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Global preferences for who to save in self-driving car crashes revealed

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Cars, News

If self-driving cars become widespread, society will have to grapple with a new burden: the ability to program vehicles with preferences...

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Waymo explains what its self-driving cars should do when pulled over

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Cars, News

Every new driver learns to pull over and stop when a police car blaring red-and-blues approaches. But how would an autonomous vehicle...

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Creating secure, efficient and cost-effective OTA updates for connected and autonomous cars

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Webinars

Connected and autonomous cars are no longer the stuff of science fiction or solely contained in R&D labs. Over-the-air (OTA) update...

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Chinese self-driving car startup raises $1 billion in funding

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Momenta, a Chinese-based automotive startup, is the latest in a series of car manufacturers to raise significant amounts of funding in an...

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Intel: 43% of U.S. respondents don’t feel safe around self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous cars are on the way, with some experts forecasting that 33 million will hit the road by 2040. But public acceptance hasn’t...

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Sweden unveils advanced testing facility for self-driving vehicles

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Infrastructure, News, Trucks

Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), in partnership with Charmers University, has unveiled the AstaZero 5G test facility for self-driving...

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Lyft unveils a new self-driving car and acquires an AR startup to help it build maps

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, News

On Tuesday, Lyft offered a glimpse of its brand-new self-driving car. It’s a Ford Focus hybrid sedan with technology designed and built by...

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Nvidia delivers its self-driving car safety report to the feds

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, News

Nvidia, one of the world’s best known manufacturers of computer graphics cards, released its autonomous driving safety report on Tuesday....

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Self-driving taxis – a dystopian future?

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Would you like to ask Addison Lee whether the “self-driving” cars it aims to deploy in London by 2021 (Report, 22 October) will in fact...

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Europeans advised ADAS can’t do it all

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Euro NCAP Secretary General Michiel van Ratingen says the test results are clear: “Cars, even those with advanced driver-assistance...

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Apple’s Peloton patent connects moving self-driving cars to boost efficiency

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Apple received a patent on Tuesday for a suite of autonomous vehicle technologies that it’s calling Peloton. A lowercase-P peloton...

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Anyone can go for a ride in these self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

If you’re visiting Arlington, Texas, and have been itching to try out an autonomous vehicle, you’re in luck. Starting Friday,...

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From Model T to driverless: Ford to launch fleet of robot cars in Washington

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

The black Ford Fusion hybrid with a tiara of laser sensors looped twice through a four-mile stretch of a changing Washington, passing a...

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Can suppliers handle autonomous-era exposure?

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Few small parts suppliers have ever faced the kind of negative attention that comes with headline-making accidents....

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Addison Lee aims to deploy self-driving cars in London by 2021

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

Self-driving car services could be on the streets of London within three years under a partnership between the private hire firm Addison...

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Insight: Volvo’s clean, driverless, role-changing 360c targets air travel

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Volvo is developing clean, self-driving cars. From its research and development center in Gothenburg, the premium Swedish marque has also...

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Ford will test self-driving cars in Washington, DC, with an emphasis on ‘equity’

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous cars are coming to the nation’s capital. Ford announced Monday that it would begin testing its self-driving cars on the streets...

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Autonomous vehicles have some regulatory roadblocks to navigate

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

As John Paul drove to Stamford in mid-October in yet another autumn deluge, he kept his hands tight on the wheel despite the car crammed...

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U.K. on-demand car service plans autonomous vehicles in London by 2021

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

Two British firms announced an alliance to speed up self-driving taxi service development in London. Executive car service Addison Lee and...

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In autonomous vehicles’ future, garages go away: Here’s 10 big RE impacts

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Technology

One Friday morning late last month, a fully electric, 12-person EZMile EZ10 Gen II shuttle whispered from its current top cruising speed...

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