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China targets the robotaxi industry

Posted on Aug 5, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Chinese tech giant Baidu opened a 2.5-acre test track and operations base for autonomous vehicles last week, its third such site in the...

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Word to the wise: Do not try asking an AI self-driving car to park in the red

Posted on Aug 4, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

You are giving a friend a lift in your car and as you approach their desired drop-off there is no apparent place to idle or park to allow...

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Apple once again expands California self-driving test fleet

Posted on Aug 3, 2021 in Cars, News

Apple has expanded its California self-driving test fleet to 69 cars and 92 drivers, according to a report from macReports. In May, it was...

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Apple once again expands California self-driving test fleet

Posted on Aug 3, 2021 in Cars, News

Apple has expanded its California self-driving test fleet to 69 cars and 92 drivers, according to a report from macReports. In May, it was...

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Arrival Van completes first autonomous ride without driver, road tests to follow

Posted on Aug 2, 2021 in Cars, News

EV startup Arrival has shared news that its electric van has completed a demonstration at a fully functioning parcel depot without a...

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Musing on that rising speculation about wanting to ditch the vaunted topmost Level 5 of the self-driving cars autonomous rating scale

Posted on Aug 2, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Standards are important. That is a general truism and backed up by the tremendous value we place on a myriad of existing and worldwide...

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Chinese giants GAC and Huawei will work together to develop a smart SUV

Posted on Aug 1, 2021 in Cars, News

GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On July 9, 2021, GAC Group officially announced an exciting joint project with tech...

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AI self-driving cars telling you to keep your hands, feet, and head inside the vehicle at all times

Posted on Aug 1, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Here’s an important announcement: Please keep your hands, feet, and head inside the vehicle at all times. That’s something you’ve...

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Argo AI can now offer the public rides in its autonomous vehicles in California

Posted on Jul 31, 2021 in Cars, News

Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Ford and VW, has landed a permit in California that will allow the company to...

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Teenage driver swerves to avoid squirrel, rams into Abraham Lincoln ancestry home, providing Honest Abe insights for AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 30, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Honest Abe. That was the moniker given to our famous statesman and sixteenth president of the United States, namely Abraham Lincoln....

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Baidu will expand its robotaxi service to 30 cities in the next two or three years

Posted on Jul 30, 2021 in Cars, News

Baidu plans to expand its robotaxi ride-hailing services across 30 cities in China in two to three years to serve a wider range of users....

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Aurora leverages Uber ride data to plan high-speed robotaxi service

Posted on Jul 29, 2021 in Cars, Technology

Automated ride-hail services, a core goal for leading autonomous tech developers Alphabet’s Waymo and GM-backed Cruise, are being readied...

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Veritasium wants driverless cars on the road ASAP

Posted on Jul 29, 2021 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Driverless cars are surely coming in the not too distant future. We don’t exactly know when, but they should already be commercially (and...

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Motional selects Ottopia to enable teleoperation of its mass robotaxi fleets

Posted on Jul 28, 2021 in Cars, News, Technology

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Motional has selected Ottopia, the global leader in teleoperation, to support the...

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Industrial Revolution 4.0 and massively distributed manufacturing will be driven via autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 28, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Just about everyone has heard of the Industrial Revolution and how it changed everything. Fewer know that we have presumably been through...

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Dada ramps up expansion of autonomous delivery in partnership with JD

Posted on Jul 27, 2021 in Cars, News

SHANGHAI, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dada Group (Nasdaq: DADA) (“Dada”), China’s leading local on-demand...

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Six major Valeo innovations to be shown at IAA Mobility 2021

Posted on Jul 27, 2021 in Cars, News, Technology

Valeo will unveil six innovations – including a series of technologies that can create a “health shield” within the interior of a vehicle...

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Getting banned from riding in AI self-driving cars for the rest of your entire life

Posted on Jul 26, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

People keep getting banned for doing the darndest and seemingly dumbest of acts. Oftentimes getting banned for the rest of their entire...

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Google’s self-driving startup Waymo argues the UK shouldn’t cap autonomous cars on the road

Posted on Jul 26, 2021 in Cars, News

Waymo, the self-driving vehicles startup owned by Google, has called on the UK government not to impose limits on the number of autonomous...

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3 companies moving forward with robotaxis as Tesla delays

Posted on Jul 26, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and the company’s investors have high hopes for so-called “robotaxis,” self-driving vehicles that...

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