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This is how GM’s Cruise plans to beat the competition

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

General Motors’ (NYSE:GM) Cruise is collecting data for its self-driving cars at any cost, using more sensors on its vehicles than...

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Level 4 platform built into fleet of Toyota Sienna robotaxis

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in Cars, Technology

Robotaxis—self-driving taxi services operated by ridesharing companies—are on their way to becoming a major mobility solution. Robotaxi...

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TuSimple automates nation’s first trucking lane in Arizona

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in News, Trucks

Union Pacific Railroad will become the first customer to move freight on TuSimple’s fully-automated trucking route between the...

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Automated vehicle legislation sought to make U.S. roads safer

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in News, Policy & Regulation

Lawmakers are showing renewed interest in regulating automated vehicles as traffic deaths spike and self-driving technology continues to...

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Humans should drive our transit future, not autonomous vehicles

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

Just like the pilots in command of a highly automated aircraft, human operators must be onboard all passenger transport vehicles no matter...

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Self-driving car companies zoom ahead, leaving U.S. regulators behind

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) to General Motors Co’s...

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Toyota Research Institute programs the world’s first car that can ‘autonomously drift’ around obstacles to avoid accidents

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Could the act of drifting in a vehicle help prevent accidents? One day its might be possible, so engineers at the Toyota Research...

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Waymo can keep some driverless data secret for another 22 days

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in Editor’s Picks

Waymo had small win Monday in its fight to keep certain details about its autonomous vehicle operations from public view. The...

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Robotaxis, IoT synergy to redefine smart mobility and urbanism: Deeproute CEO

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

A lot of companies are in the race to develop fully autonomous vehicles, but some have a head start over others owing to superior tech...

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Waymo can keep some driverless data secret for another 22 days

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in News, Policy & Regulation, Technology

Waymo had small win Monday in its fight to keep certain details about its autonomous vehicle operations from public view. The...

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Cruise, loaded with another $1.35B from SoftBank, opens up driverless ride-hailing to the public

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in Editor’s Picks

Cruise is opening up its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco as the GM subsidiary creeps toward commercialization...

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Nuro’s 3rd generation delivery robot is ready for manufacture

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in News, Technology

Nuro, which has a good claim at being the leading (and certainly best funded) company in road-based autonomous delivery, has released its...

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Cruise, loaded with another $1.35B from SoftBank, opens up driverless ride-hailing to the public

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in Cars, Finance, News

Cruise is opening up its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco as the GM subsidiary creeps toward commercialization...

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GNSS RTK and IMUs provide precision positioning for self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

I talked with ACEINNA’s Teoman Ustun about the importance of combining GNSS RTK with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to provide...

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Del. judge says Amazon self-driving vehicle unit must provide some merger records

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in News, Policy & Regulation

(Reuters) – Self-driving vehicle developer Zoox shareholders can see limited records on Amazon’s $1.3 billion acquisition of the...

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Military-proven radar tech enables AVs to navigate with pinpoint accuracy

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

What market need is GPR filling in the automated and autonomous driving technology space? Existing systems aim to replicate the human...

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Tesla to recall FSD Beta software that lets drivers slowly roll past stop signs

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla will recall software from 53,822 of its Model S, X, 3 and Y vehicles in the U.S. to eliminate a feature that let cars automatically...

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Exploring those ethical AI forebodings about veritable societal imprisonment via modern day autonomous mobilized panopticons courtesy of AI-based self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

You are being watched. Maybe, maybe not. Let’s unpack that. Assume that you are comfortably sitting in the sanctity of your private...

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Three benefits of automated mobility in 2022

Posted on Jan 31, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Whether it’s the machine-learning algorithms of AI (artificial intelligence) or the burgeoning field of VR/AR (virtual and augmented...

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Has LiDAR arrived?

Posted on Jan 31, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the annual mega-event held in the first week of the New Year in Las Vegas, Nevada (maybe not as...

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