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Ghost Road, autonomous vehicles myths, & the future — Cleantech talk with Anthony Townsend

Posted on Jul 27, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

In the second half of this episode of our Cleantech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc....

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Exploring the three elephants in the autonomous vehicle room

Posted on Jul 27, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The expression “elephant in the room” refers to an important question that everyone knows about but no one wants to discuss...

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Why the complete version of Tesla Full Self-Driving will take longer than Elon Musk says it will

Posted on Jul 25, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

During Tesla’s 2019 Autonomy Day, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is expected to have one million vehicles on the road by the end of...

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Lidar startup taps investment banker as new CFO

Posted on Jul 25, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

Luminar Technologies Inc.’s new finance chief is set to promote the company’s new distance measurement technology for self-driving cars,...

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Why Elon Musk’s autonomous driving ideas don’t worry insurers

Posted on Jul 25, 2020 in Cars, Finance, Perspective, Technology

Five years ago, the impact of technology on auto insurers was thought to be straightforward: Self-driving cars were coming soon, and they...

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Self-healing software for driverless cars

Posted on Jul 25, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Researchers in Austria are testing out self-healing technology that corrects the internal errors of software used for driverless cars....

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COAST Autonomous selects LeddarTech’ssolid-state LiDAR technology as the most reliable solution to achieve maximum safety levels for its autonomous “Bigfoot” delivery vehicle

Posted on Jul 24, 2020 in News, Technology

QUEBEC CITY and PASADENA, Calif., July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, an industry leader in environmental sensing...

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AV transformation design and verification turbocharges OEMs

Posted on Jul 24, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Autonomous vehicles are ushering in a new era of self-driving cars, taxis, trucks, and a host of other means of transport, which is having...

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Our Neanderthal DNA might get triggered by AI, initially set off by self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 24, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Scientists are scouring human DNA to try and see if there might be any predispositions toward COVID-19 vulnerability. This search for...

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Software platforms as engines of change: AV cooperation

Posted on Jul 24, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The pandemic and safety are overhauling AV’s engine of change. Over the last two weeks alone, a host of partnerships and acquisition deals...

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Industry survey finds >57% of auto tech leaders expect COVID-19 to increase consolidation; >85% predict lasting impact on shared mobility

Posted on Jul 24, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

A global survey of more than survey found that more than 120 auto tech leaders by Informa Tech Automotive Group found that 57% expect that...

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Elon Musk on Tesla self-driving: ‘I can almost go from my house to work with no intervention’

Posted on Jul 23, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Elon Musk said that he is testing Tesla’s latest alpha built of its self-driving system and claim that he can “almost” go from his house...

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St. Petersburg, Fla., officials consider AV shuttle pilot

Posted on Jul 23, 2020 in Buses, News

(TNS) — A driverless shuttle could carry people up and down Bayshore Drive this fall, if city and county officials sign off on it. The...

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Scenario-based simulation drives advanced automation

Posted on Jul 23, 2020 in News, Technology

Last year, as the result of the £13.5m (US$17.1m) HumanDrive research project, led by Nissan and eight other consortium partners including...

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Beep and Local Motors announce strategic partnership to broadly deploy autonomous, electric shuttles

Posted on Jul 23, 2020 in Buses, News

ORLANDO, Fla., July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Beep, a Florida-based autonomous Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider and Local Motors...

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Waymo, Fiat Chrysler expand autonomous vehicle partnership

Posted on Jul 22, 2020 in Cars, News

DETROIT (Reuters) – Self-driving car company Waymo LLC and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) are expanding their autonomous...

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Ford partners with Mobileye on self-driving tech. What does that mean for Argo.AI?

Posted on Jul 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Ford made a $1 billion investment in Argo.AI three years ago. Ford has also partnered with Volkswagen to jointly develop the Argo.AI...

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Airplane makes emergency landing on busy highway, perplexing for self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Watch out, is it a bird, is it a plane, or is it superman? Turns out, it was a plane. A news report and an accompanying video clip...

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MIT task force predicts fully autonomous vehicles won’t arrive for ‘at least’ 10 years

Posted on Jul 22, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

Two years ago, MIT launched the Task Force on the Work of the Future, an “institute-wide” effort to study the evolution of jobs during...

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How NASA built a self-driving car for its next Mars mission

Posted on Jul 21, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

LATER THIS MONTH, NASA is expected to launch its latest Mars rover, Perseverance, on a first-of-its-kind mission to the Red Planet. Its...

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