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Take a spin on the city’s first electronic autonomous vehicle

Posted on Oct 9, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Edmonton’s foray into autonomous vehicles began Tuesday with the first crowd of keen commuters putting the driverless vehicle to the test...

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The UK firm hoping to take on Google’s driverless cars

Posted on Oct 9, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to Stan Boland, founder...

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Every part of a self-driving car will change, even the doors

Posted on Oct 9, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Even if self-driving cars never make it to the streets in large numbers — or if they are deployed only in geofenced areas —...

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Apple, Waymo, and even Amazon will have a huge advantage against Tesla in the race to launch self-driving taxis, one Wall Street analyst says

Posted on Oct 9, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The Morgan Stanley auto analyst Adam Jonas told Business Insider that major tech companies like Alphabet, Apple, and Amazon would have an...

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Research online: A way to monitor LTE signals for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Oct 9, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Technology, Trucks

Proprietary receivers and navigation frameworks for autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) navigation with long-term evolution (LTE) cellular...

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Take a spin on the city’s first electronic autonomous vehicle

Posted on Oct 9, 2018 in Buses, News

Edmonton’s foray into autonomous vehicles began Tuesday with the first crowd of keen commuters putting the driverless vehicle to the test...

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Autonomous trucks need more than self-driving tech to become reality

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

How does a self-driving truck get dispatched? What happens when it breaks down? If a receiver keeps it sitting waiting to unload? When it...

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The UK firm hoping to take on Google’s driverless cars

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to Stan Boland,...

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5G will enhance autonomous driving – but it should not be a requirement

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Technology

The numbers suggest that European roads are the safest in the world, with an average 49 fatalities per one million inhabitants compared...

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Ford wants to turn autonomous car control into gaming

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Ford envisions a future where controlling a smart car will be similar to playing a game on a smartphone. The company has recently obtained...

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Alphabet’s Waymo is now in the ‘prove it’ stage of its self-driving journey

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, News

After getting a fair amount of good publicity earlier this year, Alphabet’s (GOOGL – Get Report) Waymo has seen a pickup in...

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Ford’s self-driving car push offers promise of future growth

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, News

Ford Motor Company’s (F)   push into autonomous driving offers a glimpse of how the over 100-year-old company will stave off...

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DOT seeking feedback on new autonomous vehicle guidance

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

On the heels of the U.S. DOT releasing updated guidance on automated vehicles, the department will accept for 60 days comments on the new...

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Expert: Require autonomous vehicles to be electric

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Transportation planners have long seen the arrival of autonomous vehicles as potential dream or potential nightmare, depending largely on...

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The Princeton Review… of trucking

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Perspective, Trucks

Trucks without drivers are a bad idea. But trains without crews? That’s a good idea. And this could have consequences for the truckload...

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Toledo, Ohio, wins $1.8M grant to deploy driverless bus downtown

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Buses, Finance, News

Toledo, Ohio, is getting in on the autonomous vehicle movement, with plans for a driverless bus loop around its downtown....

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‘Navigate on Autopilot’ is conspicuously absent from Tesla software Version 9.0

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Tesla began rolling out software version 9.0 to every Model S, Model X, and Model 3, according to the company’s blog. Calling it “our most...

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Ford’s patent lets you pilot a self-driving car with your phone

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, News

Motion controls allow gamers to more accurately simulate driving a vehicle, and in the future, that tech might be applied to actual cars,...

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Navya autonomous shuttle: Self-driving a reality at Paris Motor Show 2018

Posted on Oct 7, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The latest version of the Navya autonomous shuttle was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show this week, highlighting the French manufacturer’s...

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Toledo, Ohio, wins $1.8M grant to deploy driverless bus downtown

Posted on Oct 6, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Toledo, Ohio, is getting in on the autonomous vehicle movement, with plans for a driverless bus loop around its downtown....

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