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News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

What’s Apple’s plan for autonomous driving?

Posted on Dec 26, 2018 in Cars, News

As Apple (AAPL – Get Report) continues to slap autonomous driving test cars on the road and hire top-level talent for its...

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Ford, Michigan State University expand autonomous driving research program

Posted on Dec 25, 2018 in Cars, News

Ford and Michigan State University (MSU) are expanding a research partnership into new areas. Going forward, the automaker and the...

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Mobility startup plans commercial autonomous trucking service in future-ready Dubai

Posted on Dec 25, 2018 in News, Trucks

Swedish startup Einride is developing self-driving trucks, and it now plans to operate those trucks in Dubai. The startup and...

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Yandex to conduct autonomous vehicle testing in Israel

Posted on Dec 25, 2018 in Cars, News

Yandex NV, the Russian multinational technology company that launched their taxi-hailing platform Yango in Israel earlier this month,...

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Mesa campus wins self-driving shuttle challenge

Posted on Dec 23, 2018 in Buses, News

East Valley Institute of Technology students could soon be getting a lift around campus, thanks to the world’s first co-created,...

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In a first, California will finally let you get picked up by this autonomous car

Posted on Dec 23, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous mobility developer Zoox scored California’s first-ever permit to carry passengers in a self-driving service vehicle, according...

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Users of Calgary’s first driverless shuttle leery about some hands-off travel

Posted on Dec 22, 2018 in Buses, News

While 95 per cent of respondents to a University of Calgary survey said they liked the jaunt in a 12-passenger electronic autonomous...

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Uber employees working on self-driving cars feel their cars are safer but their careers are stuck, according to leaked employee survey

Posted on Dec 22, 2018 in Cars, News, Perspective

Uber is sending its self-driving cars back on the public road this week in Pittsburgh, with a whole new set of revamped safety procedures...

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Kangaroos are baffling for autonomous vehicles. This trial hopes to figure them out.

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, News

Kangaroos being hit by cars is one big, very Australian problem. With autonomous vehicles set to operate in Australia in the next few...

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Self-driving cars are speeding into view, thanks to Google and Nvidia

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, News

Alphabet is the Rodney Dangerfield of tech companies. It gets no respect. Waymo, its self-driving car subsidiary, announced recently it...

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Ottopia’s remote assistance platform for autonomous cars combines humans with AI

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The burgeoning autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution seems to crank up a notch every other week, with Waymo recently unveiling its first...

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Keolis deploys electric autonomous shuttles at two university campuses in France

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Buses, News

Keolis and the European Metropole of Lille have launched an electric autonomous shuttle service at the University of Lille in Villeneuve...

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U.S. Department of Transportation announces Notice of Funding Opportunity for automated driving system demonstration grants

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Finance, News, Trucks

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced up to $60 million in federal grant funding for projects that test the safe...

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Congress isn’t voting on any self-driving car rules before 2019, report says

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Back in October, we reported on the Department of Transportation’s plan to ease regulations for self-driving cars. Since the DOT...

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BlackBerry profit beats as bets on autonomous technology pay off

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates on Thursday, as the company’s focus on...

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Udelv signs driverless delivery vehicle deal in Texas

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicle developer Udelv will use its self-driving vehicles to deliver automotive supplies as part of a multiyear deal with a...

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Operate an autonomous car through voice recognition software

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Korean electric vehicle producer IT Engineering, and The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), have partnered on...

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Lyft is getting more serious about autonomous vehicle safety with new hire

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Lyft  today announced the hiring of John Maddox, founder of the American Center for Mobility and previous associate administrator of...

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Autonomy news — December 2018 edition: Nuro, Formant, & Anthony Levandowski

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

The convergence between humans and machines continues gaining speed as the end of 2018 approaches. We often associate autonomy with...

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Continental pioneers tire tests with self-driving test vehicles

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News

At  its  test  site  in  Uvalde,  Texas,  U.S.A.,  the  technology  company  Continental  has  commissioned  the  first  driverless  tire ...

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