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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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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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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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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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Foretellix and Metamoto partner to deliver measurable safety of autonomous vehicles

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

Foretellix, an Israel-based start-up with a mission to enable measurable safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs), and Metamoto, a provider of...

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Fully autonomous vehicles are still a distant dream, says SAIPS executive

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

“Regulation does not restrict development of the autonomous car. Drivers are required to be active for at least some of the driving...

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Uber, Lyft, or GM: Which is the better driverless car play?

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News

By 2040, 33 million of the vehicles sold annually will be fully autonomous, according to the predictions of analysts at IHS Markit. ...

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Data security for autonomous vehicles can and should be treated with respect

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The list of privacy and security issues that bubble up as the auto industry grapples with autonomous and shared vehicles is long and...

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Self-driving could get a big boost if this automotive radar startup is on the right track

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The hideously difficult, costly and time-consuming development of self-driving technology hungers for breakthroughs such as the one that...

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VW is working on ways to prevent nausea in self-driving cars

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, News

It took me years to condition myself to be able to look at my phone from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle without getting nauseous,...

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Ford and Agility Robotics collaborate on autonomous vehicle-to-robot doorstep deliveries

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Using autonomous vehicles to deliver packages directly to the doorstep of customers, without help from humans, could be more seamless with...

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