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That reported ‘snakes in a car’ frantic driver is thankfully okay, so consider these self-driving car ramifications

Posted on Jul 8, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Just about everyone has heard of the famous movie Snakes On A Plane. Having been released in 2006 to great fanfare, the movie has become a...

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Self-driving startupAurora debuts its new long-range Lidar called ‘FirstLight’

Posted on Jul 8, 2020 in News, Technology

Self-driving technology startup Aurora announced today its new in-house developed lidar system for its driverless vehicles. The lidar...

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3 Lidar researchers chase the same dream — affordable self-driving systems

Posted on Jul 8, 2020 in News, Technology

Elon Musk doesn’t care for Lidar — the light-based echo location technology that is similar in concept to radar — even though Volvo says...

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Towards a driver-less world? Autonomy and its impact on the fleet business

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

As the world works its way through the current pandemic, one thing seems clear: rather than generating new trends, the current COVID...

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Robo-cars are coming, but probably not like you’d expect

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicle technology companies like Mobileye are aiming to launch “robo-taxis” in the coming years, while similar companies are...

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Self-driving cars are set to revolutionize urban mobility

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Infrastructure, Knowledge Center, Reports

MUNICH, July 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The development of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could make the urban environment greener and more...

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Uni to join £1m self-driving vehicles project

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

Loughborough University is to take part in a new £1m project with Highways England to assess how suitable the country’s motorways are for...

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Israeli autonomous vehicle startupVayaVision acquired by Canada’s LeddarTech

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

Canadian company LeddarTech Inc. announced Tuesday it has acquired Israeli automotive company VayaVision Sensing Ltd. The financial terms...

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Intel’s Mobileye, WILLER partner on self-driving vehicles in Japan, Southeast Asia

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology

(RTTNews) – Mobileye, an Intel Company, and WILLER, a transportation operator in Japan, Taiwan and the Southeast Asian region, have...

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Basemark raises $7.9 million for autonomous car graphics software

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

Basemark, a maker of graphics software for autonomous vehicles, has raised $7.9 million in funding. ETF Partners was the sole investor in...

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Self-driving tech is becoming a game of partnerships

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

BUILDING A SELF-DRIVING car was never going to be easy. But Karl Iagnemma says he didn’t expect it to be this hard. “Vehicles are these...

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Toyota green-lighted by Beijing to have road tests for autonomous cars

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Cars, News

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Japanese automaker Toyota has been permitted to conduct roads tests for autonomous vehicles in Beijing, according to a...

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CMU team evaluates range and battery tradeoffs between vehicle automation and electrification

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in News, Technology

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has used a vehicle dynamics model to evaluate the trade-off between automation...

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Hidden secrets that the Burger King ‘Autopilot Whopper’ teaches us about Tesla and self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

What do AI, self-driving cars, Tesla, Autopilot, and hamburgers such as the infamous Burger King Whopper all have in common? Well, a...

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The federal government says Bird got at least a $5 million bailout loan, but the company denies it

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Finance, News, Technology

Bird, the beleaguered e-scooter company, received a loan worth between $5 million and $10 million from the federal government’s Paycheck...

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what3words: the future of driverless navigation?

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

One year ago, we spoke to Giles Rhys Jones, what3words’ Chief Marketing Officer, to better understand how navigation and navigation tech,...

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How May Mobility’s autonomous shuttle ambitions backfired

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Buses, Perspective

By all appearances, May Mobility was a scrappy success story. The autonomous transportation startup made its debut at Y Combinator’s demo...

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Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi’s self-driving push

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, which is backed by companies including Apple Inc. and SoftBank Group Corp., began a self-driving...

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Is Recognithe next hot autonomous vehicle startup?

Posted on Jul 5, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

In CleanTechnica‘s exclusive, in-depth interview with Peter Mertens, former board member of Audi, Volkswagen Group, Volvo, & Jaguar...

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Can Argo.AI make Ford & Volkswagen self-driving leaders?

Posted on Jul 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The self-driving car race seems like it’s been going on forever, but also at times seems like it has no ending — since it’s so hard to get...

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