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Uber sells self-driving unit to Aurora, takes startup stake

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

Uber Technologies Inc. sold its self-driving car division to Aurora Innovation Inc. and took a stake in the startup, pulling back from its...

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Baidu gets first permit for fully driverless road tests in Beijing

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, News

Baidu said on Monday that its Apollo unit was granted permission by Beijing transportation industry regulator for five of its vehicles to...

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Panasonic to trial self-driving home delivery robot in February

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, News

Panasonic Corp. said Monday it will start trials in February of home deliveries by a self-driving robot in a residential area in Kanagawa...

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This guy is taking viewers along for his driverless rides

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

WAYMO HAS LONG kept details about its industry-leading self-driving technology under wraps. The company has done millions of miles of...

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Apple developing LiDAR mapping tech & touch sensitive contextual dashboard for Apple Car

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Apple is continuing its development of technology that could end up in a potential Apple Car, including LiDAR barrier detection systems...

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New Eagle sponsors Indy Autonomous Challenge

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Mechatronic control system engineering company New Eagle announced today that the...

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Ford’s autonomous cars are delivering fresh produce in Miami

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 in Cars, News

Ford’s long-running Miami self-driving car tests might just prove vital during the pandemic. The automaker, Argo AI and The Education Fund...

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Amazon/Zoox custom vehicle design revealed early and leaks some details

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

Zoox, the self-driving robotaxi startup acquired for over $1B earlier this year by Amazon AMZN -0.1%, has promised a big reveal for Dec...

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Elon Musk makes clear his stance on self-driving cars, AI oversight, and his ‘ad for Mars’

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

In an interview with Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Axel Springer, Business Insider’s parent company, Elon Musk revealed his thoughts...

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The impassioned debate: Self-driving cars parking head-in versus nose out

Posted on Dec 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

A parking lot can become a feuding landscape akin to the Old West and the infamous rivalry between the Hatfields and the McCoys....

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VW CEO expects autonomous cars on market from 2025-2030

Posted on Dec 6, 2020 in Cars, News

BERLIN — Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess expects autonomous vehicles to be ready for sale between 2025 and 2030....

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Recap: Who’s responsible if a self-driving car has an accident?

Posted on Dec 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

With self-driving cars gaining traction in today’s automobile landscape, the issue of legal liability in the case of an accident has...

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CEO of Yandex Self Driving Group predicts that autonomous vehicles will roam freely around major cities within five years

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving cars are yet to become the everyday reality in Europe, but one European tech giant is racing to compete with Google’s...

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Self-driving cars being tailgated by obnoxious human drivers

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Let’s talk about those obnoxious people that insist on driving their car as though it is an extension of the rear bumper of your car....

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Alibaba-backed autonomous car firm AutoX starts driverless testing

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 in Cars, News

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese autonomous vehicle startup AutoX, backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said on Thursday it has...

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Elon Musk is ‘extremely confident’ Tesla will release full autonomy in ‘some jurisdictions’ next year

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Elon Musk now says that he is “extremely confident” that Tesla will release full autonomy to customers in “some jurisdictions” in 2021....

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Self-driving cars need those ‘How am I driving’ bumper stickers

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Sometimes bumper stickers are notably helpful. While out driving, you are bound to see vehicles that have the legendary “How Am I...

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McKinsey & Company: Private autonomous vehicles: The other side of the robo-taxi story

Posted on Dec 1, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

In the past few years, autonomous driving (AD) has generated sizable interest. The buzz started with a wave of bold announcements by tech...

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Ride-hail companies are making life harder for scooters

Posted on Nov 30, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

ROBOTAXIS DON’T EXIST yet. Some experts suspect they won’t circulate widely for another decade. But earlier this month, the state of...

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3 islands will be built off the coast of Malaysia and connected using autonomous vehicles — see the plans for ‘BiodiverCity’

Posted on Nov 29, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News

Bjarke Ingels Group, among other private entities, is partnering with Malaysia’s Penang state government to create the Penang South...

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