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Stock take: Legal groundwork laid for self-driving cars on UK roads

Posted on Jun 7, 2021 in Cars, Policy & Regulation

The UK government is developing legislation to permit autonomous cars to drive on public roads, which will address a range of issues such...

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Why the dream of truly driverless cars is slowly dying

Posted on Jun 7, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

We were told there’d be fully-autonomous vehicles dominating roadways across the globe by 2018. When that didn’t happen, we were told...

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Cruise can now give passengers rides in driverless cars in California

Posted on Jun 7, 2021 in Cars, News

Cruise, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, Microsoft and Honda, has secured a permit...

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Self-driving cars could be decades away, no matter what Elon Musk said

Posted on Jun 5, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

In 2015, Elon Musk said self-driving cars that could drive “anywhere” would be here within two or three years....

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The Mars autonomous helicopter named Ingenuity gets confounded by timestamp glitch, providing insightful lessons for AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 5, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Have you ever glanced at a snapshot and asked someone when they took that photo? I’m sure that you have. You undoubtedly wanted to place...

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That California woman using her car to thwart a mountain lion and save her beloved dog provides valuable lessons for AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

What would you do? A woman in California heard her beloved pet dog barking frantically outside of her home and wondered what in the heck...

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Meituan unmanned delivery team to be nearly tripled in size

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Cars, News

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Meituan’s unmanned delivery center will reportedly add another 500 jobs, covering algorithm, engineering, and other...

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Waymo’s driverless taxi service can now be accessed on Google Maps

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Cars, News

Waymo One, the ride-hailing service that uses driverless vehicles in the suburbs of Phoenix, can now be accessed and booked through Google...

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The long road to automated cars

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Sergey Brin knows a little about ground-breaking technology. But when the Google co-founder said in 2012 that we could ‘count on one hand’...

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Apple loses multiple top managers from self-driving car division

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in Cars, News

Apple Inc. has lost multiple top managers of its self-driving car team in recent months, a sign of attrition at the division involved in...

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Robot shuttles are not robotaxis, explains IDTechEx

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Reports

BOSTON, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Robotaxis are nothing more than repurposed autonomous cars used for ride-hailing. Some may be...

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What you should do if you see an AI self-driving car behaving badly

Posted on Jun 1, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Humans can be troubling. How so? Consider your daily commute. The odds of coming across a driver that is doing something untoward is...

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BMW’S i4 sedan is the electric 4 Series you’ve been waiting for

Posted on Jun 1, 2021 in Cars, News

Months after revealing its first new electric vehicle in nearly a decade, the iX SUV, BMW is ready to pull back the curtain on its next...

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The dream of the truly driverless car is officially dead

Posted on Jun 1, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Lyft’s quest for driverless cars is over. The company recently announced the sale of its self-driving unit to the auto giant Toyota....

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New research says human drivers are accelarousal-prone which is especially eye-catching for AI self-driving cars

Posted on May 28, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

I feel the need, the need for speed. We all know that famous line. I feel the need, the need for acceleration. That’s a line that doesn’t...

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FLIP. First fully autonomous vehicle by SberAutoTech

Posted on May 27, 2021 in Cars, News

MOSCOW, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SberAutoTech, a Sber ecosystem company, has revealed a prototype of its own autonomous vehicle...

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Apple seeks to bite into self-driving electric vehicle market

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The scramble for the $5 trillion car market is afoot. The leaders in self-driving tech and electric mobility will be the winners. Apple...

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Self-driving cars raise liability questions for insurers

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Cars, Finance

(TNS) — The advent of self-driving cars is raising questions in the insurance sector about who should pay when the vehicles crash and how...

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Study shows many motorists feel less safe with autonomous cars on the roads

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Cars, News

A joint study from the American Automobile Association (AAA) and Harvard has revealed how uncomfortable many drivers are about sharing the...

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Memorial Day traveling is going to be dicey, not so in an era of AI self-driving cars

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The Memorial Day weekend is almost here! And it is time for a deserved road trip, a refreshing getaway, a chance to finally stretch your...

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