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Cepton LiDAR goes Anti-MEMS route

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Chemistry is just applied physics… or so a physicist would tell you. And autonomous vehicles are just a collection of applied sensors – if...

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Baraja lifts curtain on Spectrum-Scan™ LiDAR for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Baraja has unveiled Spectrum-Scan™ LiDAR, which uses prism-like optics and shifting wavelengths of light to create powerful eyes for...

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AI-Based autonomous vehicle to secure airports

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in News

A driverless all-terrain vehicle equipped with GPS and cameras trained to recognize animals is soon to join the security fleet at the...

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Imperial plans deployment of seven automated trucks by year’s end, CNRL to start pilot in 2019

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in News, Trucks

Imperial Oil plans to begin experimenting with up to seven autonomous hauler trucks at its Kearl site by the end of the year, while...

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County gurus prepare for inevitable automated vehicles

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

Automated vehicles – self-driving and self-parking cars, trucks, air and watercraft – are no longer things of science fiction. The...

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Using Deep Learning, AI Supercomputing, NVIDIA works to make fully self-driving cars a reality

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Self-driving cars could revolutionize transportation, reducing traffic and accidents, increasing productivity, and providing newfound...

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OOIDA submits comments to Oregon DOT’s autonomous vehicle task force

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in News, Policy & Regulation, Trucks

On Wednesday, Aug. 1, the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles will meet for a long-term policy...

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‘Will your self-driving vehicle need a license?’

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

In attempting to legislate the testing and ultimately the impending regular use of self-driving vehicles, a lot of government entities are...

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How will autonomous cars respond to emergency vehicles?

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

As we get closer to the widespread deployment of autonomous vehicles, there’s still discussions about what sensors will be required to...

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Waymo begins experimenting with self-driving taxi prices

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google parent Alphabet, has kept mum about how much it will eventually charge people to ride in its...

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Renovo partners with aiPod to deploy self-driving cars in London and beyond

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, News

Renovo is licensing its technology to yet another self-driving startup — this time aiPod — in its bid to sell a platform that will enable...

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Hertz to manage Aptiv’s autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, News

Today, The Hertz Corporation and its fleet management subsidiary, Donlen, announced a new strategic partnership with Aptiv, a global...

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Uber kills self-driving trucks programme to focus on autonomous cars instead

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

Global cab-hailing platform Uber has stopped developing self-driving trucks as the programme was no longer competitive in the freight...

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Analog Devices and B-Secur collaborate on biometric technologies

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Analog Devices (ADI) and B-Secur have joined up to develop a complete biometric authentication solution for use in automotive vehicles....

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Blockchain and the autonomous vehicle — the ultimate dynamic duo

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Imagine what would happen if terrorist hackers accessed the databases of some self-driving cars in a crowded street or on a high-speed...

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Stop building garages: How driverless cars will affect real estate

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Driver-less cars are going to change a lot, and if you haven’t been actively reading about this, then it’s most likely going to happen...

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Interview with Elaine L. Chao, US Secretary of Transportation, on autonomous vehicles and future of roads

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Elaine L. Chao sits down with Fortune’s Alan Murray at Fortune’s 2018 Brainstorm Tech conference....

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Waymo’s self-driving cars are near: Meet the teen who rides one every day

Posted on Jul 31, 2018 in Cars, News

Alphabet is experimenting with prices and finalizing its business model before unleashing its autonomous fleet in Phoenix this year....

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Bosch mandates Macquarie to explore sale of packaging business

Posted on Jul 30, 2018 in Cars, News

German auto supplier Bosch has mandated investment bank Macquarie to explore options for its packaging machinery unit as part of a...

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HK’s autonomous vehicle sector getting a boost

Posted on Jul 30, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

The Hong Kong Productivity Council and its Automotive Parts and Accessory System (APAS) R&D Centre have promised to strengthen their...

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