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How Ford Helped Clemson Students Build the University’s First Self-Driving Car

Posted on Oct 22, 2020 in Cars, News

Working on self-driving vehicles is exciting for many reasons. Rarely do you get an opportunity to help change the way we move. While the...

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Elon Musk Says ‘Full Self-Driving’ Mode On Tesla Is Finally Here, Sort Of

Posted on Oct 21, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

For the lucky few selected to experience “Full Self-Driving” (or FSD) on their Tesla vehicle, Tuesday night is the night....

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Ford will use its Escape SUV to power a self-driving car service

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

With the unveiling of its latest autonomous test vehicle, Ford believes it’s one step closer to offering a commercial self-driving car...

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Cruise, GM to seek U.S. okay for self-driving vehicle without pedal, steering wheel

Posted on Oct 21, 2020 in Cars, News

Self-driving car maker Cruise said on Wednesday it and majority shareholder General Motors Co would seek U.S. regulatory approval in...

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Driverless Race Accelerates: Who is Leading the Game?

Posted on Oct 20, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

With the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning in advanced driver-assistance systems, robots are finally taking over...

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‘Human-like vision’ pivotal to unlocking autonomous driving

Posted on Oct 20, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Despite what people might think, the biggest challenge to the fully-autonomous future is not technical or scientific, but in fact,...

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Here’s how Continental is trying to make roads safer from autonomous cars

Posted on Oct 20, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

Accident detection is one of the most crucial components of automotive safety. Based on the combination of historical and current data,...

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When Self-Driving Cars Don’t Realize They’ve Been In A Car Crash

Posted on Oct 18, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

Have you ever been in a car crash?The odds are that if you’ve been driving for any notable number of years you’ve unfortunately had your...

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Four years ago Elon Musk announced all Tesla cars have the hardware needed for full self-driving, so where is it?

Posted on Oct 17, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

Tesla announced on October 19, 2016, that all cars being produced have Full Self-Driving hardware.Almost four years later, numerous...

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Cruise gets the green light to test fully driverless cars in California

Posted on Oct 15, 2020 in Cars, News

Cruise, the self-driving company owned by General Motors, has been approved to test its driverless cars on public roads in California. The...

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Uber’s self-driving-car business has fallen behind Waymo and Cruise — here’s why the ride-hail giant might give up on ATG

Posted on Oct 15, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

To former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, mastering self-driving-car technology was a matter of life or death for the ride-hailing...

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Cruise can now test driverless vehicles on the streets of San Francisco

Posted on Oct 15, 2020 in Cars, News

Cruise,  the self-driving car subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, Honda and T. Rowe Price & Associates,...

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Riding in a self-driving car is Waymo relaxing than you might expect

Posted on Oct 14, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Despite what Elon Musk would have you believe, most Americans are still a long way off from experiencing a ride in a truly driverless...

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On the hit-and-maybe-run self-driving car dilemma (akin to ‘The Molly Problem’)

Posted on Oct 14, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Please prepare yourself for a driving scenario that we all dread and profusely hope will never occur. Wham, while driving your car, you...

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Velodyne Lidar and Baidu sign a three-year sales agreement

Posted on Oct 13, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

 Velodyne Lidar, Inc. recently announced that it has entered into a three-year sales agreement with Baidu for its Alpha Prime Lidar...

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Throwing wrenches at autonomous vehicles

Posted on Oct 13, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

If you need to quickly figure out whether or not an AV is safe, you might want to throw a wrench at it.  If it doesn’t crash, it’s worthy...

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Swiss lab tests out Chinese driverless delivery van

Posted on Oct 12, 2020 in Cars, News

Swiss research lab EPFL is testing out a driverless delivery van from a Chinese supplier across its campus. The Autonomously Delivered...

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Hidden factor steering for trouble in latest Elon Musk versus Waymo self-driving cars squabble

Posted on Oct 12, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

There is an elephant in the room, but it seems as though nobody is noticing it. In the ongoing push toward the fielding of self-driving...

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The real question: When do we ban human drivers?

Posted on Oct 12, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Every year, about twenty million people die or suffer serious horrific (and permanent) injury every year, worldwide. With self-driving...

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Nissan leads driverless car project for London

Posted on Oct 12, 2020 in Cars, News

A project has launched in London to bring driverless cars to the UK capital using Nissan’s electric Leaf. The ServCity project brings...

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