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Loadsmart completes first-ever automated dispatch and delivery with Starsky Robotics’ autonomous truck

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in News, Trucks

NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Loadsmart and Starsky Robotics today announced that they were able to automatically dispatch...

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Apple increases the size of its team responsible for testing self-driving cars in California

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Apple is continuing to grow its fleet self-driving car test drivers in California. According to new data from the California DMV, Apple...

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Self-driving trucks are cruising down I-45 between Dallas and Houston

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in News, Trucks

When Don Burnette worked at Otto, a self-driving truck startup, his team hit some pretty big milestones. It recorded the first shipment of...

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Scale AI’s 22-year old CEO wants to improve the safety of self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Alexandr Wang, Scale AI co-founder and chief executive officer, explains how the company is using artificial intelligence to improve the...

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Wayve to become one of Britain’s best-funded driverless car ventures

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, News

Launched by Cambridge PhDs Amar Shah and Alex Kendall, Wayve is developing driverless car technology that it said allows autonomous...

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Austin-Bergstrom airport debuts driverless shuttle pilot

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Buses, News

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announced the start of a driverless shuttle pilot program in an Aug. 2 news release. Now in a...

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The myth of substitution and the mirage of driverless cars

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, News

The bold promise of autonomous vehicles has collided with a sobering reality: turning driverless cars loose on every road will take more...

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Tesla plans to increase its Full Self-Driving price again on August 16

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, News

Tesla confirmed that it is planning to increase its Full Self-Driving price again on August 16 in a new marketing campaign trying to...

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Elektrobit chosen as partner by Baidu to enable safe autonomous driving for Apollo

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Cars, News

SHANGHAI, Aug. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Elektrobit (EB), a visionary global supplier of embedded and...

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Tesla self-driving car news: The latest Project Dojo rumors

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

Tesla self-driving cars news is heating up after CEO Elon Musk made mention of Project Dojo. Project Dojo is Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA )...

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Driverless cars arrive in New York City

Posted on Aug 6, 2019 in Cars, News

Driverless cars have rolled into New York City, finally. But don’t expect to see them traveling down Fifth Avenue anytime soon. The cars...

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Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics begins deliveries in Texas

Posted on Aug 6, 2019 in News, Trucks

A year after coming out of stealth mode with $40 million, self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics will begin making its first...

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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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TomTom launches a fully autonomous test car to develop HD maps

Posted on Aug 5, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

TomTom has launched its first autonomous test vehicle as it looks to improve its various mapping technologies aimed at the burgeoning...

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Didi Chuxing’s autonomous driving unit is now an independent company

Posted on Aug 5, 2019 in Cars, Markets, News

Didi Chuxing’s autonomous driving unit is now an independent company, the Chinese ride-sharing and transportation giant said today. Didi’s...

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This startup has an answer to Elon Musk’s aversion to LiDAR

Posted on Aug 5, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla boss Elon Musk has no use for LiDAR, the laser radar sensing system most automakers install on their autonomous vehicles. Earlier...

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What is ‘Ultra Cruise’? GM teases mysterious autonomous technology to investors

Posted on Aug 2, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Last year, General Motors filed a trademark for something called “Ultra Cruise.” The company has never explained what Ultra Cruise is, but...

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VW wants to test robotic EV chargers for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The cars of the future will be electric and robotic, so why not use robots to charge their batteries, too? Volkswagen announced a pilot...

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Hamburg, Germany, has its first autonomous shuttle bus

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Buses, News

There are only be five stops along the 1.8-kilometre-long route in Hamburg’s Hafencity. Initially, the only passenger will be an attendant...

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Hamburg, Germany, has its first autonomous shuttle bus

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Buses, News

There are only be five stops along the 1.8-kilometre-long route in Hamburg’s Hafencity. Initially, the only passenger will be an attendant...

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