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Autonomous driving firm Aurora has doubled staff in past year

Posted on May 30, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

While the world struggles with the coronavirus pandemic and its entire, gigantic, enormous economic fallout, it’s perhaps surprising to...

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Waymo’s robot minivans are ready to roll in the Bay Area for the first time since COVID-19 outbreak

Posted on May 30, 2020 in Cars, News

Waymo’s self-driving cars are returning to Bay Area roads for the first time since the company halted its public testing in early March...

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Who will own the cars that drive themselves?

Posted on May 29, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

It was a difficult question even before the coronavirus pandemic hit: When self-driving cars eventually rule the roads, will Americans own...

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Didi Chuxing’srobotaxi unit lands $500 million from Softbank-led group

Posted on May 29, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing service, said it has raised $500 million for its autonomous vehicle business from an investment...

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Volkswagen’s board approves multi-billion dollar alliance with Ford to develop electric & commercial vehicles

Posted on May 29, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

German carmaker Volkswagen AG said on Thursday its supervisory board had approved several projects in a multibillion-dollar alliance with...

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Speaking of space launches, here’s how Apollo 12 was saved by a steely-eyed missile man, plus lessons for self-driving cars

Posted on May 28, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

This is an exciting week for space travel and kudos goes to NASA and SpaceX for being on the verge of launching astronauts into space from...

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China’s Baidu finishes building ‘world’s largest’ test ground for autonomous vehicle, smart driving systems

Posted on May 28, 2020 in Infrastructure, News

Chinese search engine giant and artificial intelligence (AI) champion Baidu said on Tuesday that it has completed construction of what it...

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China’s Baidu finishes building ‘world’s largest’ test ground for autonomous vehicle, smart driving systems

Posted on May 28, 2020 in Editor’s Picks

Chinese search engine giant and artificial intelligence (AI) champion Baidu said on Tuesday that it has completed construction of what it...

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Mobileye demos self-driving car that uses cameras to get around

Posted on May 28, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Mobileye, Intel’s driverless vehicle R&D division, today published a 40-minute video of one of its cars navigating a 160-mile stretch...

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Nuro’s self-driving vehicles to deliver prescriptions for CVS Pharmacy

Posted on May 28, 2020 in Cars, News

Nuro, the autonomous robotics startup that has raised more than $1 billion from SoftBank Vision Fund, Greylock and other investors, said...

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Purpose-built autonomy driver for OEM GNSS receiver built on Robot Operating System

Posted on May 28, 2020 in News, Technology

Hexagon | NovAtel has released its first purpose-built driver, powered by Robot Operating System (ROS), to support its OEM7 family of GNSS...

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Optimus Ride begins delivering food to families in need in Washington, D.C.

Posted on May 28, 2020 in Buses, News

Optimus Ride, a startup developing self-driving shuttles principally for transportation, today announced that three of its vehicles will...

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How Mercedes Benz is keeping drivers safe using ‘Car-to-X’ communication technology

Posted on May 28, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

A major focus of German automaker Dailmer AG throughout its history is the automaker’s commitment to the safety of passengers. For...

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BMW Driving Assistant Professional gets additional functions

Posted on May 27, 2020 in News, Technology

Starting this summer, BMW’s Driving Assistant Professional package will come with a few new functions, to make highway driving a tad bit...

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Carnegie Mellon University to join Roborace autonomous racing championship

Posted on May 27, 2020 in Cars, News

LOS ANGELES, May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A student team from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is joining the upcoming season of...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s contribution to autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 27, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

In 1990, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in a futuristic science fiction movie called Total Recall. The core of the movie was a typical...

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Autonomous car company Aurora increases hiring amid industry struggles

Posted on May 27, 2020 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicle (AV) startup Aurora today announced it has roughly doubled its workforce to 500 people (up from 250 as of May 2019) and...

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Amazon buying Zooxmay save $20 billion, put Tesla on its heels

Posted on May 27, 2020 in Finance, Perspective

(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc.’s talks to buy driverless vehicle startupZoox Inc. has analysts speculating the deal could save the...

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FLIR releases first European thermal imaging dataset for automotive driver assistance development

Posted on May 27, 2020 in News, Technology

FLIR Systems, Inc. today announced the availability of its first European thermal imaging regional dataset and the third in a series of...

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For better or for worse, ballot harvesting for election voting would be a cinch with self-driving cars

Posted on May 26, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

There is a lot of controversy about ballot harvesting. First, some prefer to call it ballot collecting, since the word “harvesting” seems...

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