The Driven
  • EV News
    • Electric Cars
    • Electric Bikes
    • Electric Boats
    • EV Conversions
    • Electric Flight
    • Electric Transport
    • Hydrogen Fuel Cell
    • Batteries
    • Charging
    • Policy
  • EV Models
  • EV Sales
  • Road Trips
  • Reviews
  • Multimedia
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
  • EV Explainers
    • EV Terms
    • FAQs
    • Readers’ Questions





The Driven
The Driven
  • EV News
    • Electric Cars
    • Electric Bikes
    • Electric Boats
    • EV Conversions
    • Electric Flight
    • Electric Transport
    • Hydrogen Fuel Cell
    • Batteries
    • Charging
    • Policy
  • EV Models
  • EV Sales
  • Road Trips
  • Reviews
  • Multimedia
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
  • EV Explainers
    • EV Terms
    • FAQs
    • Readers’ Questions

Autonomous Vehicles

163 posts
bridie schmidt
Bridie Schmidt

Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.

  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Cars
  • EV News

Converting Uber and Lyft to electric vehicles will triple carbon benefits

  • July 1, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Uber Clean Air Plan
Replacing a ride-hail vehicle with an electric car delivers three times the environmental benefits, new study published in Nature Energy on Monday shows.
zoox in california
Read More
  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Zoox alors! Cannon-Brookes cashes in as Amazon chases Tesla on robo-taxis

  • June 28, 2020
  • Giles Parkinson
Cannon-Brookes-backed upstart Zoox bought out by Amazon, as big players battle for supremacy in the autonomous driving market.
Read More
  • 3 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Volvo seeks to close gap on Tesla with robotaxis using Waymo technology

  • June 26, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Volvo inks exclusive deal with autonomous driving company Waymo, with plan that would go head-to-head with Tesla in race to develop a fleet of robotaxis.
full self driving
Read More
  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Cars
  • EV Models
  • EV News

Autopilot price dropped to $US2,000 until July 1, says Musk

  • June 22, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Elon Musk says Tesla will drop price of basic Autopilot until July 1, coming good on promise to offer discount for original buyers of Long Range rear-wheel drive Model 3, and early Model S and Model X owners.
zoox sensors
Read More
  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Amazon vs Tesla? Retail giant may buy Cannon-Brookes backed AV start-up Zoox

  • May 29, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Amazon looks to buy AV startup Zoox - backed by Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes - in move to cut delivery costs and put it in competition with Tesla.
autopilot fsd
Read More
  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Cars
  • EV News

Tesla to hike FSD price but Musk says worth $100K

  • May 19, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Tesla's Full Self Driving package will rise by $US1,000 come July 1, but Musk says it will be worth more than $100K in time.
red traffic light
Read More
  • 2 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Cars
  • EV News

Next steps for Tesla FSD: busy city intersections and roundabouts

  • May 8, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Elon Musk tweets possible next steps to be rolled out to Tesla electric vehicles with the Full Self Driving package: city intersections and roundabouts.
tesla minecraft
Read More
  • 4 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Cars
  • EV News

Could Tesla gamify electric vehicle data to accelerate Full Self Driving?

  • May 4, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Tesla could gamify driving electric cars, shedding light on possible new direction to further accelerate full-featured Full Self Driving.
Read More
  • 4 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Cars
  • EV Models
  • EV News

Tesla to introduce Full Self Driving subscription by end 2020, robotaxis by 2021

  • April 30, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
Tesla to offer subscription option for Full Self Driving by end of 2020, and Musk says he hopes that a fledgling robotaxi fleet will be operational by late 2021.
nuro R2 driverless vehicle
Read More
  • 3 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • EV News

Refrigerated cupboard on wheels: California OKs autonomous delivery trial amid “shelter-in-place”

  • April 8, 2020
  • Bridie Schmidt
California allows driverless startup Nuro to test its autonomous and refrigerated "cupboard on wheels" delivery vehicles amid "shelter-in-place" order for Covid-19.

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next
Get the free daily newsletter

I agree to the Terms of Use

  • EV News
    • Electric Cars
    • Electric Bikes
    • Electric Boats
    • EV Conversions
    • Electric Flight
    • Electric Transport
    • Hydrogen Fuel Cell
    • Batteries
    • Charging
    • Policy
  • EV Models
  • EV Sales
  • Road Trips
  • Reviews
  • Multimedia
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
  • EV Explainers
    • EV Terms
    • FAQs
    • Readers’ Questions
  • Press Releases

the driven electric vehicle podcast

Get the free daily newsletter

I agree to the Terms of Use

Stay Connected
The Driven
  • About The Driven
  • Get in Touch
  • Advertise
  • Contributors
  • Terms of Use
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy

Input your search keywords and press Enter.