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Military working to make its autonomous technology smarter

Posted on Jul 21, 2019 in Technology, Trucks

Keeping soldiers safe continues to be the main reason the military enlists unmanned vehicles into its ranks, especially for resupply...

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“Move fast and break things” won’t make self-driving cars safe

Posted on Jul 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

There’s an old parable of a person leaving the pub late at night and searching in vain for his keys under a streetlamp. A bystander asks...

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City planners eye self-driving vehicles to correct mistakes of the 20th-century auto

Posted on Jul 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

As self-driving vehicles begin to transform the way people get around, urban planners around the country are beginning to think about how...

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Pedestrian collision puts Vienna’s driverless bus trial on hold

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Buses, News

A self-driving bus trial taking place in Vienna, Austria, has been paused after an incident occurred between a pedestrian and one of the...

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Self-driving startup AutoX expands beyond deliveries and sets its sights on Europe

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Cars, News

AutoX, the Hong Kong and San Jose, Calif.-based autonomous vehicle technology company, is pushing past its grocery delivery roots and into...

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In a world of autonomous vehicles, this is why we’ll need more public transport than ever

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Buses, Perspective

The media is fascinated by autonomous vehicles (AVs), in particular their safety and when or if they will arrive en masse. A bigger and...

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How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Two years ago, Lime was a great addition to guacamole, rather than a sidewalk. The market wasn’t sure about car sharing and whether it had...

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Self-driving startup AutoX expands beyond deliveries and sets its sights on Europe

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

AutoX, the Hong Kong and San Jose, Calif.-based autonomous vehicle technology company, is pushing past its grocery delivery roots and into...

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Self-driving tech slams into wall of human behaviour

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Cars, News

A YEAR ago, Detroit and Silicon Valley had visions of putting thousands of self-driving taxis on the road in 2019, ushering in an age of...

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Uber made a blueprint for safe self-driving cars it wants the rest of the industry to follow

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber’s future depends on safe autonomous vehicles. The money-losing company is attempting to transition from costly human drivers to...

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Here are the executives running the biggest and most important self-driving-car companies

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The serious players in the self-driving-vehicle game are starting to emerge. Over the past few years, Alphabet’s Waymo, GM’s...

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Tesla floats fully self-driving cars as soon as this year. Many are worried about what that will unleash.

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is promising to launch “full self-driving” capabilities to hundreds of thousands of cars through an over-the-air...

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Uber made a blueprint for safe self-driving cars it wants the rest of the industry to follow

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber’s future depends on safe autonomous vehicles. The money-losing company is attempting to transition from costly human drivers to...

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BMW, Tencent to open computing center in China for self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, Markets

BEIJING – German automaker BMW and Chinese online gaming giant Tencent Holdings are teaming up to launch a computing center in China...

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Autonomous vehicles slowly merge into real-life traffic

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

(TNS) — Asking a driverless minivan to join suburban traffic required pushing a button labeled “START RIDE.” What followed was a cool...

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Quanergy partners with Chery to propel new era of autonomous vehicles and smart cities

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors and smart sensing solutions, announced a...

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Are autonomous vehicles farther away than we think?

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The last few years have been filled with countless predictions and hype around the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs), with billions of...

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How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Two years ago, Lime was a great addition to guacamole, rather than a sidewalk. The market wasn’t sure about car sharing and whether it had...

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The promise of self-driving delivery vehicles: Insights from Nuro cofounder Dave Ferguson

Posted on Jul 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

How many times have you gotten into your car to simply drive over to a local store to buy an item that you needed at your home? I’d wager...

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Peugeot-maker PSA is testing autonomous driving technologies in Spain

Posted on Jul 17, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Autos giant PSA is conducting tests in the Spanish city of Vigo to “advance the development of autonomous driving”. The work, which is...

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