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Uber removed the second backup driver from its self-driving cars ahead of the crash that killed an Arizona pedestrian

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, News

After one of the Uber’s self-driving test cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March, some employees blamed the safety...

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Demand for faster, cheaper deliveries is good news for autonomous vehicle makers

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

Bots, drones and driverless cars and trucks are going to explode on the scene in coming years as demand for speedy delivery of goods...

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Waymo taps former NTSB chair to oversee safety of self-driving ride-share fleet

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary on the cusp of launching the first autonomous rideshare service in the U.S., has hired a former top safety...

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Can driverless cars gain market acceptance? (Part 3 Of 3)

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Successful industrialization of driverless cars will depend on getting over many significant hurdles. Failure only requires getting...

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Can driverless cars scale into industrial-strength businesses? (Part 2 Of 3)

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Will driverless cars (AVs, for Autonomous Vehicles) live up to the revolutionary potential imagined by many, including me? In part one of...

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15 hurdles to the industrialization of driverless cars (Part 1 Of 3)

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Will the future of driverless cars rhyme with the history of the Segway? The Segway personal transporter was also predicted to...

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Volvo and Luminar demo advanced lidar tech that gives autonomous cars detailed view of pedestrian movements

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Volvo and and autonomous vehicle sensor company Luminar gave a glimpse into the future of autonomous cars at the Automobility LA trade...

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Driverless cars will need cities covered in sensors, China’s Didi Chuxing says

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing wants to become one of the front-runners in developing self-driving cars, the company’s...

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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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Through all the hype, self-driving cars remain elusive

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The relentlessly hyped arrival of autonomous vehicles looms as the greatest disruption in personal transportation since Henry Ford’s...

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Autonomous vehicles are coming and there’s no roadmap (yet)

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

When I was growing up, my father had a tiny grocery store in Brooklyn that served our immediate community. Around 1960, something...

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GM plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs, close factories as downturn looms

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

First came the voluntary buyouts. Now, GM is ramping up its belt-tightening measures with cuts to factory and white-collar workers, plant...

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Country racing ahead in boosting autonomous driving development

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, News

China is speeding up its development of autonomous driving and is expected to become the leader in the technology, which is believed key...

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Russian driverless cars take to the road | Video

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

A Moscow firm is about to unveil technology that it says will help computer-driven cars navigate the most extreme weather, while...

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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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Driverless cars on the streets of London’s Hounslow before 2019

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Driverless cars are to hit the streets of Hounslow in London, England, before Christmas. Following successful trials in Oxford, England,...

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Denso acquires stake in Infineon

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

According to Infineon, the two companies have been working together for a long time and now want to strengthen their cooperation....

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Growth in Hamilton: Drones and self-driving cars enter the sprawl-curbing conversation

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, News

If it’s possible to prepare Hamilton for flying cars, city planners will hear you out and not call you crazy.”We talk about it...

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COMMENT: Electric, connected and autonomous – Three building blocks for the future of last mile delivery

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The last mile of delivery has become an increasingly complex final few metres for logistics companies. While for many years the automotive...

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GM plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs, close factories as downturn looms

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, News

First came the voluntary buyouts. Now, GM is ramping up its belt-tightening measures with cuts to factory and white-collar workers, plant...

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