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Uber vs. Lyft: Which is the better autonomous vehicle company?

Posted on Mar 22, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Uber and Lyft are racing toward their IPOs, with Lyft likely going public in the coming weeks and Uber likely not too far behind. And as...

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Velodyne’s Godfather of laser sensors hits $500 million milestone, sets his sights on safer self-driving cars

Posted on Mar 22, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Spinning laser lidar sensors, invented by Velodyne’s David Hall more than a decade ago, helped kick off a race to create self-driving...

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7 key challenges impacting the mass deployment of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The automotive industry is currently looking at the technology innovation needed to move from today’s prototype autonomous vehicles to...

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Ford announces plans to build electric & autonomous cars in Michigan

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Ford announced on March 20 it will invest $850 million to prepare its iconic Flat Rock assembly plant for building battery electric cars....

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Autonomous vehicle timing is a MEMS thing

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Engineering is always about tradeoffs, but autonomous vehicles are pushing that to the limit with conflicting requirements....

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Self-driving vehicles for road sweeping to go on trial

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News

Self-driving vehicles to clean roads in Singapore will go on trial in 2020, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Ministry of...

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Aurora’s Sterling Anderson, Uber ATG’s Raquel Urtasun to discuss self-driving cars and AI at TC Sessions

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, News

We’re just weeks away from our TC Sessions: Robotics + AI event at UC Berkeley on April 18. Some of the best and brightest minds are...

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Jim Cramer: Apple doesn’t need a driverless car to be a buy

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Will Tim Cook next week have to introduce a driverless Mac Car that runs on water and, for an additional $49, take us to Mars in order to...

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Are you ready for a self-driving electric Lotus SUV?

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Lotus Cars was founded by Colin Chapman over seventy years ago in Hethel, England, and, since that first year, has been in and out of...

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Tesla accuses self-driving startup Zoox and former employees of trade secret theft

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Tesla filed two lawsuits late on Wednesday against multiple former employees and the self-driving startup Zoox for allegedly...

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Autonomous transport will shape the future of cities – best get on the right path early

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A unique opportunity exists for infrastructure investment in Australia as transport as we know it faces disruption from autonomous...

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Racist self-driving cars concerns are (well-intentioned) clickbait

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Recently, a series of disturbing headlines about a study out of Georgia Tech have suggested a shocking possibility: self-driving vehicles,...

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How do you insure a fully autonomous car?

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Policy & Regulation

With both car and tech companies scrambling to develop systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road...

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Damasky: Artificial intelligence is deciding factor for connected and automated driving

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

What will artificial intelligence contribute to automated driving? What will happen with Brexit? What will the transport of tomorrow be...

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Why Nvidia partnering with Toyota is a big deal

Posted on Mar 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Shares of Nvidia (NVDA – Get Report) fell about 0.75% on Wednesday, but they have done well over the past few weeks. In fact,...

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On the ‘edge’ with driverless cars

Posted on Mar 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

How soon will it be before you pull up at a stop light in your car, and the car next to you has no one behind the wheel? Maybe sooner than...

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Reducing human error road accidents with automotive technology

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Human error in road accidents is estimated at 94 percent, making mistakes by drivers a major concern for public safety. In order to get a...

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ON Semiconductor and 3M collaborate to accelerate automated vehicle technology

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

ON Semiconductor and 3M have mutually announced their partnership to help improve the navigation systems in vehicles equipped with...

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A Waymo engineer reveals how the self-driving car company develops its robot brains

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

It’s a common Silicon Valley story: a young person reads science-fiction novels or watches some movies that feature robots and...

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Molex announces membership in Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

Molex has joined the Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance to collaborate with other industry leaders in the development and...

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