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BMW and Tencent will launch a computing center to support autonomous vehicle development

Posted on Jul 22, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

BMW and Chinese tech giant Tencent will launch a computing center to support autonomous vehicle (AV) development in China by the end of...

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Autonomous delivery robots find place in Michigan bike lanes

Posted on Jul 22, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Groceries, take-out dinners and other items could soon arrive via an autonomous robot in one Michigan city. An Ann Arbor-based company...

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Toyota shows off mascot robots and tiny autonomous car for Tokyo Olympics

Posted on Jul 22, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Japan is keen to use next year’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games to showcase its cutting-edge technology, with Toyota, for one,...

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China’s first autonomous driving simulation bluebook released

Posted on Jul 22, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

China’s first self-driving simulation blue book “Annual Research Report on Autonomous Vehicle Simulation in China (2019)”, initiated by...

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Truck platoons can save fuel and combat a rising shortage of drivers

Posted on Jul 22, 2019 in Technology, Trucks

Autonomous truck platoons offer benefits that might not be immediately apparent to the average road-tripper. Two or more semis following...

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Autonomous shuttle bus strikes pedestrian in Vienna

Posted on Jul 22, 2019 in Buses, News

An incident involving an autonomous bus striking a pedestrian in Vienna is currently being investigated by Austrian authorities. While the...

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Tesla and Elon Musk might find their way to self-driving cars via neuralink and brainjacking

Posted on Jul 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

I was speaking at an AI autonomous vehicle industry event this week and was asked whether there is any kind of connection between Elon...

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Military working to make its autonomous technology smarter

Posted on Jul 21, 2019 in Technology, Trucks

Keeping soldiers safe continues to be the main reason the military enlists unmanned vehicles into its ranks, especially for resupply...

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“Move fast and break things” won’t make self-driving cars safe

Posted on Jul 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

There’s an old parable of a person leaving the pub late at night and searching in vain for his keys under a streetlamp. A bystander asks...

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City planners eye self-driving vehicles to correct mistakes of the 20th-century auto

Posted on Jul 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

As self-driving vehicles begin to transform the way people get around, urban planners around the country are beginning to think about how...

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Pedestrian collision puts Vienna’s driverless bus trial on hold

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Buses, News

A self-driving bus trial taking place in Vienna, Austria, has been paused after an incident occurred between a pedestrian and one of the...

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Self-driving startup AutoX expands beyond deliveries and sets its sights on Europe

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Cars, News

AutoX, the Hong Kong and San Jose, Calif.-based autonomous vehicle technology company, is pushing past its grocery delivery roots and into...

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In a world of autonomous vehicles, this is why we’ll need more public transport than ever

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Buses, Perspective

The media is fascinated by autonomous vehicles (AVs), in particular their safety and when or if they will arrive en masse. A bigger and...

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How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Two years ago, Lime was a great addition to guacamole, rather than a sidewalk. The market wasn’t sure about car sharing and whether it had...

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Self-driving startup AutoX expands beyond deliveries and sets its sights on Europe

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

AutoX, the Hong Kong and San Jose, Calif.-based autonomous vehicle technology company, is pushing past its grocery delivery roots and into...

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Self-driving tech slams into wall of human behaviour

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Cars, News

A YEAR ago, Detroit and Silicon Valley had visions of putting thousands of self-driving taxis on the road in 2019, ushering in an age of...

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Uber made a blueprint for safe self-driving cars it wants the rest of the industry to follow

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber’s future depends on safe autonomous vehicles. The money-losing company is attempting to transition from costly human drivers to...

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Here are the executives running the biggest and most important self-driving-car companies

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The serious players in the self-driving-vehicle game are starting to emerge. Over the past few years, Alphabet’s Waymo, GM’s...

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Tesla floats fully self-driving cars as soon as this year. Many are worried about what that will unleash.

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is promising to launch “full self-driving” capabilities to hundreds of thousands of cars through an over-the-air...

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Uber made a blueprint for safe self-driving cars it wants the rest of the industry to follow

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber’s future depends on safe autonomous vehicles. The money-losing company is attempting to transition from costly human drivers to...

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