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Chinese startup Pony.ai can now test driverless vehicles in three California cities

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Chinese robotaxi startup Pony.ai has been given permission by California regulators to pilot its autonomous vehicles without a human...

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Silicon Valley is resetting expectations for self-driving cars and settling in for years of more work.

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

After years of hype, billions of dollars of investments and promises that people would be commuting to work in self-driving cars by now,...

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The founder of lidar maker Velodyne is going to war with his own SPAC

Posted on May 25, 2021 in News, Technology

David Hall, the founder of leading lidar manufacturer Velodyne, is going to war with the SPAC that acquired his company. In a letter, Hall...

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Hitachi Astemo develops rider comfort tech for autonomous driving

Posted on May 25, 2021 in News, Technology

Hitachi Astemo has developed Dynamics Planning, a highly precise vehicle trajectory planning technology for autonomous vehicles. The...

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JD.com, Meituan and Neolix to test autonomous deliveries on Beijing public roads

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Cars, News

People in a Beijing suburb will begin to see autonomous delivery mini-vans across their neighborhood, moving cautiously alongside human...

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Self-driving cars offer chance to re-imagine sound systems

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

As auto manufacturers continue developing tomorrow’s self-driving cars, there’s a parallel design process taking shape....

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Light detector adds awareness to autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 25, 2021 in News, Technology

Developed by engineers at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia, the first-of-its-kind device promises to give...

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Op-ed: Alphabet’s Waymo warns that describing vehicles as ‘self-driving’ before they’re ready can lead to unsafe driver behavior

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Perspective

Yesterday’s science fiction is a real transportation option today for a growing segment of the population. I’m referring specifically to...

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Opinion: It’s time for Elon Musk to start telling the truth about autonomous driving

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Perspective

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has shown that he has an influential platform by roiling the cryptocurrency market with his...

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Katech builds digital replica of Daegu city for AV certification and policy development

Posted on May 25, 2021 in News, Technology

A high-fidelity virtual test platform has been developed by Korean research institute Katech to validate ADAS and autonomous driving...

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Infusing a dose of human driver skepticism into the AI driving systems of self-driving cars

Posted on May 24, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Are you skeptical about most things? Maybe you are rarely skeptical. In that case, it might be that you take life as it seems to exist and...

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In it for the long haul: Autonomous trucking startup Plus goes public via SPAC

Posted on May 24, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

Autonomous trucking startup Plus (formerly known as Plus.ai) is a company I’ve begun to follow closely. While much of the hype...

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The costly pursuit of self-driving cars continues on. And on. And on.

Posted on May 24, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

It was seven years ago when Waymo discovered that spring blossoms made its self-driving cars get twitchy on the brakes. So did soap...

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Elon Musk called lidar a ‘crutch,’ but now Tesla is reportedly testing Luminar’s laser sensors

Posted on May 24, 2021 in News, Technology

A Tesla Model Y was photographed in Florida sporting rooftop lidar sensors made by buzzy sensor manufacturer Luminar. The sighting caused...

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From driverless cars to robotic warehouses, China looks to automation to solve population issues

Posted on May 24, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

GUANGZHOU, China — Qin Jiahao has been working at Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com’s logistics operations for around six years. Now a huge...

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Germany takes step toward autonomous driving on public roads

Posted on May 23, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

German lawmakers agreed to allow some driver-less vehicles on public roads, a first step toward enabling autonomous driving in...

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Solving big city murder cases and other crimes via AI and self-driving cars

Posted on May 22, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The nationwide murder rate is heading in the wrong direction. It is decidedly on the rise, rather than on the decline....

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Looking ahead to autonomous trucking

Posted on May 22, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

Although autonomous trucks are still in their infancy, the continued development and eventual deployment of these vehicles represents a...

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Ford CEO says US needs to regulate automated driving systems

Posted on May 22, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

Detroit: The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or...

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Chinese startup Pony.ai can now test driverless vehicles in three California cities

Posted on May 22, 2021 in Cars, News

Chinese robotaxi startup Pony.ai has been given permission by California regulators to pilot its autonomous vehicles without a human...

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