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Let Congress decide privacy safeguards for autonomous vehicles, 2020 hopeful John Delaney says

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Questions regarding the use of data collected from self-driving vehicles will need to be addressed by policymakers when they craft a...

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Volkswagen’s self-driving cars are about to hit a new city

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News

Germany is taking on the U.S. (and China) when it comes to autonomous vehicles. On Wednesday, Volkswagen and Hamburg announced a...

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When it comes to self-driving cars, Beijing and Silicon Valley aren’t so different

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News

Beijing looks a lot like Silicon Valley — at least when it comes to autonomous vehicles. The first-ever city report on autonomous vehicle...

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Half of Americans think self-driving cars are more dangerous than human-driven cars: Poll

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

Companies are pushing ahead with the development of self-driving cars at full throttle, but many Americans still don’t trust the...

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Apple is working on skid recovery and automatic safety systems for self-driving cars

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

Apple’s self-driving vehicle technology has the potential to make being a passenger even safer than before, with the company coming...

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Autonomous vehicle tests underway in London

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

Supervised autonomous vehicle tests have started in two London boroughs, according to a statement published Tuesday. FiveAI, which...

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Get a free ride in a self-driving car this weekend in Detroit

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

It’s something to check off the bucket list: ride in a car that drives itself. This weekend, the Society of Automotive Engineers is...

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Autonomous driving start-up Aurora open to working with BMW, Daimler

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

Self-driving cars start-up Aurora is open to working with BMW and Daimler to develop self-driving cars, the technology company’s Chief...

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Search giant Baidu has driven the most autonomous miles in Beijing

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

While the public is asking, “When are we going to ride in autonomous cars?,” technology companies have been moving apace to test them on...

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Stanford wants to teach its autonomous race cars to learn from their past

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

Researchers at Stanford University are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to help their autonomous prototypes learn from the...

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Sun plays tricks on Cadillac’s Super Cruise

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

For automakers and technology companies working on autonomous driving technology, making vehicles perform well in inclement conditions...

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Lumotive announces a new ‘Beam-Steering’ Lidar for autonomous vehicles

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

Lumotive, a Seattle-based lidar startup developing technology for autonomous vehicles, recently introduced a disruptive...

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Morgan Stanley warns General Motors investors to lower their expectations for Cruise autonomous cars

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, News

Morgan Stanley is trying to tamper investor excitement for General Motor’s Cruise robo-taxi unit. In a note to clients this week,...

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Portland startup develops AV remote control

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

In an era of self-driving vehicles, roadside assistance could transform into on-road assistance. Instead of asking OnStar for help, riders...

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Daimler Trucks to acquire majority stake in autonomous-driving firm Torc Robotics

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in News, Trucks

Daimler Trucks is taking a major step in the development of self-driving trucks. The German firm will acquire a majority stake in Torc...

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Elon Musk clarifies Tesla’s plan to retrofit cars for ‘Full Self-Driving’ with new HW3 computer

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

Tesla is preparing its most important retrofit program to date and something completely new in the industry: updating hundreds of...

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Lyft investors are banking on self-driving cars, not ride-sharing

Posted on Mar 29, 2019 in Cars, News

Lyft became the first ride-hailing app to go public on Friday, skyrocketing to a $23.4 billion valuation. But don’t get too excited for...

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BMW finds a spooky way to promote autonomous driving

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

BMW is hard at work developing advanced self-driving features for its vehicles and has previewed its latest developments in the field with...

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The week in tech: Who should let driverless cars off the leash?

Posted on Mar 29, 2019 in Cars, News

Greetings from London. Here’s a look at the week’s tech news: A lot of people are getting way more interested in putting fully autonomous...

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Automated driving tech to grow 11.5% per year through 2030

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Markets, News, Trucks

The falling costs of advanced safety technology for trucks is helping fleets see the bottom-line benefit, according to a new market...

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