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Toyota’s latest self-driving test car is smarter than ever

Posted on Jan 4, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

We got a look at Toyota’s first self-driving research vehicle way back during CES 2013, and now the company will introduce the...

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Kroger adds driverless vehicles to its grocery delivery fleet

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News

Earlier this year, Kroger teamed up with the self-driving startup Nuro for a grocery delivery service, and in August the company began...

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Baidu taps Unity’s game engine to test its self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Unity, the same company whose 3D gaming engine brought you Cuphead and Hearthstone is now helping Chinese internet giant Baidu develop the...

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Jaguar’s automatic door could make cars more accessible

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Amputees and others with accessibility needs might soon have an easier time hopping into cars. Jaguar Land Rover has created a...

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Patent describes how Lyft’s self-driving cars might communicate

Posted on Dec 12, 2018 in Cars, News

Safety is a major concern when it comes to autonomous vehicles, for both the people they’re transporting as well as those who are...

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Ohio’s first self-driving shuttle service begins on December 10th

Posted on Dec 5, 2018 in Buses, News

Ohio wants to be a haven for self-driving cars, and it’s already acting on those plans… if slowly. Smart Columbus and...

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Ohio’s first self-driving shuttle service begins on December 10th

Posted on Dec 4, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Ohio wants to be a haven for self-driving cars, and it’s already acting on those plans… if slowly. Smart Columbus and DriveOhio have...

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Audi and Disney are creating media for self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 28, 2018 in Cars, News

If and when fully autonomous cars hit the road in earnest, you’re going to have a lot of free time on your hands. Audi and Disney...

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Waymo reportedly returns safety drivers to its autonomous cars

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo is reportedly rolling out additional safety measures for its self-driving vehicle fleets, reintroducing safety drivers and...

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Volvo’s self-driving trucks will haul limestone from a mine

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Sometimes, it’s the least glamorous uses of self-driving tech that can be the most important. Volvo has struck a deal that will have six...

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Volvo’s self-driving trucks will haul limestone from a mine

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in News, Trucks

Sometimes, it’s the least glamorous uses of self-driving tech that can be the most important. Volvo has struck a deal that will have...

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Ford’s future includes self-driving deliveries and taxi services

Posted on Nov 16, 2018 in Cars, News

CEO of Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC Sherif Marakby has posted a detailed overview of the automaker’s self-driving strategy, perhaps...

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Arizona is creating an autonomous vehicle research institute

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Arizona, a state that has been quite open to self-driving technology, has now created the Institute for Automated Mobility (IAM), a...

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Pennsylvania approves its first self-driving car tests (update)

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Self-driving startup Aurora is the first company to receive Pennsylvania’s blessing to test autonomous vehicles on its roads....

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Arizona is creating an autonomous vehicle research institute

Posted on Oct 12, 2018 in Cars, News

Arizona, a state that has been quite open to self-driving technology, has now created the Institute for Automated Mobility (IAM), a...

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Pennsylvania approves its first self-driving car tests (update)

Posted on Oct 11, 2018 in Cars, News

Self-driving startup Aurora is the first company to receive Pennsylvania’s blessing to test autonomous vehicles on its roads....

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Engineer spends $6,000 invalidating Waymo’s lidar patents

Posted on Oct 2, 2018 in Cars, News

An engineer with no connection to the self-driving industry has spent $6,000 of his own money to stop Alphabet’s self-driving car...

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Alibaba will build its own AI chip to support self-driving cars

Posted on Sep 19, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Chinese internet giant Alibaba is doubling down on its chip manufacturing with a dedicated subsidiary, co-founder and chairman Jack Ma...

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Audi: Autonomous cars alone won’t solve traffic jams

Posted on Sep 17, 2018 in Cars, News

It’s easy to think that once cars start driving themselves most of our traffic woes will be eliminated. Robocars are supposed to be...

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Yandex begins public tests of its self-driving cars in Russia

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 in Cars, News

Russia’s Yandex has taken its self-driving efforts one step further, launching an autonomous ride-hailing service in the university...

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