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Autonomous vehicle knowledge is key to acceptance: HNTB Survey

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, News, Reports, Trucks

More than half of Americans (52 percent) believe they are familiar with or knowledgeable about autonomous vehicles (also referred to as...

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SoftBank’s service to help power self-driving buses, farm machinery

Posted on Jun 3, 2019 in Buses, News, Technology

Japan’s SoftBank said on Monday it will launch a service this year that would use satellite navigation data and the telco’s...

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Lyft and Aptiv have completed 50,000 self-driving car rides in Las Vegas

Posted on Jun 2, 2019 in Cars, News

For the last couple of years at CES, Lyft and Aptiv have made a big deal about offering rides in their self-driving BMWs. We’ve done...

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This is what it’s like to control an autonomous car from miles away

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

The exit ramp is a long, curving slope, and you have to make sure the 50-foot big rig you’re driving carefully navigates the bend...

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Waymo says self-driving semis will travel Phoenix roads

Posted on May 31, 2019 in News, Trucks

Waymo said in a tweet Wednesday that its self-driving semitrucks will begin traveling freeways in the Phoenix area. A spokeswoman for...

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Uber’s earnings report could give a clearer picture on self-driving cars

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

With Uber set to release its first earnings report as a publicly-traded company Thursday afternoon, expect to see some updates on the...

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Japan law loosens rules for self-driving cars

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Stuck in traffic on a Japanese highway? If you’re in a self-driving car you might be able to kick back with a sandwich and check...

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California DMV considers reworked regs for AV delivery tests

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News

California is moving a little closer to allowing self-driving delivery vehicles to shuttle packages from companies like Amazon or even...

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Comment period around autonomous vehicle regs open until late August

Posted on May 30, 2019 in News, Trucks

Trucking industry stakeholders can now comment on two pre-rules from the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding the regulatory path...

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“Paving” a new way to autonomous-vehicle validation

Posted on May 30, 2019 in News, Technology

Siemens has announced its PAVE360 platform. The integrated validation and simulation environment, which extends digital-twin and...

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Foretellix and Metamoto partner to deliver measurable safety of autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Foretellix, an Israel-based start-up with a mission to enable measurable safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs), and Metamoto, a provider of...

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Uber, Lyft, or GM: Which is the better driverless car play?

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News

By 2040, 33 million of the vehicles sold annually will be fully autonomous, according to the predictions of analysts at IHS Markit. ...

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Waymo resumes testing self-driving trucks in Arizona

Posted on May 30, 2019 in News, Trucks

Waymo — Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company — announced that it would resume testing its trucks on Phoenix freeways....

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Toyota to deploy driverless vehicles at Oz warehouse

Posted on May 29, 2019 in News, Trucks

The vehicles will apply Autopilot driverless technology to achieve mobility in conveyance, towing, lifting and the ability to autonomously...

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Daimler Trucks establishes global unit for highly automated driving

Posted on May 29, 2019 in News, Trucks

Daimler Trucks announced Wednesday the formation of the Autonomous Technology Group, the newest part of Daimler Trucks’ global effort to...

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VW is working on ways to prevent nausea in self-driving cars

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, News

It took me years to condition myself to be able to look at my phone from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle without getting nauseous,...

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Ford and Agility Robotics collaborate on autonomous vehicle-to-robot doorstep deliveries

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Using autonomous vehicles to deliver packages directly to the doorstep of customers, without help from humans, could be more seamless with...

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Revealing the driverless car strategies within proposed Fiat Chrysler, Renault merger

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

Yesterday was the Monday of Memorial Day weekend in the United States, traditionally a day of attention to matters of the heart and an...

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Lidar maker Velodyne wins patent challenge from rival Quanergy

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Lidar is an important component for self-driving cars, acting as the “eyes” of an autonomous vehicle alongside data fused from...

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Driverless delivery vans are here as production begins in China

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

Forget drones. The future of deliveries may be robo-vans. A Chinese startup called Neolix kicked off mass production of its self-driving...

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