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Hyundai unveils its automated parking & charging valet system

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

Call it a sign of the times, but many drivers are having a hard time keeping in their lane or parallel parking. Fear not — Hyundai and Kia...

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Microsoft and MIT can detect AI ‘blind spots’ in self-driving cars

Posted on Jan 27, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Self-driving cars are still prone to making mistakes, in part because the AI training can only account for so many situations. Microsoft...

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Finding the ‘blind spots’ in autonomous vehicle artificial intelligence

Posted on Jan 27, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Autonomous vehicles are becoming more and more sophisticated, but concerns still abound about the safety of such systems. Creating an...

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Crowdsourced maps should help driverless cars navigate our cities more safely

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Swedish startup Mapillary is compiling a huge database of roadside objects such as signs and markings to help driverless vehicles get...

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Russia’s Yandex has created what may be the most aggressive AV tech

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Back in the throes of the Cold War, Americans awoke on the morning of Oct. 4, 1957, to learn the Soviet Union successfully launched...

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Afraid of driverless technology? PAVE hopes to persuade you of AV safety

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Many people in the US are hesitant to climb into a self-driving car. The media tend to focus on aberrant incidents with autonomous test...

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How generative design enhances autonomous-vehicle development

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The technological ramp to fully autonomous vehicles presents significant challenges for companies developing autonomous-vehicle (AV)...

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3 autonomous vehicle trends to follow in 2019

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Last year was a banner year for autonomous vehicle technologies and companies planning on commercialization. And 2019 has the potential to...

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BMW’s virtual vision iNext drive offers peek at autonomous future

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

BMW’s virtual view of the ultra-futuristic cabin for its Vision iNext concept provides a preview of the German automaker’s plans for an...

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Tesla reveals new self-driving Autopilot hardware 3.0 computer diagram ahead of launch

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla is expected to soon introduce its new Autopilot Hardware 3, which consists of a new neural net computer that they claimed will be...

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Struggling through dry January? Meet the self-driving robotic bar Guido

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 in Cars, Technology

As we move ever-closer to autonomous driving, it is inspiring to see some creatives finding novel areas to place the technology. Meet...

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How emerging technologies are combining to reshape the mobility sector

Posted on Jan 22, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Technology

Just five years ago, transport and mobility were simple concepts. You drove a car that you owned and manually planned trips based on the...

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Human Horizons unveils smart road project for autonomous driving

Posted on Jan 22, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Human Horizons (HH), a new Chinese startup focusing on “smart” technologies and new energy vehicles, unveils its Smart Road Demonstration...

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Ricardo shows path to commercial success in the ‘Mobility-as-a-Service’ revolution

Posted on Jan 21, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The international automotive industry stands on the cusp of potentially the largest transformation since the dawn of mass production. This...

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Shifting gears, adjusting volume: LG working on tech to read driver’s gestures for Mercedes-Benz

Posted on Jan 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

LG Electronics Co. is the supplier for a Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz model that will feature a motion-detection system that can read a...

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Lyft and Aptiv’s self-driving car program has come a long way (but not far enough)

Posted on Jan 20, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The self-driving car club is getting bigger everyday. For a futuristic technology that hasn’t really hit prime time, there are a lot of...

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Ford rethinks Level 3 autonomy

Posted on Jan 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Ford Motor Co. is shifting its approach to autonomous-vehicle technology. In 2016, Ford said it would largely pass over Level 3 autonomy...

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New self-driving features are about to make the road safer for terrible drivers

Posted on Jan 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Distracted? Tired? Bad at staying in your lane? Just plain out of it? Don’t worry, your car’s got you. While fully autonomous...

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How AI is transforming the next generation of vehicles

Posted on Jan 18, 2019 in Cars, Technology

After more than a century on the road, the automobile is ready for a major redesign.The headliner of this year’s CES in Las Vegas wasn’t...

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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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