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DiDi said to conduct road tests for autonomous vehicles in Beijing

Posted on May 22, 2020 in Cars, News

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (DiDi) set up in April a Beijing-registered company dubbed Beijing Woya...

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Self-driving cars are being trained in virtual worlds while the real one is in chaos

Posted on May 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Brandon Moak felt as if a freight train had hit him. It was mid-March, and the cofounder and CTO of the autonomous- trucking startup...

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Top safety official at Waymo self-driving unit stepping down

Posted on May 22, 2020 in Cars, News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Waymo self-driving unit said on Thursday that its chief safety officer, Debbie Hersman, was...

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Intel/MobilEyepromises self-driving robotaxi service in 2022, while others back off

Posted on May 21, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

At the EcoMotion self-driving conference held (in cyberspace) from Israel this week, Amnon Shashua, founder and CEO of MobilEye, now a...

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Watch out for those looming AI oligopolies, including for self-driving cars

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Cars, Technology

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being deployed into all facets of our existence. Via the advent of Machine Learning...

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Here’s why Elon Musk keeps raising the price of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ option

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Tesla is raising the price of the top tier “Full Self-Driving” version of its Autopilot driver assistance package by around $1,000 on July...

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WORK STARTS ON 300KM AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRIAL ROUTE

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Infrastructure, News

Work has begun on the 300km autonomous vehicle trial route which will span from Coventry to Birmingham....

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UK Law Commissions publish results of automated vehicles consultation

Posted on May 20, 2020 in News, Policy & Regulation

The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission (the Law Commissions) have published analysis of responses to...

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Waymo is using AI to simulate autonomous vehicle camera data

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Waymo says it’s beginning to leverage AI to generate camera images for simulation by using sensor data collected by its self-driving...

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SUSE innovates at the edge with Elektrobit to transform how cars operate

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Mobility as we know it is about to change forever. Early stages of autonomous driving, the connected car, and electrification are no...

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rFpro: New approach to simulation set to revolutionise autonomous vehicle training and testing

Posted on May 20, 2020 in News, Technology

UK-based driving simulation company, rFpro, has developed a means to slash the hardware costs associated with large-scale simulation. The...

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Elon Musk: Tesla raises cost of ‘self-driving’ cars

Posted on May 19, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla is raising the price of its “self-driving” option on its electric vehicles worldwide starting with a $1,000 (£820) hike....

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Autonomous vehicles: Who needs ’em?

Posted on May 19, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

To develop autonomous vehicles (AVs) capable of handling almost every corner case is cruelly hard. Equally tough and yet less often...

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Americans still don’t trust self-driving cars

Posted on May 19, 2020 in Cars, News

Self-driving cars are having a really rough time gaining our trust. This is not a total shock considering autonomous vehicles remain...

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The People’s Vote: your six most discussed topics

Posted on May 19, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

If there’s one thing that new autonomous technologies never fail to deliver, it’s debate. We’re taking a deep dive into your comments...

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CEO of Intel-owned Mobileye expects a big consolidation of autonomous driving technology

Posted on May 19, 2020 in News, Perspective, Technology

In the race to develop autonomous driving technology, it might be more beneficial if companies collaborate, instead of trying to compete...

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GM is developing next-gen ‘Ultra Cruise’ semi-autonomous driving system to combat Tesla’s Autopilot

Posted on May 19, 2020 in News, Technology

General Motors is developing a new semi-autonomous driving system that’s internally being referred to as “Ultra Cruise,” an executive with...

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The PEUGEOT steering wheel: from the simple handlebar to the multifunctional steering wheel

Posted on May 19, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

At first glance, since the birth of the car, the steering wheel has been the mechanical organ that has evolved the least in both form and...

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China Focus: New infrastructure steers driverless vehicles into fast lane

Posted on May 18, 2020 in Infrastructure, News, Policy & Regulation

  BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) — From self-driving delivery trucks to driverless vans disinfecting roads, the COVID-19 outbreak has put...

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Porsche to incorporate Israel-based Tactile Mobility tech in future cars

Posted on May 18, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Porsche, the sportscar subsidiary of German carmaker Volkswagen, will implement in its future vehicles technology developed by Haifa-based...

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