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We spoke to a Waymo One customer about how robot taxis get confused by rainstorms

Posted on Jan 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Last month, Waymo launched its first self-driving taxi service — Waymo One — in Phoenix, Arizona, but you would hardly know it by...

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Welcome to the abnormalization of transportation

Posted on Jan 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Something odd is in motion in Los Angeles. On a recent day at the office, colleagues debated the merits of the Boring Company’s proposal...

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“We now have the computing power we need to move at speed”

Posted on Jan 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

ZF CEO Scheider sees autonomous people movers as a growth market. At CES in Las Vegas, his company announced that mobility provider...

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Mr. Tomorrow: CES CEO Gary Shapiro on tech, jobs, self-driving cars, AI, robots and the future

Posted on Jan 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

CES is over. 180,000 people, 3 million square feet of display space, and armies of robots, gadgets, electronic gewgaws, and everything in...

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How PAVE can make a difference in autonomous car education

Posted on Jan 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Some of the biggest mobility news at this year’s (boring) Consumer Electronics Show was the launch of Partners for Automated Vehicle...

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Presence of autonomous vehicles felt in US

Posted on Jan 17, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Perspective, Trucks

Technology is changing the transportation landscape as freight carriers move toward self-driving vehicles and public officials look for...

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Industry must rein in spend on electric, self-driving cars: Magna CEO

Posted on Jan 16, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Global automobile and auto parts makers which want to capitalize on electric and autonomous vehicles need to cut back investments and...

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Self-driving cars won’t save your life, but the Skip Barber Racing School just might

Posted on Jan 15, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Ask any rally driver, professional drifter, or just some kid pulling doughnuts in a snowy parking lot: There are few things more fun than...

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Why I’m joining Argo AI

Posted on Jan 14, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The rumors are true. I am joining Argo AI. If you’re unfamiliar with Argo, that’s understandable. In a sea of companies trying...

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CES 2019: Self-driving cars still need a human hand sometimes, Valeo says

Posted on Jan 14, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

French automotive supplier Valeo Group demonstrated a potential system at the Consumer Electronics Show that in certain circumstances...

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Howes: Race to autonomous future far from starting line

Posted on Jan 14, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

GM Cruise LLC CEO Dan Ammann has seen the autonomous future and he likes to say it boils down to this: “We’re in a race to the starting...

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Communication, teamwork necessary to adopt autonomous technology, experts say at TRB

Posted on Jan 14, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective, Trucks

Cooperation from both private sector and federal partners can ease the process for states that are in the midst of adopting automated...

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Mobility-driven future will mean more sales

Posted on Jan 14, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

If you believe some experts, the auto industry as we know it is about to drive off a cliff. Self-driving vehicles and ride-sharing...

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Opinion: Stop bashing self-driving cars

Posted on Jan 13, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A headline-grabbing start to an autonomous vehicle testing program is raising fresh concerns about self-driving cars. Since Waymo, a...

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I rode in a self-driving car for the first time, and it was operated by the Google of Russia – here’s what it was like

Posted on Jan 13, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Yandex is the Google of Russia, known for running a search engine that, by some measures, is more popular than Google in its home country....

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Ford’s self-driving unit CEO: Here’s where we’re taking autonomous

Posted on Jan 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Over the last several years, Ford (F – Get Report) has gotten serious about investing in autonomous driving. The auto giant has...

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CES 2019: Riding a self-driving Lyft car made me giddier than I have any right to be

Posted on Jan 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The first time I opened my Lyft app to summon a ride here at Las Vegas for CES 2019, I nearly screamed. Instead of seeing the usual map...

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Top 10 industries transformed by self-driving cars

Posted on Jan 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

It took 50 years for electricity to be adopted by 60% of households in the United States and only 10 years for cell phones. The adoption...

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‘Reality is kicking in’: Ford says self-driving vehicles are further away than many expect

Posted on Jan 9, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Ford will continue its push toward “mobility” to position itself as a key player in autonomous vehicles, even as the...

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15 factors that may be delaying self-driving cars

Posted on Jan 9, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Let’s face it, self-driving cars aren’t living up to their hype. I’ve seen hype before and then some. But nothing like that showered upon...

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