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Oops, self-driving car tech has an adverse carbon footprint

Posted on Nov 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The media constantly reminds us about the carbon footprint (CFP) that we are all producing. In some cases, a carbon footprint is expressed...

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Researchers develop cross-car games for autonomous cars

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

Researchers from the University of Waterloo and Waterloo’s Games Institue have designed multiplayer games that can be played by occupants...

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Veoneer joins Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium to accelerate development of autonomous vehicle

Posted on Nov 19, 2019 in Cars, News

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ —  Veoneer, Inc. (NYSE: VNE and SSE: VNE SDB), the world’s largest pure-play company...

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Uber is at fault for fatal self-driving crash, but it’s not alone

Posted on Nov 19, 2019 in Cars, News

Federal investigators split the blame for the fatal Uber self-driving crash between the ride-hailing company, the safety driver in the...

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Waymo’s Austin closure was sudden and affected about 100 contractors, workers say

Posted on Nov 19, 2019 in Cars, News

The closure of Waymo’s self-driving car facility in Austin, Texas, this month eliminated jobs for about 100 contractors, some of whom...

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StradVision teams up with leading European Tier 1 supplier on level 4 autonomous bus project

Posted on Nov 19, 2019 in Buses, News, Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — StradVision, an industry pioneer in vision processing technology for Autonomous...

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Predicting people’s driving personalities

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

Self-driving cars are coming. But for all their fancy sensors and intricate data-crunching abilities, even the most cutting-edge cars lack...

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It’s flu season and here’s why self-driving cars might make things worse

Posted on Nov 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Germs are all around us. Are there germs on a toilet seat? Sure, we all know that. Here’s what might surprise you, there are apparently...

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Aurora’s self-driving system needed more motorcycle experience. So a biker club helped out.

Posted on Nov 17, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The San Francisco chapter of the Iron Order Motorcycle Club doesn’t usually concern itself much with self-driving cars, but...

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Wayve raises $20 million to give autonomous cars better AI brains

Posted on Nov 17, 2019 in Cars, Finance, Technology

Wayve, a U.K.-based startup that’s developing artificial intelligence (AI) that teaches cars to drive autonomously using reinforcement...

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IDTechEx asks: How close are we to autonomous cars

Posted on Nov 16, 2019 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Reports

BOSTON, Dec. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In the past decade, progress continues in the development and deployment of autonomous driving...

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How autonomous vehicles can save us (and the ride-hailing industry)

Posted on Nov 15, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

With Uber and Lyft recently announcing large quarterly losses, it’s clear they have to make serious changes to reach profitability and...

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Velodyne Lidar debuts Alpha Prime™, the most advanced lidar sensor on the market

Posted on Nov 15, 2019 in Cars, Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today introduced Alpha Prime™, the next generation lidar sensor...

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State of the art: Autonomous driving technology as 2019 comes to a close

Posted on Nov 15, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The market for global autonomous vehicles is currently at over $54 billion and could reach more than ten times that amount by 2026....

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Why Mercedes’s self-driving trucks are set to overtake its robotaxis

Posted on Nov 15, 2019 in Cars, News, Trucks

Don’t hold your breath for a self-driving Mercedes car anytime soon. At Daimler’s capital market day in London on Thursday, new CEO Ola...

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Volkswagen to bring self-driving electric shuttles to Qatar by 2022

Posted on Nov 15, 2019 in Cars, News

Volkswagen Group  and Qatar have agreed to develop a public transit system of autonomous shuttles and buses by 2022 for the capital city...

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Eurovia UK and British AI partner to trial new solutions in highway solutions

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The companies have announced they will be collecting data and accelerating autonomous vehicle development with Kar-go. The deal gives AI...

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Here’s how quantum supremacy will impact self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Quantum supremacy achieved! Quantum supremacy, achieved? The news recently was agog with the claim that the so-called and highly sought...

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Lidar startup Ouster introduces a more affordable 32-channel Lidar sensor for self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ouster, Inc., a provider of high-resolution lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles, robotics,...

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‘Reality check’ on self-driving cars taking place at Daimler

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 in Cars, News

Despite their dreams of putting self-driving cars on the road sooner rather than later, numerous automakers and companies are finding out...

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