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Why autonomous cars put suppliers in awkward position

Posted on Jan 31, 2019 in Cars, News

Intensifying demand for solutions that will make autonomous vehicles a reality has put suppliers such as ZF Friedrichshafen in an awkward...

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Toyota’s Tri-Ad division wants open source maps to guide the self-driving cars of tomorrow

Posted on Jan 31, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

If Toyota has its way, the maps guiding your future autonomous vehicle won’t be delivered through Google, Apple, Baidu, or TomTom, but via...

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Elon Musk said Tesla vehicles will likely drive without human assistance by the end of 2019

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Cars, News

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he expects Tesla vehicles to be able to safely drive themselves without human assistance by the...

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Avinew raises $5 million for car insurance that rewards you for using autonomous safety features

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

As the deployment of autonomous vehicles ramps up globally, all sorts of prickly regulatory questions are cropping up. Which parties...

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Coursera and the University of Toronto roll out autonomous cars specialization

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Cars, News

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) students partial to machine learning, buckle up: The University of Toronto wants to inculcate you with...

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No, Elon, the Navigate on Autopilot feature is not ‘full self-driving’

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Cars, Technology

On an earnings call with investors Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made an extraordinary statement: all of Tesla’s vehicles today are...

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Aceinna launches INS1000 for guiding autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Aceinna is offering the INS1000 high-performance dual-band real-time kinematic inertial navigation system (RTK INS) with built-in inertial...

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A second Apple self-driving car engineer is accused of stealing trade secrets

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Cars, News

The FBI has accused a second Apple employee of attempting to steal trade secrets from the company regarding its secretive self-driving car...

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Mobileye CEO explains camera-centric approach to self-driving cars

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

Mobileye’s camera setup can be found on vehicles supplied by BMW and Volkswagen, among others. It consists of 12 cameras: three cameras in...

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Bosch sees ‘huge’ market for electric, self-driving vehicle services

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Cars, News

Robert Bosch announced a push into parking, charging and maintenance services for electric and self-driving vehicles as it posted flat...

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Webinar: Integrating autonomous vehicles with public transport

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Webinars

Learn how your transit agency can reduce risk and accelerate time to market by defining the right requirements for new mobility services....

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Waymo met with more than 12 carmakers in 2016 on driverless tech

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Cars, News

Waymo met with more than 12 carmakers including Volvo in 2016 as the Alphabet Inc. unit sought manufacturing partners for its autonomous...

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Argo AI acquires permit to test autonomous vehicles in California

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Cars, News

Argo AI, the self-driving car startup that burst onto the scene in 2017 with $1 billion in backing from Ford, has obtained a permit to...

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BMW-backed Mapillary provides hyper mapping services for driverless vehicles

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

Autonomous vehicle networks rely on real-time mapping data during navigation on public roads. Such requirements are stringent, as most...

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Aptiv has data on over 30,000 autonomous Lyft rides in Las Vegas

Posted on Jan 29, 2019 in Cars, News

In 2017, Delphi Automotive split itself into two companies, Delphi Technologies and Aptiv. Among other things, Aptiv is focused on new...

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How AI is driving the next phase of autonomy

Posted on Jan 29, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Artificial intelligence is transforming virtually every industry, from healthcare, to manufacturing, to education. However, one of the...

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The big challenges in regulating self-driving cars

Posted on Jan 29, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Policy & Regulation

Over the next decade, “self-driving” as a feature of transportation will become as commonplace as cruise control. Forecasts suggest that...

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The U.S. auto industry in 2019: Twists, turns and bumps ahead

Posted on Jan 29, 2019 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

The U.S. auto industry ended 2018 with sales of 17.3 million new vehicles, which beat expectations, but the outlook for 2019 is uncertain....

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Apex.AI does the invisible work that will make self-driving cars possible

Posted on Jan 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Autonomous cars are some of the most complex mobile robots ever developed. And like any other complex robot, there’s an enormous...

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Hyundai unveils its automated parking & charging valet system

Posted on Jan 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Call it a sign of the times, but many drivers are having a hard time keeping in their lane or parallel parking. Fear not — Hyundai and Kia...

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