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UvA and TomTom to open new research lab for autonomous driving

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

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Nov. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Location technology specialist, TomTom (TOM2), and the University of...

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Forum: Questions aplenty before autonomous vehicles ready for widespread use

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

It is critical to ensure that the in-built safeguards of autonomous vehicles (AVs) can handle unpredictable challenges on the road...

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U.S. Senate to hold November 20 hearing on testing, deployment of self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a Nov. 20 hearing on the testing and deployment of self-driving...

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The math of Sisyphus

Posted on Nov 14, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

There is but one truly serious question in philosophy, and that is suicide,” wrote Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus. This is equally...

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Draper unveils LiDAR with MEMS Beamsteering technology for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Nov 13, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

LiDAR, short for light detection and ranging, is often considered the primary sensor for self-driving cars, given its ability to create...

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Augmented reality is used to improve autonomous vehicle testing

Posted on Nov 13, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Since autonomous cars began testing on public roadways in 2013, the goal of manufacturers has been to show that they are safer than...

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U.S. military launches AV, smart city pilot at Fort Carson

Posted on Nov 13, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Smart city technologies aren’t just for cities. Military installations may also be ideal settings for environmental sensors that...

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Xilinx announces new high-performance adaptive devices for autonomous driving & ADAS applications

Posted on Nov 13, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

While most of the auto industry focuses on autonomous driving and electrification, the Tier 1 companies that are supplying automakers with...

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Cruise updates the AI brains behind its autonomous cars twice weekly

Posted on Nov 13, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

GM’s Cruise announced this past June that it would postpone plans for a driverless taxi service, which it previously said would debut in...

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RTI Unveils Connext Drive: The First Complete Automotive-Grade Connectivity Solution for Autonomous Vehicle Development

Posted on Nov 13, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)...

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For a self-driving future, it’s not just the tech we need to get right

Posted on Nov 12, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

When President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act in 1956, he predicted that the connected...

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Forum: Robust cyber security needed for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Nov 12, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective

With autonomous buses and cars on the horizon, I sincerely hope that government agencies keep a tight rein on service providers to ensure...

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Foresight receives order of QuadSight™ prototype from American division of leading South Korean vehicle manufacturer

Posted on Nov 12, 2019 in Cars, News

NESS ZIONA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq and TASE: FRSX), an innovator in automotive...

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Hyundai Motor demonstrates autonomous driving tech capabilities with first successful truck platooning trial

Posted on Nov 12, 2019 in News, Trucks

Hyundai Motor Company successfully conducted the company’s first platooning of trailer trucks on the Yeoju Smart Highway replicating...

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Geely selects Quanergy as a lidar partner for smart city and autonomous vehicle initiatives

Posted on Nov 11, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Geely Automotive Group selected Quanergy Systems, Inc. as a LiDAR partner. Geely and Quanergy will collaborate in developing and...

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Danfoss and ASI to form autonomous vehicle partnership

Posted on Nov 11, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Danfoss and Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) have announced they have signed an agreement for a strategic partnership to collaborate on...

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Connected & autonomous cars have arrived, and they are forcing car companies to build new vehicle architectures

Posted on Nov 11, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Change is coming to the automotive industry at breakneck speed with Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric (C.A.S.E.) technologies....

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This autonomous trucking startup out of MIT wants computers to think like human drivers, and it just became the first self-driving truck investment for Founders Fund

Posted on Nov 11, 2019 in News, Trucks

There’s a new autonomous driving startup on the block, and it just brought on one of the most sought-after investors in Silicon...

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What self-driving cars can’t recognize may be a matter of life and death

Posted on Nov 11, 2019 in Cars, Technology

SAN FRANCISCO — To understand the complexity of programming self-driving cars, experts on autonomous vehicles say, consider a deer, a...

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Suppose a nation-state took over self-driving cars within its sovereignty

Posted on Nov 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The 50th anniversary of the Internet was recently celebrated by those that trace the origins of the vaunted worldwide web to the first...

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