The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many autonomous vehicle (AV) manufacturers to delay or rethink their pilot testing programs. What’s more, the security features and infrastructure needed to make automotive vehicles […]
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Six Ways to Protect Against Autonomous Vehicle Cyber Attacks
Today, it’s relatively easy for cyber criminals to hack into connected vehicles. The reason being that they only need to exploit a single vulnerability within an autonomous car to gain […]
Creating Safer Interconnected Vehicles
Even today’s most sophisticated interconnected vehicles aren’t immune to cyber attacks. At the 2020 Black Hat Conference, a group of security researchers from the company Qihoo 360 demonstrated how they […]
U.N. Announces New Cyber Security Regulation for Connected Vehicles
A new United Nations regulation will soon require vehicle makers in jurisdictions in Japan, South Korea, and the European Union to secure connected vehicles from cyber security threats. In June, […]
Student Research Team Create Prototype of Secure Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications System
Autonomous vehicles have the potential to reduce traffic accidents. However, without proper security features that would protect them from hackers who seek to control them remotely—or from roadside vandals who […]
Autonomous Trucks and Other Vehicles Turn Towards Delivery Services
The need to socially distance during the COVID-19 pandemic is causing many autonomous vehicle manufacturers to slam the brakes on automated taxi services. However, the pandemic has created new opportunities […]
How Can Autonomous Vehicles Be Protected Against Cyber Security Threats?
While autonomous vehicles are expected to be far less prone to accidents than driver-controlled vehicles once they’ve undergone substantial training, they may pose a more serious threat. Due to the […]
Researchers Make Breakthroughs in Autonomous Vehicle Systems
In recent years, autonomous vehicles have made significant progress. Waymo, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, recently incorporated its next-generation hardware sensor system into its Jaguar I-Pace vehicles. The […]
Autonomous Vehicle Developers Prepare for a Long Road to Autonomy
Across the world, autonomous vehicles are revving up, but the journey to full autonomy is likely to be long. According to current estimates, these vehicles will need to undergo at […]
Autonomous Ridesharing
Why drive when you can use autonomous ridesharing to get to your destination? In 2019, ridesharing rose in popularity amongst consumers, reaching an estimated global value of $61.3 billion USD. […]