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Volvo’s new patent would let drivers slide a steering wheel out of the way when their car is driving itself

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Although driver-assistance systems are the new craze, true autonomous vehicles — cars that will allow for driving without any human...

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BMW uses Unity 3D to create virtual world for autonomous driving development

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 in Cars, Technology

BMW needs to amass 150 million virtual miles of testing for its autonomous driving technology before it will be ready for customers, so...

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You’ve got mail: Japan Post delivery robot debuts in Tokyo

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 in Cars, News

Japan Post Co. unveiled Wednesday a self-driving mail delivery robot as demand grows for minimizing human contact amid the coronavirus...

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Semi-autonomous vehicle brings future to Japanese mountain village

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

AKITA, Japan (Kyodo) — Asa Ishikami has seen much change in her 85 years of life, and now she is witnessing the future of travel...

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Self-driving cars could be operating daily in 1-2 years—just not in big cities

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

(Bloomberg) — Oliver Cameron co-founded the self-driving car start-up Voyage in 2017 on the theory that retirement communities are...

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Waymo and Cruise safety drivers face a bleak choice: Pandemic or pollution?

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Leo* stepped out of his house in Oakland recently to start his day as a backup driver for Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by...

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Ann Arbor startup develops autonomous robot to safely deliver meals, groceries in pandemic

Posted on Oct 3, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective

The COVID-19 crisis has affected Michigan companies big and small in all kinds of ways but for startups tied to robotics and mobility, the...

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Tire blowouts could cause self-driving cars to go astray

Posted on Oct 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Have you ever had a tire go bad on you? Sometimes, a tire can seemingly obliterate and become a tangled mess of rubber and threads....

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Uber self-driving car death ruling sets a scary precedent

Posted on Sep 29, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Recently we learned that someone will face charges, after all, in the death of Elaine Herzberg, the first person killed by a self-driving...

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Our self-driving business in Austin, one year later

Posted on Sep 29, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

We stood in Austin one year ago with optimism for the journey ahead — launching a self-driving service that can be a part of the city’s...

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Self-driving cars are still going to take a long time, people

Posted on Sep 29, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

A few years ago, I visited a super promising company called Luminar, which makes LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, technology that...

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10 unexpected places taking on the driverless challenge

Posted on Sep 28, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Infrastructure, Perspective

The driverless dream is quickly becoming closer to reality, and not just in Silicon Valley. Here we take a look at a few of the more...

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They promised us driverless cars. What happened?: Don Pittis

Posted on Sep 28, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The name of the Scottish indie band We Were Promised Jetpacks alludes to disappointment that the future isn’t all it was cracked up...

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AI is increasingly being designed to apologize, but self-driving cars are not hip to the idea

Posted on Sep 27, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

They say that love means never having to say that you are sorry. When does it make sense though to proffer being sorry and offer someone...

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Say aloha to self-driving cars as Hawaii approves roadway testing, though paradise not assured

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Do you dream of taking a vacation to Hawaii? If so, you can now bolster those dreamy images in your head by including a new showcase that...

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Where are all the self-driving cars we were promised?

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

When it comes to self-driving vehicles, we’ve been promised a lot in recent years. They are supposed to rescue us from the monotony of...

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Self-driving car bill reintroduced in House minus biggest backer

Posted on Sep 22, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Legislation that would allow carmakers to sell as many as 100,000 self-driving vehicles per year in the U.S. is being reintroduced in the...

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Self-driving cars versus the most dangerous driving month of the year

Posted on Sep 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Which month of the year is considered the most dangerous for drivers? Give this question a moment of somber consideration. There are...

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Driverless transportation to return to Arlington, Texas

Posted on Sep 21, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

(TNS) — Driverless transportation will return to Arlington in March as the city continues testing best uses for the burgeoning technology....

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Singapore has big driverless ambitions and the pandemic is unlikely to stop them

Posted on Sep 21, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective

SINGAPORE — The buggy takes off on the track, moving very slowly. No one is controlling it, but the wheel spins and the vehicle negotiates...

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