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Self-driving cars will wipe out drive-by shootings, kind of

Posted on Jun 18, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Drive-by shootings continue to be in the news and seem to be occurring at an alarming pace. Those that undertake this heinous act are...

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Ford is adding ‘hands free driving’ to its Co-Pilot360 driver assist system next year

Posted on Jun 18, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

The hands free driving system is called “Active Drive Assist” and will work on more than 100,000 miles of pre-mapped divided...

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Tesla admits its approach to self-driving is harder but might be only way to scale

Posted on Jun 18, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla’s head of AI admitted that the automaker’s approach to self-driving is harder than what most companies in the industry are doing,...

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RealtimeCampaign.com discusses what one should know about self-driving car technology

Posted on Jun 18, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

New technology presents consumers and businesses with the wave of the future. Self-driving cars and fleet trucks are a new reality thanks...

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GM’s Cruise ‘making progress’ on self-drive technology

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Detroit — General Motors Co. CEO and Chairman Mary Barra says the automaker will be able to “unlock the value” of its...

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Apple Car self-driving system could tell iPhones in the car what it is about to do

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

The Apple Car self-driving system could pre-alert drivers and passengers of maneuvers it will be performing, by posting notifications on...

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Should a police officer be able to shoot at a moving vehicle, and what about the case of self-driving cars?

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

One of the most controversial policing topics that society wrestles with is whether law enforcement officers should be able to shoot at a...

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Tesla is looking to hire Autopilot test drivers in Austin

Posted on Jun 16, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla is looking to hire Autopilot test drivers in Austin — and both the new positions and the location have interesting implications....

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CMU research shows self-driving cars that recognize free space can better detect objects

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that they can significantly improve the accuracy of autonomous vehicles’ detection of...

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Feds push autonomous vehicle companies to report when things go wrong

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Federal safety regulators on Monday launched an effort to get companies working on autonomous vehicle technology to share more data about...

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U.S. official log announced on status of self-driving car testing, some media already misreporting it, expect more

Posted on Jun 15, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The U.S. federally chartered automotive safety agency NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) has announced today a new...

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Venti Technologies deploys two autonomous low-speed SUVs built by SAIC-GM-Wuling

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

Venti Technologies has successfully deployed two autonomous SUVs built by SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile (SGMW), the joint venture formed by...

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Achieving ‘provably beneficial AI’ is demonstrably vexing, including the case of self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 12, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

AI systems are being crafted and fielded at lightning-like speeds. That seems on the surface to be a good thing. But do we know that these...

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Driverless car design rethink could revolutionise transport for disabled people

Posted on Jun 12, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The move towards driverless cars isn’t just a chance for people to relax at the wheel. It’s an opportunity to revolutionise personal...

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Ford, VW sign agreements for joint projects on commercial vehicles, electrification, autonomous driving

Posted on Jun 11, 2020 in Cars, News

Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG signed agreements that expand their global alliance (earlier post) to meet rapidly evolving needs of...

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Cruise is using food bank deliveries as cover to run tests that may violate stay-home orders, drivers say

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 in Cars, News

Cruise’s self-driving cars are back on the road in San Francisco, but the company may be skirting the city’s shelter-in-place rules in its...

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Will first autonomous vehicles deliver packages, not people?

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

While most autonomous-vehicle startups have focused on ride-sharing applications, analyst Colin Langan argues the self-driving delivery...

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Man receives mystery pizza deliveries for a decade, self-driving cars not to blame, as yet

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

A recent news report indicates that a man has been receiving pizza deliveries for nearly a decade. That might not seem like...

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The three top ways that cyber-hackers will criminally make money off of self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 8, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Put those darned cyber-hacker criminals into jail and throw away the key, some exhort daily. We are all somewhat numbed by the continual...

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Millbrook car testing site aims to ‘stay ahead of the game’

Posted on Jun 8, 2020 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

A car testing facility is aiming to stay “ahead of the game” when it comes to developing driverless and greener cars....

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