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Aurora CEO Chris Urmson says there’ll be hundreds of self-driving cars on the road in five years

Posted on Oct 29, 2019 in Cars, News

Chris Urmson, CEO of self-driving car company Aurora, predicts there will be hundreds or maybe thousands of self-driving vehicles on the...

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BotRide on-demand autonomous vehicle service to be piloted in California

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Hyundai, in collaboration with Pony.ai and Via, has unveiled BotRide, a shared, on-demand and autonomous vehicle service that will operate...

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Volkswagen’s new Golf cars will use V2X to talk to each other wirelessly

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The newest generation of Volkswagen’s popular Golf will get the ability to communicate directly with other cars with wireless...

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Autonomous vehicles to leverage HD maps from space

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

It may not be common knowledge, but the automotive industry is in deep discussions to find out how aeronautic technology can benefit the...

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BotRide on-demand autonomous vehicle service to be piloted in California

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Cars, News

Hyundai, in collaboration with Pony.ai and Via, has unveiled BotRide, a shared, on-demand and autonomous vehicle service that will operate...

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MIT uses shadows to help autonomous vehicles see around corners

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

We’re still not at the point where autonomous vehicle systems can best human drivers in all scenarios, but the hope is that eventually,...

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Waymo says more of its self-driving cars operating ‘rider only’ with no one at wheel

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car service Waymo has increased the frequency of “rider-only” service for customers in its public pilot...

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VW predicts its standalone self-driving unit will be ‘the world’s best-funded start-up’

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 in Cars, News

Volkswagen is stepping up its efforts to develop fully driverless cars by spinning off its own startup that it claims will be among the...

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Global robotics expert lauds plan to use autonomous vehicles here, but raises some concerns

Posted on Oct 26, 2019 in Cars, News

SINGAPORE – The Republic’s plan to put autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the road here was praised by global robotics expert Ayanna...

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Toyota’s not alone in the slow lane to self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 25, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

TOKYO (Reuters) – When Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) launches its all-battery Lexus next year, the luxury model will be able to drive...

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Toyota will offer robot taxi rides during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

Posted on Oct 24, 2019 in Cars, News

Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, has largely kept quiet on its self-driving car program. The Japanese company has released some...

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Autonomous vehicles on roads ‘by 2030’, Mitsubishi Electric says

Posted on Oct 24, 2019 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicles capable of monitoring and reacting to the health of their passengers will be on the roads by 2030, a Mitsubishi...

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Jaguar Land Rover tests autonomous vehicle on Dubai roads

Posted on Oct 24, 2019 in Cars, News

Auto giant Jaguar Land Rover has tested a self-driving prototype called the I-PACE on the streets of Dubai. The all-electric, zero...

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Nvidia partners with Blue White Robotics on autonomous vehicle testing

Posted on Oct 24, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Nvidia Corp. has partnered with Tel Aviv-based Blue White Robotics Ltd. to develop autonomous vehicle test-beds, the latter announced...

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Entire western part of Singapore to become testing ground for driverless vehicles

Posted on Oct 24, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

SINGAPORE: The entire western part of Singapore will become a testing ground for autonomous vehicles (AVs), under plans unveiled by the...

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The future ain’t pretty: Driverless cars can lead to longer hours in traffic

Posted on Oct 24, 2019 in Cars, News

MELBOURNE: Driverless cars could worsen traffic congestion in the coming decades, partly due to drivers’ attitudes towards the...

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U.K. research consortium launching nation’s largest self-driving trial on public roads

Posted on Oct 23, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

StreetWise, a collaborative research project led by FiveAI, announced that it will soon begin the U.K.’s largest test of self-driving...

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Caterpillar’s autonomous vehicles may be used by NASA to mine the moon and build a lunar base

Posted on Oct 23, 2019 in News, Trucks

Caterpillar has been synonymous with big, heavy equipment — for farming, construction and mining — since Holt Manufacturing and C. L. Best...

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Russian company Yandex will have self-driving car test rides at 2020 Detroit Auto Show

Posted on Oct 23, 2019 in Cars, News

The 2020 North American International Auto Show, often called the Detroit Auto Show, is in for some major changes next year. Among them,...

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Alphabet exec says self-driving cars ‘have gone through a lot of hype,’ but Google helped drive that hype

Posted on Oct 23, 2019 in Cars, News

Waymo executives think people have taken its promises of self-driving cars too seriously. The Alphabet subsidiary went “through a lot of...

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