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Congress isn’t voting on any self-driving car rules before 2019, report says

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Back in October, we reported on the Department of Transportation’s plan to ease regulations for self-driving cars. Since the DOT...

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BlackBerry profit beats as bets on autonomous technology pay off

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates on Thursday, as the company’s focus on...

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Kia wants future autonomous cars to be able to read passengers’ emotions

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Technology

At CES 2019, Kia will look into the future, to a time when self-driving cars are the norm. When every person is a passenger, companies...

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Udelv signs driverless delivery vehicle deal in Texas

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicle developer Udelv will use its self-driving vehicles to deliver automotive supplies as part of a multiyear deal with a...

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The future is hybrid: Why we need a control tower for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicles and services are coming as early as next month or late in the next decade, depending on who you ask. Ford, Waymo and...

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Discussing the future of self-driving cars with next-generation engineers

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Educational initiatives, such as the AutoDrive Challenge, enable next-generation engineers to deepen their knowledge and gain hands-on...

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Operate an autonomous car through voice recognition software

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Korean electric vehicle producer IT Engineering, and The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), have partnered on...

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Slow and steady could win the self-driving car race

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The bulk of the attention in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space has been focused on Alphabet’s Waymo and GM, which will likely be the...

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Lyft is getting more serious about autonomous vehicle safety with new hire

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Lyft  today announced the hiring of John Maddox, founder of the American Center for Mobility and previous associate administrator of...

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Autonomy news — December 2018 edition: Nuro, Formant, & Anthony Levandowski

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

The convergence between humans and machines continues gaining speed as the end of 2018 approaches. We often associate autonomy with...

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Elon Musk’s vision for transport is a 3D network of tunnels for autonomous electric vehicles

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Tonight, Musk showed off a 1.14-mile test tunnel — that snakes its way underneath 120th Street in the city of Hawthorne — that his other...

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Self-driving cars might still need human drivers

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

For all the talk of cars without drivers, the deployment of autonomous vehicles might still require humans controlling them from a...

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Continental pioneers tire tests with self-driving test vehicles

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News

At  its  test  site  in  Uvalde,  Texas,  U.S.A.,  the  technology  company  Continental  has  commissioned  the  first  driverless  tire ...

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Will Santa have a driverless sleigh by next Christmas?

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

For those of us who will soon head over the river and through the woods to meet up with family, the holidays mean travel. Last year,...

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Daimler, BMW mull cooperation on platforms, self-driving tech, report says

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News

Daimler and BMW are considering joining forces on making key automotive components, a move that would tie the traditional luxury-car...

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Honda to feature safe swarm, wireless V2G, & autonomous work vehicle at CES 2019

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Honda is not leading the electric vehicle revolution but it is deeply involved in finding mobility solutions for the future. At the...

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New cyber-security standard for self-driving car technology is released

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

The UK’s position as a leader in the development of self-driving vehicles has been enhanced by a new cyber-security standard, published by...

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US agency to speed reviews of automaker self-driving petitions

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Policy & Regulation, Trucks

The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday it is speeding up the process for reviewing whether automakers can deploy self-driving...

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Arm Holdings unveils chip aimed at self-driving car sensors

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Arm Holdings, the chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group Corp, on Tuesday pushed deeper into the automotive world with chip aimed at...

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Kroger adds driverless vehicles to its grocery delivery fleet

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News

Earlier this year, Kroger teamed up with the self-driving startup Nuro for a grocery delivery service, and in August the company began...

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