Industry: Automotive & Transportation

Simulating your way to a friendlier autonomous car

Humans and autonomous vehicles must be able to coexist and easily interact if future cars are going to be as safe, or ideally safer, than our streets today with human drivers. To accomplish this, the…

Autonomous vehicles and future highways

Hundreds of automakers and startups around the globe are working on autonomous vehicles so these vehicles can eventually be mass produced. But what challenges do these companies need to overcome befo…

Virtual testing, validation of autonomous vehicle safety

 
Automakers around the world are looking to mass produce autonomous vehicles, but they must first conquer some big challenges before that mass production can happen.
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Autonomous vehicle technology will rely on software, sensors

Automakers around the globe are designing and testing autonomous vehicles. But what needs to happen before these vehicles hit the road in masses?

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Testing and perfecting driverless vehicle technology

 
The auto industry is fully invested in developing autonomous vehicles. Long-standing OEMs and brand new startups alike are developing and testing these cars to ensure their safety before the…

Autonomous systems that will deliver trust

Automotive companies are working to figure out how software and hardware will best work together in autonomous cars, and they’re turning toward companies with electronic design automation experience …

Are self driving cars safe?

All of a sudden the autonomous future is looking a bit more uncertain, which is somewhat surprising given what tech and auto boosters have been saying for years now — namely, that self-driving cars a…

The changing relationship between cars and humans

Automotive companies are trying to learn how hardware and software will work in conjunction with autonomous cars. I spoke with Andrew Macleod, the director of automotive marketing at Mentor Graphics,…