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Intel to buy smart urban transit startupMoovit for $1B to boost its autonomous car division

Posted on May 3, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News, Technology

Some big M&A is afoot in Israel in the world of smart transportation. According to multiple reports and sources that have contacted...

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AI might trick us by pretending to be dimwitted, including for self-driving cars

Posted on May 2, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

AI is not yet akin to human intelligence and the odds are that we are a long way distant from the promise of such vaunted capabilities....

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Self-driving cars in the U.S. are delivering supplies – and gathering data – during COVID-19

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

Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages and onto American streets to help...

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Tesla confirms self-driving as a subscription service but brace yourself for the price

Posted on May 1, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News, Technology

Tesla has confirmed that it will offer its Full Self-Driving package (FSD) as a subscription service, but you should brace yourself for...

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“We’re concerned for automakers,” says JD Power exec — Survey finds weak EV &autonomy consumer confidence & awareness

Posted on May 1, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Automakers are investing billions of dollars in new technologies, but consumers don’t seem to understand how these features work or why...

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Driving to nowhere: Why we purposely use our cars for purposeless driving, and the impact for self-driving cars

Posted on Apr 30, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The drive to nowhere. The latest media reporting indicates that people are increasingly opting to go for drives to escape their...

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Joint venture to launch next phase of Ruter’s self-driving trials

Posted on Apr 30, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Ruter, Holo, Toyota Motor Europe and Sensible 4 have signed a contract to collaboratively trial the integration of self-driving technology...

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Self-driving vehicles get in on the delivery scene amid COVID-19

Posted on Apr 30, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages...

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Yandex deploys autonomous delivery robots in Moscow’s Skolkovo district

Posted on Apr 30, 2020 in Cars, News

Yandex today announced the first commercial launch of Yandex.Rover, the autonomous delivery robot it revealed late last year, in the city...

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Cruise can’t test its self-driving cars. So it’s delivering food instead.

Posted on Apr 30, 2020 in Cars, News

Cruise vehicles, the self-driving electric Chevy Bolts usually spotted around San Francisco neighborhoods, are back on the road after a...

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Cars could go completely driverless ‘very soon,’ says CEO of Chinese autonomous driving tech start-up

Posted on Apr 30, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

The time that cars could go completely driverless is coming “very soon,” according to Jianxiong Xiao, CEO and founder of AutoX, a...

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Elon Musk said Tesla Autopilot will hit a big milestone a year later than he first predicted

Posted on Apr 29, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he is “extremely confident” the electric-car maker’s Autopilotadvanced...

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Ford postpones autonomous vehicle service until 2022

Posted on Apr 29, 2020 in Cars, News

Ford said Tuesday it will delay until 2022 plans to launch an autonomous vehicle service, as the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the...

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Tesla is working on pay-as-you-go subscription to its self-driving package

Posted on Apr 28, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News, Technology

Tesla is working on a pay-as-you-go subscription to its “Full Self-Driving Capability” package in order to make its features more...

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The challenges of developing autonomous vehicles during a pandemic

Posted on Apr 28, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

April 28, 2020 In the months since the coronavirus prompted shelter-in-place orders around the world, entire companies, industries, and...

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Delivery robots aren’t ready—when they could be needed most

Posted on Apr 28, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

AMERICANS CHOOSING TO —or forced to—stay inside during the Covid-19 pandemic are leaning heavily on food delivery. Instacart sales soared...

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Autonomous vehicle software developer Imagry and AutonomouStuff partner to deliver mapless driving platform

Posted on Apr 28, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

TEMPE, Ariz., April 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Imagry, an autonomous vehicle software developer with a pioneering mapless driving...

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Tesla escalates battle over alleged theft of robocar secrets

Posted on Apr 28, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

(Bloomberg) — More than a year after the billionaire chairman of Xpeng Motors labeled as “questionable” Tesla Inc.’s allegations...

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AutoX, Alibaba’s AutoNavi roll out robotaxis in Shanghai’s ride-hailing services market

Posted on Apr 27, 2020 in Cars, News

Shanghai commuters will now be able to take robotaxis for a spin on a major Chinese ride-hailing platform, with this week’s launch of a...

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Xpeng P7 launches in China: Now the longest range Chinese-built EV available

Posted on Apr 27, 2020 in Cars, News

Xpeng Motors officially launched the P7 sports sedan in China today. The P7 is now open for order in China, with 3 versions and 8 possible...

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