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New £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre will be Europe’s main site for autonomous and electric car R&D

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Research into the next generation of autonomous and electric vehicles will be conducted at a new £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre in the...

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New £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre will be Europe’s main site for autonomous and electric car R&D

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

Research into the next generation of autonomous and electric vehicles will be conducted at a new £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre in the...

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Ridecell expands funding round for autonomous ride-hailing platform to $60 million

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

Car-sharing, ride-sharing, and ride-hailing companies have something in common: They rely on fairly sophisticated backends to keep fleets...

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Self-driving cars may kill that old real estate mantra of ‘Location, Location, Location’

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

It’s early days for the robo-taxi business, with Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo just starting to offer an on-demand driverless service in Phoenix,...

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: ‘I do not believe in auto driving cars’ — it’s not possible yet

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Technologist Steve Wozniak told CNBC on Tuesday he had once hoped that Apple would build the first self-driving car. But the Apple...

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Waymo to start first driverless car service next month

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Cars, News

In just a few weeks, humanity may take its first paid ride into the age of driverless cars. Waymo, the secretive subsidiary of Google’s...

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Waymo CEO: Autonomous cars won’t ever be able to drive in all conditions

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

It’ll be decades before autonomous cars are widespread on the roads — and even then, they won’t be able to drive...

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How Southeast Michigan municipalities are building the road infrastructure of the future

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Cars, Infrastructure

Self-driving cars were once relegated to zooming around the highways in science fiction realms. But the technology that could make...

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ComfortDelGro to trial self-driving shuttle bus at NUS from March 2019

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Buses, News

A self-driving shuttle bus service will be on trial at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Kent Ridge campus from March...

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Volkswagen and Ford explore self-driving and EV partnerships

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The auto industry is transitioning into a new phase, as businesses prepare to roll out self-driving and electrified vehicles. The effort...

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Autonomous cars survey matter of life and death

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Cars, News

An extensive international survey reveals distinct global preferences concerning the ethics built into the programming for autonomous...

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Does anyone understand Ford’s plans to dominate the future?

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

There’s a reason why Ford (F – Get Report) stock has underperformed its peers like General Motors (GM – Get Report) and...

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Electric pickup trucks are not in GM’s plans for the next couple decades, says exec

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in News, Trucks

Electric propulsion is rapidly taking over many segments of ground transportation and pickup trucks, which are the biggest profit centers...

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Four-seasons road mapping touted as WatCAR breakthrough for AVs

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

A research project aimed at developing three-dimensional, high-definition mapping (3D HD) could give Ontario an edge in the race to...

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ComfortDelGro to trial self-driving shuttle bus at NUS from March 2019

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

A self-driving shuttle bus service will be on trial at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Kent Ridge campus from March 2019,...

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AImotive unveils third-generation neural network for self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

AImotive has been working on its autonomous vehicle (AV) technology for a number of years, focusing on vision-first technology that will...

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Autonomous cars not really around the corner — more like 2035, says QNX VP

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The vice president of an automotive software company told a Windsor audience Tuesday that the age of fully autonomous vehicles is a little...

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Ford open to working with foreign rivals on driverless cars

Posted on Nov 11, 2018 in Cars, News

Ford is open to working with other carmakers to expand self-driving services internationally, the head of the carmaker’s autonomous...

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How software will dominate the automotive industry

Posted on Nov 11, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The rise of autonomous vehicles will cause a tectonic shift in the mobility industry―and incumbents must evolve along with it. Toptal...

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Rules of the road evade driverless cars

Posted on Nov 10, 2018 in Cars, Technology

People have been imagining driverless cars since at least 1958, when Walt Disney Co. aired “Magic Highway U.S.A.” It’s been almost...

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