Will self-driving cars make the roads safer? Cyclists are split.
Cyclist Reed Martin was happy to share the road with the autonomous vehicles that roam the streets of this dense and hilly city — until one barreled toward him last…
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Self-Driving Car That Can Explain Itself
For all the recent improvements in artificial intelligence, the technology still cannot take the place of human beings in situations where it must frame its perceptions of the world in…
Turquoise taillights tell you this Mercedes is driving autonomously
Authorities in California and Nevada have both granted Mercedes-Benz permission to test out a new car-to-human communication idea. While we’re still some way away from road cars emoting like some…
Driving the first legal level 3 automated driving system in the US
LOS ANGELES—Mercedes-Benz has never shied away from new technology. Historically, the carmaker has been an early adopter and developer of systems such as antilock brakes, stability control, airbags, and adaptive…
The “death of self-driving cars” has been greatly exaggerated
Seven years ago, hype about self-driving cars was off the charts. It wasn’t just Tesla CEO Elon Musk—who has been making outlandish predictions about self-driving technology since 2015. In 2016,…