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Dying is easy. Making a self-driving car is hard. Tesla & Waymo at the crossroads.

Posted on Oct 6, 2018 in Cars, News

Tesla is in the process of rolling out firmware Version 9, which includes features which are supposed to unlock more of the self-driving...

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Tesla may be making a perilous mistake trying to make Autopilot into a full self-driving system

Posted on Oct 6, 2018 in Cars, Technology

On Thursday, Consumer Reports announced that Cadillac Super Cruise topped its testing of semi-autonomous driving systems. Tesla’s...

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Sen. Peters calls for driverless car bill done by end of year

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Sen. Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, discusses self-driving vehicle legislation with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang on “Bloomberg...

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What hurdles do self-driving cars face as Waymo gets ready for prime time?

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

As self-driving cars edge closer to deployment for the general public, a spate of stories from The Information, Motor Trend, and Forbes...

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Tech companies building new ‘circle of service’ for driverless trucks

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in News, Technology, Trucks

On Oct. 2, a panel of technology experts at the McLeod Software user conference in Birmingham shared a vision of automated workflows for...

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What’s working for driverless cars

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, News

Teague Sanders, Whittier Trust VP and portfolio manager, discuss the small-caps doing well in the autonomous driving space....

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Indian IT companies joining carmakers and startups to develop autonomous vehicles

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, News

For most parts of the brief trial around the campus, HCL Technology’s autonomous car—a retrofitted Ford sedan—felt like it was being...

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Tesla’s autopilot is better than you, statistically

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

 In the first quarterly report on the safety of its autonomous vehicles, Tesla said it recorded one accident for every 3.34 million miles...

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The self-driving car is a moonshot. Let’s not screw it up.

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

In the summer of 1969, men first walked on the moon. Nearly 50 years later, there are still no moon colonies or even vacation homes there....

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The White House will promote autonomous cars without forcing you to use one

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, News

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has taken important steps to simplify the legal framework surrounding autonomous...

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Trump plans to drop 10 U.S. self-driving car test sites

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Ten sites picked by the Obama administration to be nation’s hotbeds of self-driving car testing will soon have to compete with the...

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All eyes are on Columbus, Ohio’s autonomous shuttle pilot

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Buses, Perspective

When it comes to self-driving cars in Ohio, all eyes are on Columbus. Cities across the state, including Athens and Youngstown, are...

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$24 million raised to build an open source network for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Finance, News, Trucks

DAV Foundation has raised $24 million in fundraising to develop an open source platform for self-driving vehicles, on the ground, in the...

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GM beats Tesla in latest autonomous driving test

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Cars, News

When looking at the autonomous driving space, here’s how to identify the current leaders. There are component makers that allow...

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

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Buses, News

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

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Volvo seeks communication norm as autonomy advances

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Cars, News

Volvo Cars calls for a new, global standard in how autonomous vehicles safely can communicate with all other road users as it introduces...

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Feds strip Willow Run robot car test site of proving-ground designation

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

A massive robot car test site at the former Willow Run bomber plant west of Detroit and nine other similar sites across the country have...

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U.S. Department of Transportation Releases “Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0”

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Policy & Regulation, Trucks

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today released new Federal guidance for automated vehicles, advancing its commitment to...

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Honda putting $2.75 billion into G.M.’s self-driving venture

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

In the race to develop self-driving cars, General Motors has picked up another hefty ally. Honda, the Japanese automaker, has agreed to...

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Tesla shares slow as peers push forward their own self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

The market euphoria triggered Monday by Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk’s weekend settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission is...

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