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Xpeng Motors begins deliveries of its electric P7 ‘Smart Sedan’, creates new competition for Tesla in China

Posted on Jun 29, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Chinese electric vehicle startupXpeng Motors has started country-wide deliveries of its new flagship P7 electric sedan China. The P7,...

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Autonomous parking: around the corner or distant fantasy?

Posted on Jun 29, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Parking has never been the simplest task, but choose the wrong time or a busy place and it becomes a nightmare. Could autonomous driving...

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Why Elon Musk taunted Bezos for being a copycat in Amazon’s buyout of Zoox, an Autopilot-like self-driving car stalwart

Posted on Jun 28, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

It is time to blare the trumpets and roll out the red carpet for some good old-fashioned maxims that explain the recent announcement of...

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Baidu-backed maker of self-driving vehicle sensors said to be in talks to go public

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 in News, Technology

Blank-check company Graf Industrial Corp is in talks to merge with Baidu-backed Velodyne Lidar, a deal that would take public the maker of...

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Tesla’s most robust self-driving package will cost more — again

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 in News, Technology

It’ll soon cost you $8,000 to buy a Tesla upgrade package, which includes some features that don’t even exist yet....

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Christopher Columbus and evaluating autonomous vehicles as an investor

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 in Finance, Perspective

In recent times, the news surrounding Autonomous Vehicles has been quite active. Examples include Amazon AMZN acquiring Zoox for over a...

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UC Riverside receives $1.2M grant to build GPUs for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

Three UC Riverside engineers have received a $1.2-million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new generation of...

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Shanghai launches self-driving ride service

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 in Cars, News

SHANGHAI, June 27 (Xinhua) — Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (DiDi) on Saturday launched the trial run of self-driving ride service...

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TuSimple seeking $250 million in new funding to scale self-driving trucks

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 in Finance, News, Trucks

TuSimple,the self-driving truck startup backed by Sina, Nvidia, UPS and Tier 1 supplier Mando Corporation, is headed back into the...

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Countries agree regulations for automated driving

Posted on Jun 26, 2020 in News, Policy & Regulation

GENEVA – More than 50 countries, including Japan, South Korea and the European Union member states, have agreed common regulations for...

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Report: Amazon to pay $1 billion+ for self-driving tech firm Zoox

Posted on Jun 26, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

Amazon is expected to announce a deal as early as today to purchase self-driving vehicle technology provider Zoox for upwards of $1...

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New ‘deepfake’ tech to accelerate autonomous car development

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 in News, Technology

A UK-based software company has developed ‘pioneering’ technology inspired by viral videos that, it hopes, will accelerate the...

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First full-sized automated buses to operate in Connecticut in a U.S. first

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 in Editor’s Picks

The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced a partnership with autonomous technology provider Robotic Research LLC to...

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Report: Amazon to pay $1 billion+ for self-driving tech firm Zoox

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 in Editor’s Picks

Amazon is expected to announce a deal as early as today to purchase self-driving vehicle technology provider Zoox for upwards of $1...

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First full-sized automated buses to operate in Connecticut in a U.S. first

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 in Buses, News

The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced a partnership with autonomous technology provider Robotic Research LLC to...

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Lyft releases new self-driving vehicle data set and launches $30,000 challenge

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Following the release of the Perception Dataset and the conclusion of its 2019 object detection competition, Lyft today shared a new...

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Volvo will use Waymo’s self-driving technology to power a fleet of electric robotaxis

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Waymo is the “exclusive global L4 partner” for Volvo Car Group, the two companies announced Thursday. That means that Volvo will integrate...

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New radar allows cars to spot hazards around corners

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 in News, Technology

Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, researchers have developed an automated system that will allow cars to peer...

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Self-driving car startup Argo AI expands in Pittsburgh

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 in Cars, News

(TNS) — Argo AI is expanding its presence in the Strip District. The self-driving car startup is taking more space in the Riverfront West...

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Autonomous taxi firms can’t afford to forget about disabled passengers

Posted on Jun 24, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicles (AVs), like self-driving taxis, continue to garner media attention as industry and political stakeholders claim that...

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