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Mock skyscrapers, simulated rain at Singapore self-driving test centre

Posted on Dec 22, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Singapore: The road sweeper and a golf buggy move around the track with ease, jamming their brakes on when a pedestrian steps out and...

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Ford adding to Austin self-driving car operation

Posted on Dec 12, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Ford Motor Co. is adding to its self-driving car testing operation in Austin, saying Dec. 11 it has secured two pieces of real estate that...

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UvA and TomTom to open new research lab for autonomous driving

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Nov. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Location technology specialist, TomTom (TOM2), and the University of...

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Take a peek inside Lyft’s lab where 400 engineers are working on self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 5, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Lyft, the second largest ride-hailing service in the U.S., once helped disrupt the taxi industry. Now, the company is working hard to...

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Nvidia partners with Blue White Robotics on autonomous vehicle testing

Posted on Oct 24, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Nvidia Corp. has partnered with Tel Aviv-based Blue White Robotics Ltd. to develop autonomous vehicle test-beds, the latter announced...

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Entire western part of Singapore to become testing ground for driverless vehicles

Posted on Oct 24, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

SINGAPORE: The entire western part of Singapore will become a testing ground for autonomous vehicles (AVs), under plans unveiled by the...

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U.K. research consortium launching nation’s largest self-driving trial on public roads

Posted on Oct 23, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

StreetWise, a collaborative research project led by FiveAI, announced that it will soon begin the U.K.’s largest test of self-driving...

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Pennsylvania groups partner to test autonomous vehicles

Posted on Sep 25, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

In the first project of its kind in the U.S., the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation received an $8.4 million grant last week from...

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Mountain highway in China to test driverless cars

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

A mountainous stretch of highway in eastern Shandong, China, is to be dedicated to self-driving car testing. The testing of connected...

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A look into HORIBA MIRA and Coventry University’s autonomous vehicle centre

Posted on Aug 13, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure

As HORIBA MIRA celebrates three years since the launch of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Automotive Research (CCAAR) partnership...

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State-of-the-art autonomous vehicle test site opens in Ohio

Posted on Aug 6, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Thanks in part to collaboration between the public and private sectors, central Ohio is now home to one of the largest contained testing...

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Argo AI will spend $15 million to form a self-driving car research center

Posted on Jun 24, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

The founders of Argo AI, the self-driving startup backed by Ford, are giving back to their alma mater to the tune of a $15 million...

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Israel wants to expand autonomous vehicle testing

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

In an effort to expand autonomous vehicle testing in the country, Israel is inviting property owners to submit offers for the creation of...

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‘Mini-city’ for self-driving vehicles launches in Greenbelt

Posted on May 18, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Infrastructure, News

A former research farm in Ottawa’s Greenbelt is being turned into a hub for testing the algorithms, sensors and other technology...

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China building a highway with dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

A new highway in China is being built that will have dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles. The lanes reserved for self-driving cars...

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Ford announces plans to build electric & autonomous cars in Michigan

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Ford announced on March 20 it will invest $850 million to prepare its iconic Flat Rock assembly plant for building battery electric cars....

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Taiwan’s first AV testing facility

Posted on Feb 28, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Taiwan CAR Lab (Taiwan Connected, Autonomous, Road-test Lab), the first closed off autonomous vehicle testing Facility, was officially...

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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao addresses autonomous tech, infrastructure at AASHTO briefing

Posted on Feb 27, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Infrastructure, News, Trucks

Widespread adoption of autonomous vehicle technologies depends largely on public trust, according to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao....

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China is building a 5G smart highway for autonomous cars and AI traffic monitoring

Posted on Feb 13, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

China is moving forward in the global “race to 5G,” as state-owned carrier China Mobile has announced (via Xinhua) that it’s already...

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Michigan leans on manufacturing history in bid to become a hub for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jan 27, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Infrastructure, News

This week, Waymo announced that it will turn an old factory in the Detroit, Michigan area into a retrofitting facility for level four...

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