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Austin’s transportation department paving the way for rise in autonomous vehicle traffic

Posted on May 16, 2021 in Infrastructure, News

With more driverless cars expected to be seen cruising Austin’s roadways over the coming years, city transportation planners are...

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Automated driving classifications are updated, but Level 3 remains tricky

Posted on May 16, 2021 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

The Society of Automotive Engineers last week published an update to its widely used six-level automated driving taxonomy. SAE worked...

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Cruise expects GM to begin production of new driverless vehicle in early 2023

Posted on May 16, 2021 in Buses, News

Cruise, a majority-owned autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, expects production of its driverless shuttle called the Origin...

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Musk says Tesla new self-driving rollout could take a couple of months

Posted on May 16, 2021 in News, Technology

(Reuters) – Boss Elon Musk said Tesla Inc is tweaking its self-driving software to eliminate a phantom braking problem and may...

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Waymo to lose its CFO and head of automotive partnerships

Posted on May 16, 2021 in News

Waymo’s chief financial officer Ger Dwyer and its head of automotive partnerships and corporate development Adam Frost — two longtime...

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Self-driving cars will force Highway Code to ‘change entirely’ with major new law changes

Posted on May 16, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

Legal experts say road rules will have to be “changed entirely” to ensure the laws are relevant to the new driverless technology....

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Policymakers keep autonomous vehicles bill on Senate’s radar

Posted on May 16, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

Two of the key drivers of autonomous vehicle policy in Congress again touted its potential safety and economic benefits during a hearing...

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Self-driving cars will help soften the blow when asking loved ones to retire their keys

Posted on May 15, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Most of us take for granted that we can drive a car. The driving act seems to be ostensibly trivial. You get behind the wheel, turn on the...

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Ready for a robot to deliver your packages? New Oklahoma law allows ground-based drones

Posted on May 14, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

Drones aren’t just for flying. “Personal delivery devices,” or drones that crawl along sidewalks, soon could be used to deliver packages...

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Green autonomous driving

Posted on May 14, 2021 in Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

Bloomberg’s Akshat Rathi explains why it’s not crazy to imagine that self-driving electric cars could mean the end of the need...

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How Arizona became a hotbed for electric vehicles, microchips and self-driving tech

Posted on May 14, 2021 in Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

Arizona has rapidly become an epicenter for electric vehicle and self-driving tech, and it’s now the site of three big new semiconductor...

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China’s Baidu announces ‘Apollo Air’ which supports self-driving vehicles using real-time data from 5G-connected roadside units

Posted on May 14, 2021 in News, Technology

China’s tech giant Baidu is expanding its Apollo autonomous driving platform by adding vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications...

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Embark welcomes HP Inc. into its Partner Development Program to pioneer commercial self-driving freight deployment

Posted on May 13, 2021 in News, Trucks

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Embark Trucks Inc., a leading developer of autonomous technology for the trucking...

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A driverless Waymo got stuck in traffic and then tried to run away from its support crew

Posted on May 13, 2021 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

One of Waymo’s fully autonomous minivans got stuck at an intersection in Chandler, Arizona, prompting the company to send a roadside...

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dlhBOWLES expands Clēr™ product line to include Fluid Control Unit for multi-zone Camera and Sensor cleaning

Posted on May 13, 2021 in News, Technology

COLUMBIA, Md., May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — dlhBOWLES and RAPA Automotive announces their Fluid Control Unit (FCU) is now...

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Volkswagen plans self-driving electric microbus with Argo AI by 2025

Posted on May 12, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Volkswagen is planning to bring to market by 2025 a version of its upcoming microbus, a retro-styled electric van, with the ability to...

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Autonomous delivery could be around the corner for millions of Americans

Posted on May 12, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

A $2.75 billion investment by Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and other institutional investors into General Motors’ (NYSE: GM) self-driving...

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Just 29% of motorists want to see self-driving cars on UK roads in 2021

Posted on May 12, 2021 in Cars, News

More than two-thirds of motorists disagree with the UK Government’s assertion that self-driving cars should be allowed on UK roads later...

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Innoviz announces new design win with leading Tier-1 automotive supplier for its autonomous shuttle program

Posted on May 12, 2021 in Buses, News, Technology

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —  Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ: INVZ), a technology leader of high-performance,...

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Scott Madden joins autonomous delivery vehicle company Udelv as VP of Sales

Posted on May 12, 2021 in News

BURLINGAME, Calif., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Udelv, a Silicon Valley venture-backed company, announced today that Scott Madden...

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