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EU regulations make Tesla Smart Summon “nearly useless”

Posted on Dec 31, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

EU regulations are making Tesla’s Smart Summon nearly useless, for the time being. Stéphane Rodrigues shares a tweet with us in which he...

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Beijing adds area for self-driving vehicle tests with passengers

Posted on Dec 31, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — Beijing on Monday added a new 40 sq km area for testing self-driving vehicles with passengers, as the...

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US auto safety agency to probe fatal Tesla crash in Los Angeles

Posted on Dec 31, 2019 in Cars, News

The fatal Dec. 29 crash of a Tesla vehicle in Southern California will be investigated by the U.S. government’s auto safety regulator, the...

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Baidu secures licenses to test self-driving cars in Beijing

Posted on Dec 31, 2019 in Cars, News

Tech giant Baidu is slowly but surely progressing toward the launch of a commercial robot-taxi fleet in mainland China. This week, the...

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Beijing adds area for self-driving vehicle tests with passengers

Posted on Dec 31, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — Beijing on Monday added a new 40 sq km area for testing self-driving vehicles with passengers, as the...

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StradVision to demonstrate ADAS and driver monitoring in Ambarella demonstration vehicle during CES

Posted on Dec 30, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — As the world descends on Las Vegas from January 7-10, 2020,...

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Honda’s self-driving concept car being unveiled at CES renews feud over levels of AI autonomy

Posted on Dec 30, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Quick, how many senses do humans have? Most of us would rattle off the five senses of hearing, seeing, tasting, touch, and the sense of...

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Scotland ‘open for business’ in pioneering driverless vehicles

Posted on Dec 30, 2019 in Cars, News

Scotland is “open for business” to develop driverless vehicles, says cabinet secretary Michael Matheson. The minister wants...

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Musk sees people-moving Las Vegas tunnel opening in 2020

Posted on Dec 29, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

San Francisco: A nearly mile-long tunnel in Las Vegas meant to showcase a “traffic busting” alternative for overcrowded cities...

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Be resolved to put self-driving cars on your bucket list

Posted on Dec 28, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Have you put together your bucket list? If you don’t know what a bucket list is, you must be living inside a deep cave that lacks internet...

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Lincoln Perceiver concept is aerodynamic, autonomous and awesomely fast

Posted on Dec 28, 2019 in Cars, News

In the coming decades, vehicles are expected to become totally autonomous, removing humans from driving responsibilities. One thing we...

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Podcast: Tesla holiday update, self-driving ‘sneak preview’, Rivian news, and more

Posted on Dec 27, 2019 in Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s...

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Tesla patents data pipeline and deep learning system for autonomous driving

Posted on Dec 27, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

As Tesla is working toward deploying an autonomous driving system as soon as next year, the automaker is patenting a data pipeline and...

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Uber just quietly bought 600 acres of land to build a new test track for self-driving cars in Pittsburgh

Posted on Dec 27, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

An Uber affiliate has purchased nearly 600 acres of land near Pittsburgh to test self-driving car technology. The purchase marks the...

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Synopsys, Porsche Consulting team up for auto development

Posted on Dec 27, 2019 in Cars, News

Synopsys SNPS recently announced the co-development of a whitepaper with Porsche Consulting to accelerate development of automotive for...

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Tesla “full self driving” preview & software updates

Posted on Dec 26, 2019 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Originally published on My Tesla Adventure. Twas the night before Christmas and 2:00 am. The only one stirring was Tesla’s Starman (Eli...

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Volkswagen’s friendly-looking robot would autonomously charge electric cars

Posted on Dec 26, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Volkswagen has created an autonomous charging station on wheels that could make electric car-only parking spots a thing of the past....

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The three ways that Stonehenge surprisingly has valuable lessons for self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 26, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Can something quite ancient provide insights for something modern and futuristic? Well, we know that those that don’t pay attention to...

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South China building new test zone for self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 26, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

GUANGZHOU, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — South China’s Guangdong Province Thursday started building a testing center for both...

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Robot shuttles: IDTechEx report analyses major new form of transportation

Posted on Dec 24, 2019 in Buses, Knowledge Center, Reports

BOSTON, Dec. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — IDTechEx has issued the first in-depth report on this called “Robot Shuttles and...

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