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Can your ride in a self-driving car be comfortable?

Posted on Feb 28, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Riding in robocars will turn us from drivers into passengers. Some people don’t like being passengers, and get motion sickness they don’t...

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Americans want self-driving cars, but want safety first

Posted on Feb 28, 2021 in News

Americans are not known for prioritizing road safety. No state currently bans all cell use phone behind the wheel, and two states still...

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How NVIDIA brings autonomy to automakers — CleanTechnica interview

Posted on Feb 28, 2021 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zachary Shahan, Director and CEO of CleanTechnica, and Danny Shapiro,...

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Self-driving taxis hit roads in Wuhan

Posted on Feb 27, 2021 in Cars, News

WUHAN, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Chinese carmaker Dongfeng Motor Corporation said Saturday it has started to offer free test rides in its...

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Convincing a self-driving car to go where you want it to go when it won’t go there

Posted on Feb 27, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Stubborn as a mule. Sometimes it seems as though a car is about as stubborn as a mule or perhaps acting bull-headed....

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Lidar CEO: Elon Musk made the right choice 5 years ago … not today

Posted on Feb 27, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk famously hates lidar, the radar-like laser-powered sensing technology for autonomous vehicles, including self-driving...

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Autonomous vehicles could be vulnerable to attacks

Posted on Feb 27, 2021 in Perspective

Autonomous vehicles hold the promise of making driving safer for everyone by removing the most common cause of traffic accidents, human...

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Pioneering 5G pilot to focus on advanced logistics

Posted on Feb 26, 2021 in News, Trucks

A ground-breaking pilot project, which will see pioneering 5G technology used in an operational automotive environment for the very first...

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Driverless vehicles could create more traffic congestion

Posted on Feb 26, 2021 in Cars, News

A type of driverless vehicle designed to reduce traffic congestion has been found to have the opposite effect according to researchers at...

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Aurora acquires a second lidar company in push to bring self-driving trucks to the road

Posted on Feb 26, 2021 in News, Technology, Trucks

Aurora, the autonomous vehicle company that recently closed its acquisition of Uber’s self-driving subsidiary, has snapped up another...

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Volkswagen commercial vehicles moves ahead with autonomous driving R&D for Mobility as a Service

Posted on Feb 26, 2021 in Cars, News

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) is consistently and rapidly advancing the development and implementation of autonomous driving....

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Motional is now testing fully autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Add Motional to the very short list of companies that have tested fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. The Hyundai-Aptiv joint...

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Ibeo Automotive Systems tests LiDAR systems for autonomous driving in Berlin and Beijing

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in News, Technology

HAMBURG, Germany, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The LiDAR sensor specialist from Hamburg Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH gets underway...

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Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple plans to go public in March

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in News, Trucks

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple Inc., which gained momentum with hundreds of millions of dollars in financing from Chinese investors...

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Toyota starts work on new smart city near Mount Fuji

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in Infrastructure, News

Japanese manufacturing giant Toyota has begun work on a new smart city near the base of Mount Fuji, which will feature interwoven streets...

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Driving on the cutting edge of autonomous vehicle tech

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

In October, a modified Dallara-15 Indy Lights race car programmed by MIT Driverless will hit the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway at...

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Dennis Mooney joins self-driving truck company Plus as Chief Platform Officer

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in News, Trucks

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(Business Wire)–Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a leading company in self-driving truck technology, announced that...

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Mobileye partners with Lohr and Transdev to develop self-driving shuttles

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in Buses, News

Intel subsidiary Mobileye today announced a partnership with Transdev ATS and Lohr Group to develop and deploy shared autonomous vehicle...

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Toyota Mobility Foundation designates first mobility pilot technologies and collaborators for Indiana Future Mobility District initiative

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in Buses, Cars, News

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and Energy Systems Network (ESN) designates...

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Mobileye partners with Lohr and Transdev to develop self-driving shuttles

Posted on Feb 25, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Intel subsidiary Mobileye today announced a partnership with Transdev ATS and Lohr Group to develop and deploy shared autonomous vehicle...

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