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US government quietly kills autonomous vehicle committee

Posted on Aug 10, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

The Department of Transportation’s Advisory Committee on Automation in Transportation (ACAT) hasn’t been active since it was formed in...

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Optimus Ride’s autonomous system makes self-driving vehicles a reality

Posted on Aug 9, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Some of the biggest companies in the world are spending billions in the race to develop self-driving vehicles that can go anywhere....

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Autonomous air mobility company EHang to deploy air shuttle service in Guangzhou

Posted on Aug 9, 2019 in Buses, News

China’s EHang, a company focused on developing and deploying autonomous passenger and freight low-altitude vehicles, will build out its...

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LHP and PerceptIn partner to deliver autonomous solutions for microtransit industry

Posted on Aug 9, 2019 in Buses, Technology

COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — PerceptIn, a company focused on robotic mobility and visual intelligence, and LHP...

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Apple adds more drivers to autonomous car project

Posted on Aug 9, 2019 in Cars, News

The new statistics were revealed in a filing with the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which shows Apple now has 143 pilots...

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Loadsmart completes first-ever automated dispatch and delivery with Starsky Robotics’ autonomous truck

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in News, Trucks

NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Loadsmart and Starsky Robotics today announced that they were able to automatically dispatch...

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Apple increases the size of its team responsible for testing self-driving cars in California

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Apple is continuing to grow its fleet self-driving car test drivers in California. According to new data from the California DMV, Apple...

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Self-driving trucks are cruising down I-45 between Dallas and Houston

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in News, Trucks

When Don Burnette worked at Otto, a self-driving truck startup, his team hit some pretty big milestones. It recorded the first shipment of...

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Pedestrian crossings could “grind traffic to a halt” in a driverless future

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Mark Rosekind, a head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under President Barack Obama and now the chief safety...

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Scale AI’s 22-year old CEO wants to improve the safety of self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Alexandr Wang, Scale AI co-founder and chief executive officer, explains how the company is using artificial intelligence to improve the...

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What are the regulatory barriers to full self-driving?

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Policy & Regulation

While the rest of the autonomous drive technology sector dials back its ambitious deployment plans, Tesla is still charging ahead. During...

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Democratic presidential debates provide lessons for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The second round of Democratic Presidential Debates are now in the history books and have been roundly examined, analyzed, probed,...

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Wayve to become one of Britain’s best-funded driverless car ventures

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, News

Launched by Cambridge PhDs Amar Shah and Alex Kendall, Wayve is developing driverless car technology that it said allows autonomous...

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Austin-Bergstrom airport debuts driverless shuttle pilot

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Buses, News

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announced the start of a driverless shuttle pilot program in an Aug. 2 news release. Now in a...

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The myth of substitution and the mirage of driverless cars

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, News

The bold promise of autonomous vehicles has collided with a sobering reality: turning driverless cars loose on every road will take more...

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Tesla plans to increase its Full Self-Driving price again on August 16

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, News

Tesla confirmed that it is planning to increase its Full Self-Driving price again on August 16 in a new marketing campaign trying to...

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We took a ride on NYC’s first self-driving shuttle

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving car company Optimus Ride just debuted the first public autonomous vehicles in New York City, which will shuttle visitors...

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How to solve a problem like the semi-autonomous vehicle?

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Many believe that driverless vehicles will be commercialised by gradually introducing higher levels of driver assistance. It is an opinion...

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Elektrobit chosen as partner by Baidu to enable safe autonomous driving for Apollo

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, News

SHANGHAI, Aug. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Elektrobit (EB), a visionary global supplier of embedded and...

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Austin-Bergstrom airport debuts driverless shuttle pilot

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announced the start of a driverless shuttle pilot program in an Aug. 2 news release. Now in a...

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