Boston OKs Self-Driving Car Testing Citywide
A self-driving car company is getting the green light to test its vehicles on a Colonial-era street network with a reputation for aggressive human drivers.
A self-driving car company is getting the green light to test its vehicles on a Colonial-era street network with a reputation for aggressive human drivers.
Have you seen those self-driving test cars making their way through the tangled streets of Boston? They’re going to ruin your life.
Before autonomous vehicles and mobility as a service can become mainstream, complementary businesses will need to become robust enough to support early adopters and grow with the industry. This autonomous vehicle ecosystem is critical for the overall success of mass adoption.
On the bright side, autonomous vehicle commuting will spell the end of millions of awkward conversations at the office.
Flying cars might still be a ways off, but driverless cars are much closer to reality than most consumers realize – and it’s difficult to overstate how much they’re going to impact the economy, perhaps most dramatically real estate.
Optimus Ride has opened its new 20,000 square foot complex in Boston’s Seaport Innovation District.
A Cambridge-based software developer for autonomous vehicles has leased space in South Boston’s Innovation and Design Building near its testing area in the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park.
Electric autonomous vehicles could shuttle passengers around the state with no one monitoring the controls under new legislation that would authorize and regulate the burgeoning technology, seeking to limit “zombie cars” and extract environmental benefits from innovation.
Uber may be under fire once again when cars go autonomous.
Driverless cars could make the roads safer for all, but insurance companies have a long and winding road to figuring out how to deal with autonomous automobiles.