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Cheaper sensors could speed more self-driving cars to market by 2022

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The first heavily automated mass-market vehicles for consumers could go on sale as soon as 2022, if one or more vehicle manufacturers...

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Hyundai Motor invests in Aurora, which is helping it create self-driving hydrogen SUVs

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Hyundai Motor and its Kia division are investing in self-driving tech firm Aurora, which is working with the Korean auto giant to create...

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Uber unveils next-generation Volvo self-driving car

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Uber Technologies Inc unveiled its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington on Wednesday as it works to eventually deploy vehicles...

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Argo AI is taking its new generation of self-driving vehicles into downtown Detroit

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Cars, News

Argo AI, the Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle startup in which Ford invested $1 billion in 2017, has expanded its testing to downtown...

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Israel wants to expand autonomous vehicle testing

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

In an effort to expand autonomous vehicle testing in the country, Israel is inviting property owners to submit offers for the creation of...

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Volkswagen concludes partnership with self-driving start-up Aurora, in talks with Ford

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, News

Volkswagen has ended its relationship with Amazon-backed self-driving start-up Aurora, CNBC has confirmed. It is now in talks with Ford...

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Over 1,400 self-driving vehicles are now in testing by 80+ companies across the US

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

In a talk at the Uber Elevate Summit in Washington, D.C., today, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao shared a total...

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Self-driving urban vehicle transports people by day, collects trash by night

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Swedish startup Scania is developing a self-driving urban concept vehicle that is designed on a modular system that could allow it to...

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SoftBank, Toyota autonomous car venture to launch in SE Asia next year

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, News

The self-driving car joint venture of SoftBank Corp and Toyota Motor plans to begin operating in Southeast Asia next year, in its first...

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Morgan Stanley says investors are undervaluing Tesla’s self-driving future

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, Finance, Perspective

Tesla has lost nearly a third of its value this year but Morgan Stanley believes there are some pieces of Elon Musk’s company that...

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Making money on self-driving cars: The roving eye will be golden

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

At many of my speaking engagements on self-driving driverless autonomous cars, beyond the usual technology-based questions, I also...

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Yandex promises 100 driverless cars on the road by 2020

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, News

Russian tech giant Yandex has been testing autonomous vehicles on public roads since December 2017, starting in Moscow and later expanding...

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Self-driving cars could disrupt air travel

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

As driverless cars become more capable and more common, they will change people’s travel habits not only around their own communities but...

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Don’t tell lidar foe Elon Musk but this maker of the robo-car vision tech just raised $170 million

Posted on Jun 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Innoviz Technologies, a maker of laser lidar sensors for self-driving and highly automated cars, just closed a $170 million funding round,...

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How Bosch maintains record pace despite multiple global challenges

Posted on Jun 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Some of the biggest European auto suppliers have seen their profits slump over the past year, but Robert Bosch — the largest of them...

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Innoviz extends funding round to $170 million to bring its lidar tech to self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 10, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Just a few months ago, Innoviz became one of the better capitalized lidar startups when it announced it had raised $132 million in a...

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Iowa City begins planning ahead for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jun 10, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

As automated vehicles edge nearer, Iowa City officials hope a newly released plan will help the community adapt to the new technology as...

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Tesla Autopilot safety stats said imbued with statistical fallacies, interpret cautiously

Posted on Jun 9, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

As I’ve mentioned in my column posts, Tesla and Elon Musk’s vision for the realization of semi-autonomous and fully autonomous cars is...

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There’s a drivers ed course for those who test self-driving cars on public roads

Posted on Jun 9, 2019 in Cars, News

The combination of fatal accidents involving self-driving test vehicles and a lack of public trust regarding their safety is leading many...

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On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business

Posted on Jun 7, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

More than three years ago, self-driving trucks startup Starsky Robotics was founded to solve a fundamental issue with freight — a solution...

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