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Human drivers bullying self-driving cars: Unlawful or fair game?

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The official California DMV Driver Handbook provides prescribed driving practices that everyone is supposed to comply with while driving...

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Take the next step in automated driving with a comprehensive development tool

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Webinars

Software for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving represents a strong driver of innovation within the...

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The road to Level 5 autonomy is still a long way off

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Automakers are waking up to the realities of autonomous vehicles. In 2016, Ford said that it’d be mass producing vehicles capable of...

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Autonomous vehicle knowledge is key to acceptance: HNTB Survey

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, News, Reports, Trucks

More than half of Americans (52 percent) believe they are familiar with or knowledgeable about autonomous vehicles (also referred to as...

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Radar finds new place in self-driving technology

Posted on Jun 3, 2019 in Cars, Technology

On a mid-March afternoon, 3 inches of fresh snow blanketed M-14, a state highway in southeast Michigan. Lane markings were covered in a...

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SoftBank’s service to help power self-driving buses, farm machinery

Posted on Jun 3, 2019 in Buses, News, Technology

Japan’s SoftBank said on Monday it will launch a service this year that would use satellite navigation data and the telco’s...

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Radar sensor module to bring added safety to autonomous driving

Posted on Jun 3, 2019 in Cars, Technology

When a child runs out onto the road, the average human driver takes 1.6 seconds to hit the brake pedal. The reaction time is cut to 0.5...

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Cooperation and communication essential for consumer confidence in autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jun 3, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Until very recently, mobility has been a purely mechanical affair. The cogs and bolts that have underpinned and powered automobiles have,...

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Tesla Autopilot, at times unsafe for automatic lane changes, lays bare machine-learning brittleness

Posted on Jun 2, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

In my column of last Sunday, I analyzed a Tesla Autopilot incident involving a Tesla Model 3 that slammed into a stalled car on a highway,...

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Lyft and Aptiv have completed 50,000 self-driving car rides in Las Vegas

Posted on Jun 2, 2019 in Cars, News

For the last couple of years at CES, Lyft and Aptiv have made a big deal about offering rides in their self-driving BMWs. We’ve done...

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Lyft and Aptiv have completed 50,000 self-driving car rides in Las Vegas

Posted on Jun 2, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

For the last couple of years at CES, Lyft and Aptiv have made a big deal about offering rides in their self-driving BMWs. We’ve done it a...

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This is what it’s like to control an autonomous car from miles away

Posted on Jun 1, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The exit ramp is a long, curving slope, and you have to make sure the 50-foot big rig you’re driving carefully navigates the bend...

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ProBeat: Apple’s Drive.ai acquisition proves nothing new

Posted on Jun 1, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

This week was another whirlwind in AI News. But one story particularly stood out to me: the collapse of self-driving car startup Dubai.ai....

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Waymo says self-driving semis will travel Phoenix roads

Posted on May 31, 2019 in News, Trucks

Waymo said in a tweet Wednesday that its self-driving semitrucks will begin traveling freeways in the Phoenix area. A spokeswoman for...

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Autonomous cars will need airbags and seatbelts for foreseeable future

Posted on May 31, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Autonomous vehicles usually are depicted with passengers lounging in lavish cockpits that look like living rooms. They have seats that...

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Will cyber-warfare impact the development of driverless vehicles?

Posted on May 31, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Answer by Stan Hanks, tech guy, on Quora: War is by nature the projection of force by one country to another to seek compliance with...

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Uber’s earnings report could give a clearer picture on self-driving cars

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

With Uber set to release its first earnings report as a publicly-traded company Thursday afternoon, expect to see some updates on the...

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Japan law loosens rules for self-driving cars

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Stuck in traffic on a Japanese highway? If you’re in a self-driving car you might be able to kick back with a sandwich and check...

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Essential stats for justifying and comparing self-driving cars to humans at the wheel

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

In speaking at various industry events, I am often asked about some of the various statistics frequently mentioned as a form of...

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California DMV considers reworked regs for AV delivery tests

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News

California is moving a little closer to allowing self-driving delivery vehicles to shuttle packages from companies like Amazon or even...

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