Jaguar I-Pace electric car to join Waymo’s self-driving car fleet

Waymo Jaguar I-PaceBritish carmaker Jaguar Land Rover and Waymo said Tuesday the carmaker would sell Google's autonomous-car technology arm up to 20,000 of its new all-electric Jaguar I-Pace SUV to be used in self-driving service by 2020. While last week's news focused entirely on the fatal crash of a Volvo converted by Uber to autonomous operation—apparently...

Apple self-driving car plans emerge: how will it play with automakers?

Liviu Tudoran's Last year, techies, auto journalists, and Apple fans spent a great deal of time debating the existence, technology, and potential prospects of an "Apple car" project that the company never officially acknowledged. The idea that Apple would move from fast-turn, high-volume, very profitable consumer electronics into long-cycle, insanely expensive...

Google Street View car used to spot, quantify methane leaks

2012 Subaru Impreza hatchback used for Google Street View, modified to gather data on methane leaksNatural gas is growing as a part of the world's grid mix, because its carbon per kilowatt-hour is much lower. But methane leaks that emit large volumes of climate-change gas into the air may offset that advantage. Now, a Google Street View car has allowed researchers to pinpoint and quantify the severity of natural-gas leaks in five different...

Maybe Apple and Google won’t take over the car industry after all?

Google's autonomous Lexus RX450hOver the past few years, a common refrain among analysts and pundits has been that the future of the U.S. car industry lies not in Detroit, but in Silicon Valley. With their nimbleness and more aggressive attitudes, as well as expertise with emerging technologies related to autonomous driving and connectivity, tech companies will soon give...

Chevy Bolt EV electric car shows GM can do Silicon Valley, exec says

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, road test, California coastline, Aug 2016Over the last five years, much has been written about autonomous-car efforts from Apple and Google. Could these two massively successful Silicon Valley startups overturn the established order in the global auto industry? The answer remains to be seen, but this month brought news that both companies are restructuring their efforts. DON'T MISS: 2017...