self-driving vehicle Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:35:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Nissan Wants to Build Self-Driving Vehicles by 2020 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-driving-vehicles-nissan/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-driving-vehicles-nissan/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:35:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57117 Nissan is well on its way to actually getting self-driving vehicles on the road. Their Nissan Leaf, an electric car, is being equipped with the sensors that will make autonomous driving possible, and is set to hit the Japanese market by the end of next year. Three cars have already been upgraded with the new technology, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/self-driving-vehicles-nissan/feed/ 0 57117 New Self-Driving Vehicle Technology from Oxford Costs Just $153 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oxford-self-driving-vehicle-20130603/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oxford-self-driving-vehicle-20130603/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:52:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37939 An interesting one self-driving system comes from researchers at Oxford University, who claim that their self-driving vehicle can adjust to weather conditions. In addition to this, the technology can be retrofitted to existing cars, and could be purchased for as little as 100 British pounds ($153). The Google autonomous vehicle is currently one of the most ambitious […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oxford-self-driving-vehicle-20130603/feed/ 0 37939 Self-Driving Vehicle Development Platform Sold by Japanese Company https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-self-driving-vehicle-platform-20130520/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-self-driving-vehicle-platform-20130520/#respond Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37448 Not long ago, Google started teasing the world with the idea of a self-driving vehicle. Now, a company called ZMP Inc released a development platform called “RoboCar MV2 Autonomous Driving Package,” which is a single seat electric vehicle meant to help car companies (like Tesla) get going with autonomous driving. Actually, the ZMP platform is based […]

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