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J.D. Power survey finds drastic changes to commuting habits had minimal effect on sentiment in US about BEVs & self-driving

Posted on Oct 28, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology

Many vehicle owners in North America are driving fewer miles in the era of COVID-19, but their opinions of future mobility technology...

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Tesla should sell its self-driving computer chips, says comma.ai’s George Hotz

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

George Hotz, CEO of comma.ai, argues that Tesla should sell its self-driving computer chip and create some competition to Nvidia in the...

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rFpro and WMG enable real-world correlation for AV testing

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 in News, Technology

Correlation between simulation and real-world performance is a constant concern for test engineers, particularly in the realm of...

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Continental AG takes stake in AEyeto enhance its autonomous vehicle technology

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 in News, Technology

Continental AG is taking a minority stake in AEye Inc., a Dublin, California-based developer of LiDAR technology, in order to bring its...

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Ford doubles down on testing autonomous cars in Miami-Dade

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 in Cars, News

After landing in Miami-Dade in 2018 with a fleet of self-driving cars, Ford announced Oct. 26 that it plans to broaden its presence in the...

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Waymo and Daimler are teaming up to build fully driverless semi trucks

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 in News, Trucks

Waymo and Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, announced that they are forming a “broad, global, strategic partnership” to deploy...

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New Taoglas antennas aimed at robotics, autonomous vehicles

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 in News, Technology

Taoglas has unveiled active, multiband GNSS antennas engineered for applications that require critical high-accuracy positioning and...

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Motional and Lyft resume self-driving service in Las Vegas

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 in Cars, News

Motional (a mobility JV between Hyundai and Aptiv) and Lyft have announced the resumption of their self-driving mobility service in Las...

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XPengto release Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP) in Q1 2021

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective, Technology

XPeng plans Level 5 autonomous driving technology by 2025. XPeng Motors held its Tech Day this past Saturday and laid out the...

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Autonomous delivery vehicles deployed in Chinese cities amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

BEIJING – For the past three months, robots have been making parcel deliveries in Changshu. The autonomous delivery vehicles...

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How to practically enable vehicle autonomy in urban settings

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The auto industry is currently experiencing a rapid shift to autonomous vehicles (AV). This evolution is spearheaded by new, innovative...

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With fully autonomous driving distant, Lidar finds its place

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The promise of self-driving cars and robotaxi fleets once seemed just around the corner, but reality is setting in. Makers of the...

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Autonomous vehicle testing: in pursuit of perfection

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

In March 2019, Boeing’s entire fleet of 737 MAX airliners was grounded indefinitely following two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. “For...

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Autonomous cars are gaining momentum in California

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

(TNS) — This was meant to be the year that robot cars went mainstream. The self-driving car industry, largely based in Silicon Valley,...

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Texas A&M researchers develop framework to identify health impacts of self-driving vehicles

Posted on Oct 25, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

Texas A&M University researchers have developed a conceptual model to identify systematically the potential health impacts of...

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“Drivers have not been asked if they want autonomous cars”

Posted on Oct 25, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Never mind the big debate about what’s best: comparatively cheap internal combustion-engined cars, or relatively expensive 100 per...

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Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta testers share their thoughts with me

Posted on Oct 24, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Several of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta testers, who have permission from Tesla to share their experiences with FSD online, shared...

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Tesla ‘full self-driving’ vehicles can’t drive themselves

Posted on Oct 23, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its “full self-driving” software to a small group of owners who will test it on public...

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Predictions rosy for ‘roadschooling’ whence self-driving cars arrive

Posted on Oct 23, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Time to hit the road and hit the books. Recently, parents that are able to work remotely have been increasingly opting to travel during...

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University of Macao launches autonomous driving bus

Posted on Oct 23, 2020 in Buses, News, Technology

MACAO, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — The University of Macao (UM) Friday launched an Autonomous Driving Bus Testing Platform, marking...

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