Autonomous vehicles: Are you ready for the new ride? – MIT Technology Review

The self-driving car revolution is about to shift into overdrive. The signs are everywhere. Just look in the back lots of South Boston’s tech corridor, on the streets of Pittsburgh, in the prefab test facilities at the University of Michigan’s Mcity, and throughout a smattering of open highways.   Car companies are joining with tech giants like Google, Uber, and prominent start-ups to develop next-generation autonomous vehicles that will alter our roads and throughways and lay the groundwork for future smart cities. They’re harnessing technological advances such as machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and the cloud to accelerate development.

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