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Supporting autonomous vehicles with smart roads

Posted on Mar 11, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Infrastructure, Perspective, Trucks

With the race toward autonomous vehicles at full speed, the automotive industry is awaiting one of the biggest transformations it has ever...

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The opportunity for connectivity in AVs is growing as tech giants push further into the space

Posted on Mar 11, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are still far from being commonplace on roads and driveways, but recent developments in the space are pushing...

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Neolix raises $29 million to mass-produce autonomous delivery shuttles

Posted on Mar 11, 2020 in Buses, Finance, News

Neolix Technologies, a self-driving logistics startup based primarily in Beijing, today confirmed that it closed a roughly RMB 200 million...

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TomTom, Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development, Inc. and DENSO collaborate on advanced mapmaking for automated driving

Posted on Mar 10, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

AMSTERDAM, March 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, Toyota Research Institute –...

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Autonomous on-demand buses to be tested in five European cities

Posted on Mar 10, 2020 in Buses, News

Autonomous buses will be tested in real-life traffic conditions in five European cities between April and October 2020, as three...

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Porsche uses autonomous tech to improve workshop efficiency

Posted on Mar 10, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Porsche has partnered with Berlin-based startup Kopernikus Automotive to use autonomous driving technologies for vehicles at the marque’s...

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Uber self-driving cars are back testing on San Francisco streets

Posted on Mar 10, 2020 in Cars, News

Uber Advanced Technologies Group has resumed testing autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, two years after the company scaled back its...

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Mercedes-Benz: EV development is more important than self-driving cars

Posted on Mar 10, 2020 in Cars, News

German automaker Mercedes-Benz has said that it’s putting the brakes on developing self-driving cars. Earlier today, News.com.au reported...

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What makes autonomous shuttles good for business?

Posted on Mar 9, 2020 in Buses, Perspective

Tavistock Development Company, the owner of the 17-square-mile mixed-use community of Lake Nona (near Orlando, Florida), envisions a...

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Autonomous tech company Locomation signs deal with Wilson Logistics

Posted on Mar 9, 2020 in News, Technology, Trucks

Autonomous-trucking technology provider Locomation and Wilson Logistics, a Springfield, Mo.-based trucking and transportation logistics...

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China driverless van startup sees demand surge amid outbreak

Posted on Mar 9, 2020 in Cars, News

The coronavirus has hurt many companies in China and around the world. Neolix, a driverless delivery business based in Beijing, isn’t...

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A look at Waymo’s mega $2.25 billion funding

Posted on Mar 8, 2020 in Cars, Finance, Perspective

Since 2009, Alphabet has funded Waymo, which is focused on developing autonomous vehicles. But this week there was a big change in the...

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If AI has human rights, some are worried that self-driving cars might turn on us

Posted on Mar 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Should AI have human rights? It’s a seemingly simple question, though the answer has tremendous consequences. Presumably, your answer is...

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Autonomous vehicles can’t come soon enough

Posted on Mar 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicles have many pros and cons. Those on either side of the issue have very intense beliefs as to why autonomous vehicles are...

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ProBeat: Waymo money, Waymo problems

Posted on Mar 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous vehicles division that spun out of Google in December 2016, this week raised $2.25 billion. Yes, that’s...

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Inside the next-gen tech on Waymo’s self-driving Jaguar I-Pace

Posted on Mar 6, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

A little more than two and half years ago, Waymo  engineers began working on a hardware sensor suite that would improve upon previous...

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Autonomous vehicles can be fooled to ‘see’ nonexistent obstacles

Posted on Mar 6, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Nothing is more important to an autonomous vehicle than sensing what’s happening around it. Like human drivers, autonomous vehicles need...

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Autonomous bus service inaugurated in Danish suburb

Posted on Mar 5, 2020 in Buses, Cars

The pilot autonomous project – SmartBus – aims to increase mobility among the residents (of whom less than 50 per cent have access to a...

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SiLC Technologies raises $12m in seed funding to deliver long-range, single-chip LiDAR for autonomous vehicles, machine vision, and augmented reality

Posted on Mar 5, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News, Technology

MONROVIA, Calif., March 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — SiLC Technologies, Inc., (SiLC), the leading developer of integrated single-chip FMCW...

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StradVision developing groundbreaking animal detection software for ADAS systems and autonomous vehicles

Posted on Mar 5, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — StradVision, an industry leader in AI-based camera perception for ADAS systems and...

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