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The driverless car is dead. Long live the driverless car

Posted on Sep 24, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv Plc to develop autonomous cars might look like evidence that the promised...

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Robotaxis as the norm are still ‘far away’

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

If there’s a voice of reason in the autonomous vehicle industry, Bryan Salesky is it. One might think the CEO of Argo AI would have every...

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A European university is testing 5G for self-driving vehicles

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The University of Warwick, in collaboration with National Instruments (NI), has installed and will be testing Europe’s first...

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Baidu snags autonomous car licenses, bringing China closer to driverless future

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Cars, News

The capital of central China’s Hubei province granted licenses for companies to test self-driving vehicles, boosting robocar-related...

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Nimble tech firms must adapt as promised self-driving revolution hits speed bumps

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Cars, Technology

When Silicon Valley startup Phantom Auto was formed in 2017, it was one of many software suppliers hitching their fortunes to self-driving...

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Opinion: Here’s what stands in the way of completely self-driving cars

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Democratic presidential hopefuls and auto makers are betting big on new technologies to rid cars of fossil fuels, while auto makers are...

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Hyundai to set up $4 billion driverless car venture

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Hyundai Motor Group will spend $1.6 billion to develop autonomous vehicles with Aptiv Plc, marking one of the biggest investments yet by a...

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Hyundai to set up $4 billion driverless car venture

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Hyundai Motor Group will spend $1.6 billion to develop autonomous vehicles with Aptiv Plc, marking one of the biggest investments yet by a...

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Robotaxis as the norm are still ‘far away’

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

If there’s a voice of reason in the autonomous vehicle industry, Bryan Salesky is it. One might think the CEO of Argo AI would have...

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Drivers’ jobs post-autonomy, ‘disruption in chunks’: Panel talks self-driving trucks

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in News, Perspective, Trucks

Speaking earlier this month at the FTR Transportation Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, representatives from three autonomous truck...

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Tech companies adapt as promised self-driving revolution takes time

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Technology

When Silicon Valley startup Phantom Auto was formed in 2017, it was one of many software suppliers linking their fortunes to self-driving...

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Could a start-up entrepreneur invent a self-driving car in their garage?

Posted on Sep 22, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

One of the most popular tropes in high-tech seems to be the notion that an enterprising entrepreneur could miraculously invent the...

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Zoox CEO Aicha Evans to talk self-driving cars at Disrupt SF 2019

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Aicha Evans, CEO of self-driving startup Zoox, is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco in just two short weeks. Evans came on...

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Ride-sharing alone scares some just as much as taking a self-driving car, survey finds

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Would you rather take an Uber ride home alone late at night or have a self-driving taxi service come pick you up with no one at the front...

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How far we from seeing autonomous vehicles on the road?

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Michael Ritter, President, Hexagon Positioning Intelligence, explains why autonomous vehicles are going to be a reality soon...

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Autonomous driving could explode soon — these chipmakers could cash in

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in Cars, Markets, News

The semiconductor industry is huge, and the promising outlook for autonomous driving is a potentially big tailwind for some chip makers....

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FAW readies electric SUV offering Level 4 autonomous driving

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

China FAW Group Corp. plans to launch sales of a full-electric SUV capable of Level 4 “hands off” autonomous driving next year...

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Oxbotica unveils the software complexity associated with autonomous vehicle testing

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

According to Oxbotica, a leading autonomous vehicle software provider, autonomous vehicles driving on London’s complex and congested...

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Tech startups cite progress on path to self-driving trucks

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in News, Technology, Trucks

Over the past year, startups working to commercialize highly auto­mated heavy-duty trucks competed for more capital and engineers, and...

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Yandex’ autonomous vehicles to roam around the heart of Tel Aviv

Posted on Sep 19, 2019 in Cars, News

Nasdaq-listed Yandex NV, the Russian multinational technology company that launched its taxi-hailing platform Yango in Israel in December,...

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