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GM faces blowback on federal driverless car petition

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News

General Motors Co. is running into opposition to its petition to federal regulators for permission to put up to 5,000 driverless cars —...

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In Ford’s future, two-legged robots and self-driving cars could team up on deliveries

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Autonomous vehicles might someday be able to navigate bustling city streets to deliver groceries, pizzas and other packages without a...

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Autonomous driving startup Aurora to acquire lidar company Blackmore

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News

Aurora, a well-funded Silicon Valley-based autonomous driving startup, announced that it is acquiring lidar company Blackmore. In a blog...

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Autonomous vehicle pioneer doubles down on technology Tesla CEO Elon Musk calls ‘freaking stupid’

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News

A pioneer in autonomous driving is doubling down on a self-driving technology called lidar that uses sensors to help navigate through...

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MIT’s AI makes autonomous cars drive more like humans

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Creating driverless cars capable of humanlike reasoning is a long-standing pursuit of companies like Waymo, GM’s Cruise, Uber, and others....

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MIT’s AI makes autonomous cars drive more like humans

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Creating driverless cars capable of humanlike reasoning is a long-standing pursuit of companies like Waymo, GM’s Cruise, Uber, and others....

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FMCSA, NHTSA seek comment on automated driving systems

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

A pair of federal agencies are seeking public comment that would help in crafting regulations related to automated driving systems. The...

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Letting your kids ride alone in an autonomous self-driving car: Ever or never?

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

There’s a lot of hand-wringing these days about letting your children be solo passengers in ridesharing cars run by the conventional...

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It takes a village to build an autonomous vehicle

Posted on May 22, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Many of the greatest breakthroughs in science and technology are inextricably associated with a specific name. Think Einstein and the...

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Former Opel CEO Neumann joins board of U.S. self-driving software startup

Posted on May 22, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has joined the board of directors of California-based Apex.AI, a company working to make open-source...

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‘Mini-city’ for self-driving vehicles launches in Greenbelt

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

A former research farm in Ottawa’s Greenbelt is being turned into a hub for testing the algorithms, sensors and other technology that will...

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Udacity, Mercedes-Benz create sensor fusion nanodegree as demand for self-driving car engineers rises

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Udacity and Mercedes-Benz’s North American R&D lab have developed curriculum for a sensor fusion nanodegree, the latest effort by the...

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Investors give record support to ride-hailing, EVs, AVs, and Chinese startups

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Investors have seen the future when it comes to the almighty car, and it revolves around electrification, driverless vehicles,...

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Self-driving automobiles: How soon and how much?

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Based on the wide range of published forecasts of when autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be on the street and how much they will cost, you...

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Blickfeld and Koito announce the integration of LiDAR for autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Blickfeld a leading provider of solid-state LiDAR technology, and Koito Manufacturing, the leading global tier-one supplier of exterior...

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Researchers say ‘spidey senses’ could help self-driving vehicles avoid hazards

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Researchers want to give cars, planes and drones “spidey senses.” That is, they want to give autonomous machines sensors that...

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See mini self-driving cars work together to improve traffic flow

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, Technology

On Monday, a team from the University of Cambridge unveiled a video featuring a fleet of mini robot cars capable of autonomously switching...

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Driverless truck startup TuSimple teams up with the USPS to haul trailers between Phoenix and Dallas

Posted on May 21, 2019 in News, Trucks

Self-driving vehicle startup TuSimple nabbed a notable new client recently: the United States Postal Service (USPS). This morning, the...

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Princeton summit bolsters driverless cars for all, including the mobility marginalized

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Professor Alain Kornhauser is a veritable force of nature when it comes to pursuing the cause of the mobility marginalized in the race...

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How GM Cruise uses its Dashride acquisition to build a robo-taxi company

Posted on May 20, 2019 in Cars, News

It started back in their college days when Thomas Bachant and Nadav Ullman were trying to get safe rides around the University of...

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