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Leddartech partners with COAST Autonomous at AV20 Silicon Valley from February 26-28, 2020 to present and demonstrate the role of lidar in ADAS and autonomous driving applications

Posted on Feb 18, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, an industry leader in LiDAR technology who provides the most versatile...

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Tesla’s biggest problem with self-driving cars is that it actually has to sell them to customers

Posted on Feb 17, 2020 in Cars, Finance

Tesla is the dominant electric carmaker in the industry – an impressive achievement in just over 15 years of existence. But it wants...

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Video of Uber driver on wild chase that “kidnapped” date-night couple provides vital lessons for AI self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 15, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Did you happen to watch or hear about one of this week’s most harrowing escapades involving an Uber driver that went out of his mind?...

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For self-driving startups, revenue is elusive, but miles add up

Posted on Feb 15, 2020 in Cars, Finance

May Mobility Inc.’s boxy white-and-green self-driving shuttle pulls up to a damp corner in downtown Detroit. Its big doors swing out...

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Jeff Gordon on the future of NASCAR, autonomous cars and the C8 Corvette

Posted on Feb 14, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

This year marks NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon’s fifth year after retiring from the sport and becoming a commentator, and his first year...

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Yandex claims 2 million self-driving car miles, double in 4 months

Posted on Feb 14, 2020 in Cars, News

Yandex claims that its autonomous cars have driven 2 million miles to date, double the figure it reported in October and 4 times the...

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SAE International and General Motors launch AutoDrive Challenge II; Level 4 autonomy

Posted on Feb 14, 2020 in Cars, News

SAE International announced the launch of the SAE AutoDrive Challenge II through a continued partnership with GM. Participating university...

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Roboflow: Popular autonomous vehicle data set contains critical flaws

Posted on Feb 14, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

A machine learning model’s performance is only as good as the quality of the data set on which it’s trained, and in the domain of...

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Israeli company to provide laser sensor systems for Chinese self-driving trucks

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in News, Technology, Trucks

JERUSALEM, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — Israeli vehicle laser sensor maker Innoviz Technologies said on Wednesday that it will provide sensors...

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Tesla owner says remotely disabled Autopilot features have been restored

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla has restored the Autopilot driver assistance features it remotely disabled on a used Model S, just days after Jalopnik published a...

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Uber pays Google $9.7 million to settle legal beef in tangled self-driving car fight

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

Another piece of the tangled legal fight sparked by Uber’s attempt to catch up to Google’s self-driving car program has been resolved,...

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‘Disgruntled’ former Waymo self-driving car operator arrested for causing car crash

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in Cars, News

A former Waymo contractor was arrested after allegedly forcing one of the company’s self-driving cars to crash in Tempe last month,...

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BMW i Ventures invests in AutoFi, a San Francisco-based vehicle financing startup

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

The era of haggling with a salesperson to purchase a vehicle may soon be over, as technology continues to play a role in the purchase of a...

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Groups call on U.S. lawmakers to develop ‘meaningful legislation’ for AVs

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Editor’s Picks

Officials from trade groups representing automakers and tech companies, as well as consumer and vehicle safety, called on Congress to...

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Researchers create ears for cars to improve road safety

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

For drivers, there are times when it feels as if that fast-approaching emergency vehicle, with its siren blaring, has come from nowhere....

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Hypodermic needles left in self-driving cars is an ominous harbinger of what’s to come

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Recent news indicates that some workers at a prominent self-driving car company reported that they’ve found leftover hypodermic needles...

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Lyft touts benefits of self-driving cars, but warns of ‘second order’ effects

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, News

Autonomous cars will prove critical to the future of cities, according to Raj Kapoor, Lyft’s chief strategy officer and head of business...

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Self-driving car bill drafts silent on maker accountability (1)

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

(Updates throughout with controversy over lawsuits.) House and Senate lawmakers moved a step closer to drawing up driverless car...

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The self driving and sharing economy: How regulation may drive the transportation revolution in 2020 and beyond

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Policy & Regulation

The year 2020 may be the one that redefines your ride. Less than a decade ago, typing the words Uber or Lyft into an internet search or...

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Groups call on U.S. lawmakers to develop ‘meaningful legislation’ for AVs

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Officials from trade groups representing automakers and tech companies, as well as consumer and vehicle safety, called on Congress to...

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