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Chinese self-driving start-up AutoX sets up ‘Asia’s largest robotaxi operations centre’ in Shanghai

Posted on Apr 10, 2020 in Cars, News

Chinese autonomous driving start-up AutoX has launched a “gigafactory” in Shanghai, which it says is the largest data hub for self-driving...

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Starship Technologies is sending its autonomous robots to more cities as demand for contactless delivery rises

Posted on Apr 10, 2020 in Cars, News

Starship Technologies has launched a robot food delivery service in Tempe, Ariz., as part of the autonomous delivery startup’s expansion...

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Driver focus: New safeguards recommended for partially automated vehicles

Posted on Apr 9, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Cars may be getting smarter, but what effect are they having on the people driving them? Recent research indicates that more advanced...

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Karma debuts Level 4 autonomous all-electric (E-Flex) van

Posted on Apr 9, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Karma Automotive does not waste time during the coronavirus slowdown and today unveiled an all-new vehicle built on the Karma E-Flex...

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Analysts: Trucking ripe with opportunities for autonomous technology

Posted on Apr 9, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

Many headlines about autonomous driving focus on the consumer auto market, but the commercial and heavy-duty truck segment are where...

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Flexibility, platform-agnostic approach key to mainstream autonomous mobility

Posted on Apr 9, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

HD mapping will do to manual navigation what smartphones did to cordless phones, blueray did to cassettes, and Cloud did to CDs ­—...

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Posted on Apr 9, 2020 in Uncategorized

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Electric performance brand Polestar shares new details of its ‘Precept’ sedan

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Now that Tesla has become a formidable force in the auto industry, the company has opened the doors for legacy automakers and new electric...

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Tesla is hiking the price of its semi-autonomous ‘Full Self-Driving’ package soon in anticipation of new over-the-air updates

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla plans to increase the price for its “Full Self-Driving” driver-assistance feature on July 1, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in...

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Nuro gets OK to test its driverless delivery vehicles on California public roads

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 in Cars, News

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro has been granted a permit to begin driverless testing on California’s public roads, paving the way for...

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Nuro gets OK to test its driverless delivery vehicles on California public roads

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro has been granted a permit to begin driverless testing on California’s public roads, paving the way for...

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How COVID-19 could open the door for driverless deliveries

Posted on Apr 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The COVID-19 pandemic has put an incredible strain on global supply chains, from medical supplies to household goods, as spikes in demand...

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Autonomous cars are harder to design than any other, says BMW

Posted on Apr 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

If you think you’re frustrated with BMW’s current design direction, just wait until cars get even more autonomous. At the moment, the most...

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Urban Computing Foundation to host the Mapzen project

Posted on Apr 7, 2020 in News, Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Urban Computing Foundation (UCF), a forum for developers to collaborate on and build...

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Einride demos a single teleoperator taking control of multiple autonomous trucks

Posted on Apr 7, 2020 in News, Trucks

Despite the fanfare around driverless cars’ potential to transform cities and make roads safer, the transition to a world in which...

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Einride demos a single teleoperator taking control of multiple autonomous trucks

Posted on Apr 7, 2020 in Editor’s Picks

Despite the fanfare around driverless cars’ potential to transform cities and make roads safer, the transition to a world in which...

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Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) sensors will be useful for AI self-driving cars, but not likely to strike gold

Posted on Apr 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Recent news reports have heralded the latest research on Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) sensors and suggested that such devices will...

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Autonomous driving: cities of the future

Posted on Apr 6, 2020 in Infrastructure, Perspective

If there’s one thing Japan is famous for, it’s infrastructure. From the thousands of miles of high-speed rail tracks that duck and weave...

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Autonomous vehicles: Driving regulatory and liability challenges

Posted on Apr 6, 2020 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

The development of autonomous vehicle (“AV”) technologies has been a recent focus of automotive and tech companies alike. One of the main...

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Zoox, citing COVID-19 shutdown, lays off its autonomous vehicle backup drivers

Posted on Apr 6, 2020 in Cars, News

Zoox, the ambitious self-driving startup said to be worth over $3 billion, laid off almost all of its contract workers last week,...

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