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News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

Morgan Stanley warns General Motors investors to lower their expectations for Cruise autonomous cars

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, News

Morgan Stanley is trying to tamper investor excitement for General Motor’s Cruise robo-taxi unit. In a note to clients this week,...

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The convergence of 5G and AI: A venture capitalist’s view

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

As an emerging-technology investor, I am always on the lookout for new technologies that can improve existing markets and enable new ones....

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Watch a self-driving car handle hairpin turns like a race car

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Self-driving cars are trained to be overly cautious, but there may be situations where they need to make high-speed maneuvers to avoid a...

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Portland startup develops AV remote control

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

In an era of self-driving vehicles, roadside assistance could transform into on-road assistance. Instead of asking OnStar for help, riders...

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Why the rush? Self-driving cars still have long way to go before safe integration

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

For the past four or five years, we’ve been hearing about the potential of autonomous vehicles to alleviate traffic congestion and...

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Daimler Trucks to acquire majority stake in autonomous-driving firm Torc Robotics

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in News, Trucks

Daimler Trucks is taking a major step in the development of self-driving trucks. The German firm will acquire a majority stake in Torc...

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What’s next? Self-driving cars and Asia’s LNG market breaks free

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, Technology

BloombergNEF held its annual New York Summit this week. Analysts hosted dozens of sessions on topics as varied as the future of...

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What’s the acceptable death rate for autonomous cars?

Posted on Mar 30, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Before a surgeon cracks open your chest, ask him his acceptable death rate for patients. When you climb aboard an airplane, ask the pilot...

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Elon Musk clarifies Tesla’s plan to retrofit cars for ‘Full Self-Driving’ with new HW3 computer

Posted on Mar 29, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla is preparing its most important retrofit program to date and something completely new in the industry: updating hundreds of...

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Lyft investors are banking on self-driving cars, not ride-sharing

Posted on Mar 29, 2019 in Cars, News

Lyft became the first ride-hailing app to go public on Friday, skyrocketing to a $23.4 billion valuation. But don’t get too excited for...

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BMW finds a spooky way to promote autonomous driving

Posted on Mar 29, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

BMW is hard at work developing advanced self-driving features for its vehicles and has previewed its latest developments in the field with...

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The week in tech: Who should let driverless cars off the leash?

Posted on Mar 29, 2019 in Cars, News

Greetings from London. Here’s a look at the week’s tech news: A lot of people are getting way more interested in putting fully autonomous...

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Accelerating autonomous vehicle technology

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The automotive industry is currently looking at the technology innovation needed to move from today’s prototype autonomous vehicles to...

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Automated driving tech to grow 11.5% per year through 2030

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Markets, News, Trucks

The falling costs of advanced safety technology for trucks is helping fleets see the bottom-line benefit, according to a new market...

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Automakers’ edge in the autonomous mobility market

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

“Driverless cars are an existential threat to the car industry,” Forbes contributor Stephen McBride wrote last year. He points out that...

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USDOT publishes automated driving system demonstration grant applicants

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

On Tuesday, USDOT published the list of applicants for the Automated Driving System (ADS) Demonstration Grants which were announced in...

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Autonomous vehicle IP protection — when HAL is driving

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Each day, a fleet of lidar-guided, all-electric Chevy Bolts exits a downtown garage to roam San Francisco, attempting to blend in with...

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Honda, Hino hitch ride with self-driving venture of SoftBank, Toyota

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Cars, News

Honda Motor Co. and Hino Motors are joining a venture of SoftBank Corp and Toyota Motor Corp. that will develop self-driving car services...

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Scania and Nobina announce autonomous EV bus trials in Sweden

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Buses, News

Scania and Nobina (the largest public transport operator in the Nordic countries) announced trials of autonomous buses on regular routes...

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ZF positions for autonomous driving with $7B deal for Wabco

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Finance, News, Trucks

ZF Friedrichshafen has agreed to buy Wabco for more than $7 billion, an acquisition it has long targeted to bolster its expertise in...

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