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Read MoreCalifornia to allow testing of light-duty self-driving trucks
California would allow for the testing of light-duty autonomous trucks on public roads under a proposed rule announced Friday. The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles announced the proposal today, which outlines a permitting process for companies wishing to test or deploy driverless trucks for testing....
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Read MoreIowa lawmakers advance basic AV legislation in Senate
Fully autonomous vehicles still may be years — if not decades — away, but some Iowa lawmakers are hoping to take a proactive approach to creating statewide rules for driverless cars....
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Read MoreAustria’s AI brain has a plan to take down Waymo and Tesla
Think of the European automobile industry and countries like Germany come to mind, with its luxury cars whizzing down the speed-limit-less autobahn. Or France’s quirky Citroens and space-age Renaults. Or even the sensible Swedes and their sturdy Volvos....
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Read MoreChina building a highway with dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles
A new highway in China is being built that will have dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles. The lanes reserved for self-driving cars will be built on a new freeway connecting Beijing and the Xiongan New Area in Hebei province. The area is located about 60 miles southwest of Beijing....
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Read MoreScania and Nobina announce autonomous EV bus trials in Sweden
Scania and Nobina (the largest public transport operator in the Nordic countries) announced trials of autonomous buses on regular routes in the Stockholm area in Sweden from 2020 on. https://insideevs.com/scania-nobina-autonomous-ev-bus/
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Read MoreDaimler Trucks to acquire majority stake in autonomous-driving firm Torc Robotics
Daimler Trucks is taking a major step in the development of self-driving trucks. The German firm will acquire a majority stake in Torc Robotics, a Virginia-based company that has been working on autonomous vehicles for over a decade....
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Read MoreNew York City is finally getting its own self-driving shuttle service
Autonomous vehicles are finally coming to the Big Apple. Optimus Ride, a Boston-based self-driving startup, announced plans to deploy an autonomous shuttle service in New York City in the second quarter of 2019. The company also plans on providing ride-hailing trips to residents of Paradise Valley retirement community in Northern California....
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Read MoreA Waymo engineer reveals how the self-driving car company develops its robot brains
It’s a common Silicon Valley story: a young person reads science-fiction novels or watches some movies that feature robots and decides to make futuristic technology their life’s work. Cue Stanford, MIT, or CalTech....
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Uber’s self-driving cars are still a ‘science experiment,’ report says
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