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Embark and the Arizona Department of Transportation collaborate to promote safe navigation of work zones by autonomous trucks

Posted on Mar 24, 2021 in News, Trucks

SAN FRANCISCO and PHOENIX, March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Embark and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) have signed a...

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Need a ride in Arlington? You might be picked up by a self-driving vehicle

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Cars, News

A fleet of new self-driving vehicles are now making their way around the streets of Arlington....

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With drones and other autonomous vehicles, safety must come first

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Perspective

Two decades ago, a semiautonomous, self-balancing, multipropeller aircraft would have been cutting-edge technology, hardly available at...

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Self-driving cars as bait cars to catch those dastardly car thieves

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Bait cars are said to be the equivalent of a four-wheeled mousetrap. In case you’ve never heard the expression “bait cars” before, the...

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Robot truckmaker TuSimple files for Nasdaq IPO

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in News, Trucks

TuSimple, a U.S.-Chinese developer of self-driving technology for commercial trucks, filed a registration to list shares in an initial...

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Torc Robotics selects Amazon for cloud computing

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Last month, Torc Robotics, a company developing autonomous trucks, decided to go with Amazon for its cloud computing needs. When I first...

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Waymo’s autonomous taxis now make multiple stops, judgment-free

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Cars, News

In the Phoenix metro area, you don’t need to worry about an annoyed Uber or taxi driver. The self-driving taxis from Google-spinoff...

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Apple’s car would rattle premium automakers most, report says

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Traditional premium automakers have the most to fear from a potential launch of a car by Apple, analysts at Bernstein believe, citing its...

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Tesla delays Full Self-Driving beta access, Musk promises changes next month

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in News, Technology

Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said drivers will soon gain a “button” to request access to the Full Self-Driving...

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Affectiva awarded six patents for multi-modal human perception AI and advanced in-cabin sensing

Posted on Mar 23, 2021 in News

BOSTON–(Business Wire)–Today, Affectiva, the pioneer of Human Perception AI, announced that it has been awarded six new...

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Meet the key players from the red-hot self-driving space

Posted on Mar 22, 2021 in Perspective

The race to get self-driving vehicles mainstream has been accelerating of late, with auto and tech giants racing toward automated...

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Sony (SNE), NTT Docomo conduct autonomous vehicle trial in Japan

Posted on Mar 22, 2021 in Cars, News

Sony Corporation SNE, along with NTT Docomo Inc., announced the successful trial of a remotely-operated Sony Sociable Cart (SC-1)...

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While Apple negotiating autonomous driving technology with several lidar suppliers, WIMI Hologram Cloud plans to develop new products to broaden the vehicle market

Posted on Mar 22, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

HONG KONG, March 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tailor Insight, the fintech market research organization, recently released a research...

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The food delivery robots preparing us for autonomous cars

Posted on Mar 21, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The 1970s TV commercial for Smash, Cadbury’s instant mashed potato, famously featured a group of Martian robots mocking humans for mashing...

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4 potential autonomous driving futures

Posted on Mar 20, 2021 in Perspective

The 2020s will see the electric vehicle market explode in terms of sales, but it feels like last decade was the decade of electric...

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Self-driving cars aiming to change our most favorite of car colors

Posted on Mar 20, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

What color is your car? I’m sure that you’ve made a perfect choice for your car....

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Tesla’s beta “self-driving” software sure seems heavy on the beta

Posted on Mar 20, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Imagine you are grading a driving test. In the roughly half hour you’re on the road, the driver fails to properly pick a lane,...

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China’s SAIC partners with U.S. lidar maker Luminar on self-driving cars

Posted on Mar 20, 2021 in News, Technology

(Reuters) – SAIC Motor Corp, China’s largest automaker, said Thursday it plans to begin offering self-driving vehicles in that...

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XPeng kicks off the longest autonomous driving expedition in China

Posted on Mar 19, 2021 in Cars, News

XPeng Inc. (“XPeng” or the “Company”, NYSE: XPEV), a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle (“Smart EV”) company, today kicked off the...

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Yandex’s autonomous cars have driven over six million miles in ‘challenging conditions’

Posted on Mar 19, 2021 in Cars, News

Yandex, Russia’s multi-hyphenate internet giant, began testing its autonomous cars on Moscow’s icy winter roads over three...

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