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Comma.ai punctuating self-driving vision with tests, software update

Posted on Jul 18, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

What do you know about comma.ai? Self-driving car watchers know them for sure and are watching with interest in test drives that explore...

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Continental AG restructures, prepares Powertrain for 2019 IPO

Posted on Jul 18, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

German auto supplier Continental on Wednesday said it will list its Powertrain unit as early as mid-2019 as part of a broader...

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Alternative to Lidar? Startup Light raises $121M from SoftBank, Leica to expand to self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 18, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News, Technology

In February, Dave Grannan, cofounder and CEO of imaging startup Light, flew to Tokyo to meet SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son for the first...

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Apple self-driving car fleet grows to 66 vehicles in California

Posted on Jul 18, 2018 in Cars, News

Apple is continuing to increase the number of autonomous vehicles it has on the roads for testing, reportedly registering more vehicles...

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Federal lawmakers seek boost to driverless car testing in Ohio

Posted on Jul 18, 2018 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Ohio lawmakers want to boost automated vehicle testing in the state. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking the U.S. Transportation...

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Transition to electric and autonomous vehicles will cost auto industry hundreds of billions

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, Markets

A new study projects that more than $255 billion will be spent on electric vehicle R&D and capital expenditures globally by 2022. A...

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Valeo Joins Baidu’s Autonomous Driving Partner Ecosystem, Apollo

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Valeo has entered into strategic cooperation with Apollo, the open autonomous driving platform created by Baidu, a leading Chinese...

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Driverless vehicles hit the streets in Frisco

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Frisco is holding public meetings to answer questions and share information about self-driving vans that are hitting the streets this...

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AI will create as many jobs as it displaces by boosting economic growth

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Markets, News, Trucks

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies are projected to create as many jobs as they displace in the UK over the next 20...

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation on autonomous vehicles, future of roads and drones, and more

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Elaine L. Chao sits down with Fortune’s Alan Murray at Fortune’s 2018 Brainstorm Tech conference....

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Uber’s head of policy for flying taxis and autonomous vehicles leaves for self-driving car startup Voyage

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Uber’s head of policy for autonomous vehicles and urban aviation, Justin Erlich, has left the company to join self-driving car startup...

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Portland selected as a testing ground for self-driving car technology

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Portland is trying to put itself on the map of the emerging self-driving vehicle industry. Maine’s biggest city is one of seven places...

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Putting autonomous robotics to work: Interview with Josh Meler at Hangar Technology

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Hangar, headquartered in Austin, TX, is the world’s first 4D visual data acquisition platform, existing to serve and nurture an ecosystem...

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Peskin expands SF rideshare tax to include self-driving vehicle companies

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

A gross receipts tax on so-called “rideshares” in San Francisco for this November’s ballot — including Uber and Lyft — has been expanded...

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Artificial intelligence will be net UK jobs creator, finds report

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Artificial intelligence is set to create more than 7m new UK jobs in healthcare, science and education by 2037, more than making up for...

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Tesla is getting a China factory. This $4 billion startup will be waiting

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Xpeng has Alibaba and the government in its corner. Can it start selling electric cars before Elon Musk builds his factory?...

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Global self-driving cars market by manufacturers, regions, type and application, forecast to 2023

Posted on Jul 16, 2018 in Cars, Markets

This report focuses on the Self-driving Cars in global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle...

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How blockchain might augment the self-driving revolution

Posted on Jul 16, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology

The autonomous vehicle industry has slowed its pace of innovation and development over the last few months. Current “state-of-the-art”...

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GM’s self-driving car unit could be worth $43 billion — nearly 4 times the valuation it received 6 weeks ago, RBC says

Posted on Jul 15, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Cruise, the self-driving car company bought by General Motors in 2016, could be worth a whopping $43 billion, RBC Capital Markets...

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Watch a self-driving car complete Goodwood’s legendary hill climb

Posted on Jul 15, 2018 in Cars, News

Roborace has carved out a small niche in history with the first self-driving vehicle to successfully complete Goodwood’s famous hill...

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