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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta makes impressive ‘decisions’ in many cases

Posted on Nov 27, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

There’s a multitude of Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta testing videos online. While there are certainly many impressive moments and...

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The holidays – a time to be thankful for electric and autonomous vehicles

Posted on Nov 26, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Transportation is Mobility and Mobility is freedom. That is my thankful wish for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles and the future of...

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A peek at Freightliner’s Gen2 autonomous future

Posted on Nov 24, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

I’ve seen the future. I even got to touch it. It looks like it has a spinal injury … and braces. I didn’t get to drive it, but I’m not...

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Self-driving cars: A level-by-level explainer of the road to autonomy

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Self-driving cars have started to wear out their welcome, and they aren’t even here yet. Much of the promise and disappointment...

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Driverless trucks are already on Texas roads with more to come

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

(TNS) — The age of self-driving 18-wheelers traveling on U.S. highways may be much closer than many people realize, and North Texas is...

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Now an Amazon company, Zoox is ready to dial-up its robotaxi push

Posted on Nov 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving tech startup Zoox has gone through a big management shakeup and surprise sale to Amazon in the past two years. But with the...

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Self-driving cars could become your neighborhood ice cream truck

Posted on Nov 21, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

As a freezing cold winter begins to descend upon us, your thoughts undoubtedly turn toward a summertime pastime that will be sorely...

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‘Nobody knows if driverless vehicles will save lives, but they’re guaranteed to kill jobs’

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Lost your job? Suspect the industry that once employed you is dead? ‘Too old’ to retrain, or attend college? Desperate for something –...

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Self-driving cars are subject to being towed, just like the rest of us

Posted on Nov 19, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

One of the worst feelings when walking out to your parked car entails seeing a slip of paper and an ominous envelope sitting on the...

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From robotaxis to e-scooters, Covid is changing how people in China commute

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The need for social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic has boosted demand for “individual traveling devices,” according to Chinese...

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Inside the industry: Will insurers pay if self-driving cars cause crashes?

Posted on Nov 16, 2020 in Cars, Finance, Perspective

Until recently, I had few qualms about ranking car insurers alongside estate agents and traffic wardens in the pits of my estimation; they...

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Zipper merging is a frenzied traffic squeeze play on self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 14, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

You are driving along on the highway, minding your own business, when you spy up ahead an indication that your lane is being narrowed out...

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The Autonomous: Experts say standards can lift sensor fusion to the next level

Posted on Nov 12, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Sensor fusion is an essential prerequisite for self-driving cars, and one of the most critical areas in the autonomous vehicle (AV)...

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Top reasons the investment spigot is reopening for self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 11, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Some are pointedly asking: What’s going on? Readers have fervently lobbed that question as a result of the most recent spate of...

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Playing it safe. There is no other way to launch self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 10, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Over the last several decades, Ford and the rest of the auto industry have spent a vast amount of resources developing robust,...

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Inside the industry: Self-driving tech is beset with difficulties

Posted on Nov 9, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Perhaps the most complex challenge facing the car industry today is vehicle autonomy, the path to achieving it and the motivations for...

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XPeng: Set up for the electrification and autonomous driving revolution

Posted on Nov 9, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

To say 2020 has been full to the brim with interesting developments would be underselling the year’s events. Covid-19 has obviously taken...

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The role of machine learning in autonomous vehicles

Posted on Nov 9, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The prospect of a future where we don’t have to drive is very appealing for many. This collective eagerness to see autonomous vehicles on...

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Self-driving car legislation will try again next year

Posted on Nov 9, 2020 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

Engineers, generally speaking, don’t like surprises, unexplained phenomenon, or any changes after design details have been nailed down....

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What’s in a name? For Tesla’s Full Self Driving, it may be danger

Posted on Nov 9, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Federal regulators perked up when Tesla last month started letting some customers test new autonomous driving software that it had added...

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