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NewsDecember 21, 2012

Toyota and Lexus to Show Autonomous Vehicle Technology at CES

TORRANCE, CA – Toyota and the automaker’s Lexus brand plan to unveil an “advanced active safety research vehicle” at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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NewsDecember 21, 2012

Continental Receives License to Test Autonomous Vehicles in Nevada

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY and AUBURN HILLS, MI - The company completed driving demonstrations on December 18 in Carson City, Nev., and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles approved Continental’s autonomous vehicle program

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NewsOctober 23, 2012

Volvo Making Strides in Development of Autonomous Driving Technology

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN – Volvo Car Corp. has demonstrated a new autonomous driving system that helps thwart traffic jams. The automaker said the system, in which a car automatically follows the vehicle in front in slow-moving queues up to 31 miles per hour, will be ready for production in 2014.

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NewsOctober 18, 2012

Nissan Developing Autonomous Emergency Steering System

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - Nissan stated the system applies automatic braking and steering when a collision is imminent and avoiding obstacles via braking alone wouldn’t be enough to prevent the collision.

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NewsSeptember 25, 2012

California’s Governor Signs Bill to Set Safety Standards for Self-Driving Cars

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill, S.B. 1298, that sets new safety standards and regulations for autonomous vehicle operation in California.

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NewsSeptember 20, 2012

Volvo Aims for Autonomous Driving Technology Leadership

ROCKLEIGH, NJ - The automaker said it had recently completed its participation in the for Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE) “road train” project in Europe, an on-road demonstration of autonomous vehicles.

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NewsAugust 30, 2012

Volvo Says Risk of Being Injured in Its Vehicles Reduced by 50 Percent Since 2000

ROCKLEIGH, NJ – Volvo Car Corp. provided a look at how far its vehicle safety technologies have come since the start of the new millennium. The company also provided an update on the technologies it's developing.

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NewsAugust 9, 2012

Report Outlines Self-Driving Vehicle Technologies, Legal Impact, and Scenarios for Adoption

ANN ARBOR, MI – The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) and tax and audit firm KPMG have released a study that discusses where autonomous vehicle technology is at currently and how this technology could change the automotive landscape even sooner than many expect.

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NewsJune 6, 2012

Volvo Participates in Autonomous Vehicle Test on Spanish Public Roadway

BARCELONA, SPAIN – The quest to develop autonomous vehicles saw another milestone May 22 when a convoy of self-driving Volvos completed a 125-mile trip on a public highway just outside of Barcelona.

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NewsMay 21, 2012

California and New Jersey Bills Address Autonomous Vehicle Regulation

SACRAMENTO, CA – State legislators in both California and New Jersey are now addressing regulatory issues associated with the testing and operation of so-called autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles on public roads.

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