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Apex.AI raises $15.5 million for autonomous-vehicle software

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

Apex.AI is emerging out of stealth today with quite the claim — an operating system for autonomous vehicles that will never fail. Founded...

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Ford’s self-driving cars are really good, but are they good enough to win?

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

It was a humid, overcast day in Miami, and I needed to get from the city’s crowded downtown to the trendy, mural-splashed neighborhood of...

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Winnebago could be one of the most unexpected winners of the self-driving car revolution

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Cars, News

Phone calls, yoga, a haircut… the list of things to do while commuting in a self-driving car is virtually endless. Because of this new...

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Australia makes leap forward to embrace driverless vehicles

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Cars, News

The Ipswich Connected Vehicle Pilot, which is a trial of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) technologies is estimating...

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Self-driving cars expand the fight over airwaves

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Hungry for more Wi-Fi capacity, the telecom industry is looking to snatch control of underutilized airwaves reserved for the auto...

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Many adults believe fully self-driving cars are already traversing U.S. highways

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Cars, News

The American Automobile Association‘s (AAA) research group reported disconcerting findings of driver expectations of semiautonomous cars...

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Ford partners with Walmart and Postmates to test autonomous grocery delivery

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Ford is partnering with Walmart and Postmates to test the business of delivering goods like groceries and pet food using self-driving...

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“There is no such thing as a 100 percent security guarantee”

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Joachim Langenwalter, Germany-based director automotive at Nvidia, is responsible for software deliveries to automakers and suppliers in...

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Navistar product development exec talks advanced truck technology

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Next-generation powertrains and automated truck technologies are at the center of Navistar International Corp.’s drive for continual...

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Riding inside Waymo’s self-driving minivan

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Forbes’ Alan Ohnsman takes a test ride through Chandler, Arizona, in a Waymo self-driving Pacifica Hybrid minivan, without a human safety...

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Ford partners with Walmart and Postmates to test autonomous grocery delivery

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Cars, News

Ford is partnering with Walmart and Postmates to test the business of delivering goods like groceries and pet food using self-driving...

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Cars without drivers still need a moral compass. But what kind?

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Loved by some philosophers, loathed by others, the so-called trolley problem is the quintessential moral puzzle. A runaway train is...

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Why this NVIDIA partnership is a big deal

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Perspective, Trucks

NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) change of strategy in self-driving car technology is showing signs of paying off, which is why the...

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How autonomous vehicles will upend transportation

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Autonomous vehicle technology is advancing rapidly, and hard-core promoters contend that driverless cars could soon be the norm rather...

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Berman Institute of Bioethics focuses on robotics and autonomous vehicles

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Ethics or rules as a template for glitch-free man-machine interaction be it Artificial Intelligence or automated vehicles has always been...

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Investigating connected and autonomous vehicles with real-life driving data

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

A new partnership has focused on using human-driver data to improve the performance and acceptability of connected and autonomous vehicles...

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Robo-taxis or high-tech tunnels? The race for traffic utopia

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Cars, Technology

On my first day as a reporter in Silicon Valley, I witnessed what I thought was the greatest product unveiling I had ever seen. It was a...

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Data could be what Ford sells next as it looks for new revenue

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

As Ford Motor Co. works to navigate a global reorganization effort that is certain to include significant job reductions, one way forward...

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Waymo, GM to deploy self-driving cars with or without Congress

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Congress is the closest it could be for at least a year to passing self-driving vehicle legislation, but if lawmakers fall short,...

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Top 5 things you’ll do in a self-driving car

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Cars, News

When carmakers show us the self-driving future it always looks like utopian sci-fi, needing only Spock playing a lute in the back seat to...

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