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Volkwagen CEO says Waymo has one-two year headstart in autonomous cars

Posted on Nov 18, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Volkwagen, Europe’s largest carmaker, is up to two years of development work behind Alphabet Inc’s Waymo in the area of...

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Most GCC transport firms see driverless trucks by 2028

Posted on Nov 18, 2018 in News, Trucks

More than three quarters (82 percent) of GCC transport companies expect autonomous trucks to become a viable option on the roads within...

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What’s happening with Apple’s mysterious car project?

Posted on Nov 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Over the past several years, rumors have spread that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is working on a secret car initiative called Project Titan that...

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Volkswagen to spend €44 bln by 2023 to develop electric, self-driving vehicles

Posted on Nov 17, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

The Volkswagen Group said that it will spend almost 44 billion euros on e-mobility, autonomous driving, new mobility services and...

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Fisker failed. But now the EV pioneer is ready for an epic redo

Posted on Nov 17, 2018 in Buses, News

You might think Henrik Fisker’s best days are behind him, but he’ll tell you he’s just getting started. The 55-year old designer and...

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Fisker takes on Tesla in battle to be greenest

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 in Cars, Technology

When they peek behind the curtain, some potential buyers of green cars like the Tesla Model 3 might not like what they see. That’s...

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KT Corp. tests driverless bus at Incheon Int’l Airport

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 in Buses, News

KT Corp. (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT), South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, successfully tested a self-driving bus at the...

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Think self-driving is the best development in auto industry? New tests show electronic systems don’t always work

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Testing by AAA shows that electronic driver assist systems on the road today may not keep vehicles in their lanes or spot stationary...

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Perils and ethics of new driverless cars

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Guardian readers respond to David Edmond’s article about the moral arguments surrounding driverless cars....

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Self-driving startups founded by former Google employees

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 in Cars, Technology

With hundreds of millions of dollars being funneled into startups in the autonomous vehicle sector, investors, engineers, and enthusiastic...

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Ford’s future includes self-driving deliveries and taxi services

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 in Cars, News

CEO of Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC Sherif Marakby has posted a detailed overview of the automaker’s self-driving strategy, perhaps...

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Columbus begins testing self-driving shuttle

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 in Buses, News

Ohio’s first self-driving shuttles hit the streets in downtown Columbus in mid-November, kicking off the first phase of a project designed...

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Olli shuttles into Chandler with new driverless cars

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Cars, News

It’s hard to believe now, but once upon a time, the general public was terrified of automobiles. In fact, marketing campaigns wouldn’t...

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Hundreds of millions of cars off the road and autonomous trucks on the road in 10 years?

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

I have been covering autonomous vehicles for a few years now, and I have found only one thing to be certain: Uncertainty of a timeline....

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Perrone Robotics, Virginia’s JAUNT to launch autonomous shuttle

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Buses, News

Albemarle County, Perrone Robotics Inc., and JAUNT Inc. announced a Letter of Intent to enter into a partnership to develop, test, and...

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Ford plans a self-driving service—but tech problems still loom

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Cars, News

The automobile industry’s future looks a bit rough thanks to a decline in auto sales and sign-ups for driver’s licenses. So, Ford is...

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Russia’s Yandex offers driverless rides and passengers say ‘Da!’

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Cars, News

Russsian Internet giant Yandex is offering robotaxi rides that are not only self-driving, but there is no driver behind the wheel at all....

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How Amazon and other retailers’ supply chains will boost use cases for autonomous trucks

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Technology, Trucks

Imagine this: you’re driving on the road right behind a convoy of trucks moving together fluidly like a highly synchronized chorus line....

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Continental and EasyMile are making self-driving vehicles for Singapore roads – here’s what it’s like inside

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Buses, News, Technology

The future where self-driving vehicles roam the roads is coming at us full-speed. German automotive manufacturing company Continental...

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AdaSky raises $20 million to build far-infrared sensor for autonomous cars

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

In October 2017, two-year-old Israeli startup AdaSky emerged from stealth with what it claimed was the first far-infrared (FIR) thermal...

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