanded cargo volume is only part of the story. The new Jetta is bigger all over, a lot bigger. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Google's Self-Driving Cars Coming to Mountain View Roads This Summer Google announced today that they will begin formally testing self-driving cars on Mountain View's streets, where the tech giant is headquartered, as part of its efforts to ready the vehicles for the road. |
Popular Mechanics
May 6, 2008
Andrew English |
2008 VW Polo BlueMotion Hits 46 MPG in Real-World Euro Test These days getting good gas mileage is more important than how fast a car can go. The new VW Polo is ideal for the driver that wants to save money in the long run. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
John Blau |
Car Talk Europe begins testing vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications systems |
BusinessWeek
May 22, 2006
David Kiley |
The Craziest Ad Guys In America Inside Crispin Porter + Bogusky's wacky, ambitious plan to rekindle our love affair with Volkswagen |
Popular Mechanics
April 24, 2009
Larry Webster |
The Road to 35 MPG: Analysis From 2009--the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress The real challenge, however, becomes how to combine the various improvements without making cars more expensive. |
Fast Company
Chris Gayomali |
This Is How Google's Driverless Cars Navigate Tricky Roadblocks In a new blog post, Google shows us how its smart cars assess and navigate some of the trickier traffic scenarios, like, say, a road construction bottleneck near its Mountain View campus. |
