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The Christmas holidays will be even more wonderful due to the advent of self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 22, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

It’s that wonderful time of the year! The Christmas season is upon us and there is joy in the air. Stores are festooned with ornaments and...

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Mock skyscrapers, simulated rain at Singapore self-driving test centre

Posted on Dec 22, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Singapore: The road sweeper and a golf buggy move around the track with ease, jamming their brakes on when a pedestrian steps out and...

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U.S. talks with GM over deploying self-driving cars without steering wheels

Posted on Dec 21, 2019 in Cars, News

WASHINGTON: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is holding talks with General Motors Co on the automaker’s...

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Explaining level 4 and level 5 of self-driving cars in plain English

Posted on Dec 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

What’s a Level 4 or Level 5 self-driving car? Many ask that very question. Indeed, it is by far one of most popular questions that I get...

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Mitsubishi, NTT to buy 30% stake in digital mapping company Here Technologies

Posted on Dec 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Digital mapping company Here Technologies sold a 30 percent stake to Mitsubishi Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., diluting...

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Rivian plans driverless transportation technology with R1T, R1S

Posted on Dec 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Rivian Automotive submitted a patent entitled “Systems and Methods for Operating an Autonomous Vehicle in a Guardian Mode,” which aims to...

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Nils Jaeger appointed President Volvo Autonomous Solutions

Posted on Dec 20, 2019 in Cars, News

Nils Jaeger, currently President Region EMEA, Volvo Financial Services, has been appointed President of the new Volvo Group business area...

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Driving sideways to move forward: Stanford engineers show how an autonomous, drifting DeLorean can improve driver safety

Posted on Dec 20, 2019 in Cars, News

As the DeLorean rolled to a stop and the cloud of tire smoke cleared, Jon Goh peeked out the sliver of the passenger-side window to see...

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NVIDIA provides transportation industry access to its deep neural networks for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Dec 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

NVIDIA will provide the transportation industry with access to its NVIDIA DRIVE deep neural networks (DNNs) for autonomous vehicle...

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Tesla full self-driving ‘sneak preview’ and more games coming in holiday update

Posted on Dec 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted tonight that Tesla has a “holiday update” with a few special gifts in store.  The update includes a Tesla full...

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StradVision raises $27 million in Series B funding to support camera technology for autonomous vehicles and ADAS systems

Posted on Dec 19, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — StradVision, an innovator in vision processing technology for Autonomous Vehicles,...

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Tesla, GM and others hyped up emerging technologies in autos. Now they have to deliver

Posted on Dec 19, 2019 in Cars, News

In October 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a bold promise: One of the company’s vehicle’s would drive itself from Los Angeles to New York...

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Could 2020 be the tipping point for autonomous vehicles?

Posted on Dec 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Alistair Gordon, CEO of Keolis UK, explains how 2020 could prove to be making of autonomous vehicles in public transport networks,...

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Pioneer develops mass-production model of 3D-LiDAR sensor with improved measurement distance and a much compact size

Posted on Dec 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Pioneer Corporation (“Pioneer,” hereafter) and Pioneer Smart Sensing Innovations Corporation (“PSSI,” hereafter), a consolidated...

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Autonomous vehicles on bumpy road to market

Posted on Dec 19, 2019 in Cars, News

Advocates of the technology will point to reduced emissions and less congestion as just two virtues making autonomous cars an attractive...

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New tech will expedite bus trips through Lincoln Tunnel

Posted on Dec 18, 2019 in Buses, News

(TNS) — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved an 18-month, $4.8 million demonstration program to test connected,...

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TuSimple reports its autonomous trucks reduce fuel consumption

Posted on Dec 18, 2019 in News, Trucks

Self-driving truck company TuSimple announced its autonomous technology reduced fuel consumption for trips by its prototype heavy-duty...

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Latest AI that ‘learns’ on-the-fly is raising serious concerns, including for self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Humans typically learn new things on-the-fly. Let’s use jigsaw puzzles to explore the learning process. Imagine that you are asked to...

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Xpeng Motors presents autonomous driving architecture & roadmap at NVIDIA GTC China 2019

Posted on Dec 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

SUZHOU, China, Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Xpeng Motors will prioritize its end-to-end autonomous driving R&D, introducing...

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30-40% of Tesla owners buy autopilot (and full self-driving is just 3 years away)

Posted on Dec 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Full self-driving capability is just three years away, according to one Silicon Valley expert. “We’ve probably spent $100 billion in the...

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