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There’s money to be made in driverless logistics

Posted on May 17, 2021 in Perspective

When the concept of autonomous driving is raised, most people’s first thought is for the driverless passenger vehicles which will come to...

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Pony.ai expands Robotaxi service scale in Beijing

Posted on May 17, 2021 in Cars, News

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Pony.ai, a Chinese startup that builds full-stack autonomous driving solutions, said on May 13 it has expanded the...

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NHTSA misses opportunity to say there’s no autonomous car yet

Posted on May 17, 2021 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Lately, we’ve heard of more crashes that might involve Autopilot than we would like to report. A guy in desperate need of attention...

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GAC Aion, DiDi Autonomous Driving to co-develop driverless NEV model

Posted on May 17, 2021 in Cars, News

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- GAC Aion, the electric vehicle subsidiary of GAC Group, announced on May 17 the strategic cooperation with DiDi...

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Self-driving cars dealing with those barefaced acts of repeated brake-checking by human drivers

Posted on May 17, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

We’ve all been brake-checked at one time or another. Brake checking refers to the notion that a car ahead of you will pump on its brakes...

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AUTOCRYPT partners with University of Windsor’s SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence

Posted on May 17, 2021 in News, Technology

TORONTO, May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Electric vehicle and autonomous vehicle cybersecurity provider AUTOCRYPT announced that the...

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Austin’s transportation department paving the way for rise in autonomous vehicle traffic

Posted on May 16, 2021 in Infrastructure, News

With more driverless cars expected to be seen cruising Austin’s roadways over the coming years, city transportation planners are...

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Automated driving classifications are updated, but Level 3 remains tricky

Posted on May 16, 2021 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

The Society of Automotive Engineers last week published an update to its widely used six-level automated driving taxonomy. SAE worked...

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Cruise expects GM to begin production of new driverless vehicle in early 2023

Posted on May 16, 2021 in Buses, News

Cruise, a majority-owned autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, expects production of its driverless shuttle called the Origin...

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Musk says Tesla new self-driving rollout could take a couple of months

Posted on May 16, 2021 in News, Technology

(Reuters) – Boss Elon Musk said Tesla Inc is tweaking its self-driving software to eliminate a phantom braking problem and may...

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Waymo to lose its CFO and head of automotive partnerships

Posted on May 16, 2021 in News

Waymo’s chief financial officer Ger Dwyer and its head of automotive partnerships and corporate development Adam Frost — two longtime...

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Self-driving cars will force Highway Code to ‘change entirely’ with major new law changes

Posted on May 16, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

Legal experts say road rules will have to be “changed entirely” to ensure the laws are relevant to the new driverless technology....

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Policymakers keep autonomous vehicles bill on Senate’s radar

Posted on May 16, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

Two of the key drivers of autonomous vehicle policy in Congress again touted its potential safety and economic benefits during a hearing...

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Self-driving cars will help soften the blow when asking loved ones to retire their keys

Posted on May 15, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Most of us take for granted that we can drive a car. The driving act seems to be ostensibly trivial. You get behind the wheel, turn on the...

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Ready for a robot to deliver your packages? New Oklahoma law allows ground-based drones

Posted on May 14, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

Drones aren’t just for flying. “Personal delivery devices,” or drones that crawl along sidewalks, soon could be used to deliver packages...

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Green autonomous driving

Posted on May 14, 2021 in Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

Bloomberg’s Akshat Rathi explains why it’s not crazy to imagine that self-driving electric cars could mean the end of the need...

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How Arizona became a hotbed for electric vehicles, microchips and self-driving tech

Posted on May 14, 2021 in Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

Arizona has rapidly become an epicenter for electric vehicle and self-driving tech, and it’s now the site of three big new semiconductor...

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China’s Baidu announces ‘Apollo Air’ which supports self-driving vehicles using real-time data from 5G-connected roadside units

Posted on May 14, 2021 in News, Technology

China’s tech giant Baidu is expanding its Apollo autonomous driving platform by adding vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications...

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Embark welcomes HP Inc. into its Partner Development Program to pioneer commercial self-driving freight deployment

Posted on May 13, 2021 in News, Trucks

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Embark Trucks Inc., a leading developer of autonomous technology for the trucking...

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A driverless Waymo got stuck in traffic and then tried to run away from its support crew

Posted on May 13, 2021 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

One of Waymo’s fully autonomous minivans got stuck at an intersection in Chandler, Arizona, prompting the company to send a roadside...

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