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Apple seeks to bite into self-driving electric vehicle market

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The scramble for the $5 trillion car market is afoot. The leaders in self-driving tech and electric mobility will be the winners. Apple...

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Kodiak targets driverless trucks in 2023, partners with SK for Asian market

Posted on May 26, 2021 in News, Trucks

U.S. self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics Inc is looking into a joint venture with the holding firm of South Korean conglomerate SK...

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Self-driving cars raise liability questions for insurers

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Cars, Finance

(TNS) — The advent of self-driving cars is raising questions in the insurance sector about who should pay when the vehicles crash and how...

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Study shows many motorists feel less safe with autonomous cars on the roads

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Cars, News

A joint study from the American Automobile Association (AAA) and Harvard has revealed how uncomfortable many drivers are about sharing the...

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Beep secures $20M Series-A investment from Intel Capital and Blue Lagoon Capital

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Finance, News

ORLANDO, Fla., May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Beep, a provider of multi-passenger, electric, autonomous mobility solutions, announced...

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Memorial Day traveling is going to be dicey, not so in an era of AI self-driving cars

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The Memorial Day weekend is almost here! And it is time for a deserved road trip, a refreshing getaway, a chance to finally stretch your...

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What are the safety and reliability rules for AV makers?

Posted on May 26, 2021 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

Autonomous vehicles (AV) are already on the public streets and roads in various U.S. cities. Do regulators — and the public — have reason...

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Light is the key to long-range, fully autonomous EVs

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Technology

Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) hold immense promise. At times, the headlines about the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry seem...

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Phase one of autonomous corridor project begins in Md. City

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Buses, Infrastructure, News

WESTMINSTER, Md. — Drones, robots and self-driving cars were buzzing through downtown Westminster on Thursday for the ribbon-cutting of...

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Light detector adds awareness to autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Developed by engineers at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia, the first-of-its-kind device promises to give...

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New GNSS/INS positioning family for autonomy

Posted on May 25, 2021 in News, Technology

Hexagon | NovAtel has introduced the PIM222A, part of a new family of GNSS positioning products for autonomy. The PIM222A delivers precise...

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Chinese startup Pony.ai can now test driverless vehicles in three California cities

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Chinese robotaxi startup Pony.ai has been given permission by California regulators to pilot its autonomous vehicles without a human...

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Silicon Valley is resetting expectations for self-driving cars and settling in for years of more work.

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

After years of hype, billions of dollars of investments and promises that people would be commuting to work in self-driving cars by now,...

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The founder of lidar maker Velodyne is going to war with his own SPAC

Posted on May 25, 2021 in News, Technology

David Hall, the founder of leading lidar manufacturer Velodyne, is going to war with the SPAC that acquired his company. In a letter, Hall...

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Hitachi Astemo develops rider comfort tech for autonomous driving

Posted on May 25, 2021 in News, Technology

Hitachi Astemo has developed Dynamics Planning, a highly precise vehicle trajectory planning technology for autonomous vehicles. The...

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JD.com, Meituan and Neolix to test autonomous deliveries on Beijing public roads

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Cars, News

People in a Beijing suburb will begin to see autonomous delivery mini-vans across their neighborhood, moving cautiously alongside human...

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Self-driving cars offer chance to re-imagine sound systems

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

As auto manufacturers continue developing tomorrow’s self-driving cars, there’s a parallel design process taking shape....

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Light detector adds awareness to autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 25, 2021 in News, Technology

Developed by engineers at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia, the first-of-its-kind device promises to give...

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Op-ed: Alphabet’s Waymo warns that describing vehicles as ‘self-driving’ before they’re ready can lead to unsafe driver behavior

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Perspective

Yesterday’s science fiction is a real transportation option today for a growing segment of the population. I’m referring specifically to...

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Opinion: It’s time for Elon Musk to start telling the truth about autonomous driving

Posted on May 25, 2021 in Perspective

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has shown that he has an influential platform by roiling the cryptocurrency market with his...

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