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Volkswagen CEO says will tweak strategy to maintain electric, autonomous push

Posted on Nov 6, 2020 in Cars, News

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen will tweak its strategy to maintain investment momentum for developing electric and autonomous cars...

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Mercedes-Benz no longer interested in autonomous race

Posted on Nov 5, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Mercedes-Benz has revealed that it will back away from the autonomous vehicle race and avoid morphing into a mobility company, as so many...

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COMMENT: How to pivot autonomous drive strategies in the post-pandemic period

Posted on Nov 5, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The disruption of COVID-19 has had a major impact on many automotive companies. Autonomous drive projects have been particularly hard hit...

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When a tree falls on top of a self-driving car

Posted on Nov 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

A popular riddle that has been asked since at least the 1800s is whether a tree that falls in a forest will make a sound if there isn’t...

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Inflexor Ventures invests in Steradian Semiconductors

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

Early-stage technology-focused VC fund Inflexor Ventures on Wednesday said it has invested an undisclosed sum in Steradian Semiconductors,...

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Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta appears to detect and avoid road debris in video

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta has impressed with its capacity to navigate city streets, and it now looks like it can also detect and...

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Elon Musk’s next big thing could be using the SpaceX Starlinknetwork to connect Tesla vehicles

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk upended the auto industry when his company launched the fully-electric Model S sedan in 2012. In the eight...

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Foresight completes integration of NVIDIA platforms for use in autonomous machines and vehicles

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 in News, Technology

Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq and TASE: FRSX), an innovator in automotive vision systems, announced today that it has...

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Consumer Reports says Cadillac’s Super Cruise automated driving system outperforms Tesla’s Autopilot

Posted on Nov 3, 2020 in News, Technology

Electric automaker Tesla, which now has become the world’s most valuable automaker, pioneered the use of autonomous driving...

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Self-driving firm Pony.ai gets funding from China carmaker FAW

Posted on Nov 3, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

(Bloomberg) — Self-driving technology startup Pony.ai struck a funding agreement with carmaker FAW Group, calling it the first...

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Waymo moved its self-driving cars in San Francisco to a ‘secured location’ in case of election chaos

Posted on Nov 3, 2020 in Cars, News

Waymo is pulling its autonomous vehicles out of San Francisco in anticipation of Election Day unrest, The Verge has learned. The Google...

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Cutting through the self-driving hype: A realistic view of an exciting opportunity

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Earlier this year, AI analyst Emerj pointed out that despite the bullish public pronouncements of the auto industry CEOs, it is “still a...

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Daimler invests in Lidar startup to bolster self-driving truck effort

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology, Trucks

Daimler AG’s truck unit is investing in a laser-sensor startup to strengthen and boost its development of self-driving trucks in the U.S....

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Driverless shuttle takes road test at Tunney’s Pasture

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Editor’s Picks

A self-driving shuttle is being put through its paces at Tunney’s Pasture this week in what its backers are calling the first test of its...

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Under the skin: How HD radar may advance self-driving vehicles

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Things that most people can take for granted, such as the elevation of an object (for example, a car on the ground compared with a bridge...

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Alibaba-backed autonomous car firm AutoX to test in four more cities

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese autonomous vehicle startup AutoX, backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said it is preparing...

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HORIBA MIRA: Self-driving boost as automotive powerhouse teams up with Vodafone to deploy 5G at Midlands headquarters

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in News, Technology

In a welcome boost for Britain’s self-driving revolution, automotive powerhouse HORIBA MIRA is teaming up with Vodafone to bring 5G to its...

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The near-miss quandary is unavoidably messy for self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Reckless and fleckless drivers. I’m sure you experience their antics and angst-producing driving activities all the time....

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Driverless shuttle takes road test at Tunney’s Pasture

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Buses, News

A self-driving shuttle is being put through its paces at Tunney’s Pasture this week in what its backers are calling the first test...

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These are the countries that trust self-driving cars the most

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Knowledge Center, News, Reports

Chinese company Baidu is testing a driverless taxi service in two Beijing districts at the moment and it looks like China is in fact the...

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