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Data security and privacy in the connected car age

Posted on Aug 16, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Today’s smart car is smarter than ever before. The numbers prove it: The average connected car has the power equivalent of 20 computers,...

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City of Athens expresses interest in becoming test site for self-driving shuttle

Posted on Aug 16, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News

The city of Athens has expressed interest in becoming a testing ground for autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles. DriveOhio, a...

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Autonomous vehicles are coming. Now comes the hard part

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, News

Self-driving cars are increasingly common sights on roads in California, Arizona, and a few other pioneering locales. They’re still...

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Kodiak Robotics raises $40M for self-driving trucks

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Kodiak Robotics has emerged from stealth mode and raised $40 million in Series A funding to develop technology for self-driving trucks....

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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. plans high-speed tunnel shuttle to Dodger Stadium

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Buses, News

Los Angeles Dodgers fans are notorious for showing up late to games (stuck in traffic) and leaving early (gotta beat the traffic). But...

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A Zimbabwean working on a driverless car raised another $126,000 and is about to start production

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Around the halfway mark of 2017 we started talking about how William Sachiti –a Zimbabwean- the founder of Academy of Robotics, which was...

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Governors group seeks autonomous vehicle safety education

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

Excited chatter about automated and autonomous vehicles must lead to more consumer education and laws that govern driverless vehicles, the...

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Waymo is starting to deliver on another of its core self-driving car goals

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

The further we get into 2018, the more we’re starting to see Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Waymo driverless vehicle...

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Investors tell Uber to ditch self-driving car program, report says

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, News

Uber has been trying its best to develop its own self-driving vehicle platform, in the hopes that it can do away with all those pesky...

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Spain works toward framework for autonomous driving

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, News

Spain is working to expand rules for self-driving vehicles and on modifications to insurance law, aiming to offer an overall legal...

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12 obstacles autonomous vehicle advocates need to read

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicles are a hotbed subject in our industry, as they should be. They potentially affect everyone, even non-drivers, and...

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Breaking the psychological barrier to autonomous vehicle adoption

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Psychology, not technology, appears to be the main barrier toward the adoption of autonomous vehicles. A survey by the American Automobile...

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Electric, driverless cars to hit Dubai streets ‘in near future’, says RTA

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, News

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has endorsed new testing standards for electric, hybrid and self-driving vehicles to ensure...

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Smart vehicle architecture needed

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The traditional architecture approach will no longer support the growth in content and complexity. There isn’t enough computing power to...

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Chinese electric car company Nio seeks to raise $1.8 billion in IPO

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Nio, a Chinese company that makes electric cars, has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. The company said in a filing on...

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SoftBank to shun Tesla deal as it focuses on ridesharing, autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Speculation about who may or may not finance Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s audacious plan to take the carmaker private is distracting dealmakers...

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The challenging journey to self-driving

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

In Swat CEO Jarrold Ong’s vision of the future of transport, autonomous vehicles play a big role. His company is one of two involved...

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Researchers teach autonomous cars to deal with irrational humans

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

A team of researchers recently determined that both human drivers and autonomous vehicles tend to prioritize the safety of their own...

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FiveAI to start a trial of its shared autonomous car fleet in London in 2019

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, News

After raising $35 million to develop driverless car technology and a strategy to build a fleet of shared vehicles, UK startup FiveAI is...

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To make self-driving cars safe, we also need better roads and infrastructure

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The big question around self-driving cars, for many people, is: When will the technology be ready? In other words, when will autonomous...

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