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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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Apple cuts autonomous car team by 200, shifting some to machine learning projects

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Apple’s autonomous car skunkworks endeavor, Project Titan, has spent years as one of the company’s most volatile divisions, going through...

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Texas DOT forms connected and autonomous vehicle task force

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Policy & Regulation, Trucks

Texas Department of Transportation is going to create a Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) Task Force to become a central point for...

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As Google races ahead, German carmakers look to go faster on autonomous driving

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Cars, News

Germany’s top carmakers including BMW and Volkswagen are looking at ways to speed up development of the next generation of...

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Autonomous vehicles: Where are they taking us next? – Part 2

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

As the nation moves toward deployment of autonomous and connected vehicles, safety remains a top priority for public and private sector...

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Job cuts at enigmatic Apple car project underscore self-driving tech’s hard realities

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Little is known about Apple’s plans for the automotive space, after years of speculation ranging from electric cars to fully autonomous...

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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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Apple cuts autonomous car team by 200, shifting some to machine learning projects

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Cars, News

Apple’s autonomous car skunkworks endeavor, Project Titan, has spent years as one of the company’s most volatile divisions, going through...

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Adorable, unthreatening autonomous vehicles deliver meals around Virginia campus

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Cars, News

Critics of autonomous vehicles’ safety and reliability have various valid points, but no one’s going to be afraid of these...

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Chinese self-driving startup Roadstar.ai drops co-founder for alleged corruption, faked data

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Cars, News

The Drive’s Alex Roy likes to ask who the “Theranos of self-driving cars” is, and now we might have an answer… as...

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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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Goodyear CEO on the automotive industry and trade

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Transportation, as we know it, is changing. There’s ride-sharing, electric cars, and soon, driverless vehicles. One of the things...

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Developers seek to advance truck platooning through higher automation, global demonstrations

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 in News, Trucks

Truck platooning has not yet advanced beyond the testing and development stage, but proponents and developers of the technology continue...

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VW, BMW consider more cooperation efforts for self-driving cars

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 in Cars, News

Volkswagen AG and BMW AG remain open to teaming up with more manufacturers and software providers worldwide to share the huge cost of...

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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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Amazon has revealed a new autonomous-delivery robot named ‘Scout’

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 in Cars, News

Amazon wants customers to meet “Scout.” Amazon Scout is the name of Amazon’s newest delivery test program, announced on...

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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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