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Fully autonomous vehicles are still a distant dream, says SAIPS executive

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

“Regulation does not restrict development of the autonomous car. Drivers are required to be active for at least some of the driving...

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Uber, Lyft, or GM: Which is the better driverless car play?

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News

By 2040, 33 million of the vehicles sold annually will be fully autonomous, according to the predictions of analysts at IHS Markit. ...

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Data security for autonomous vehicles can and should be treated with respect

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The list of privacy and security issues that bubble up as the auto industry grapples with autonomous and shared vehicles is long and...

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Waymo resumes testing self-driving trucks in Arizona

Posted on May 30, 2019 in News, Trucks

Waymo — Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company — announced that it would resume testing its trucks on Phoenix freeways....

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Toyota to deploy driverless vehicles at Oz warehouse

Posted on May 29, 2019 in News, Trucks

The vehicles will apply Autopilot driverless technology to achieve mobility in conveyance, towing, lifting and the ability to autonomously...

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Daimler Trucks establishes global unit for highly automated driving

Posted on May 29, 2019 in News, Trucks

Daimler Trucks announced Wednesday the formation of the Autonomous Technology Group, the newest part of Daimler Trucks’ global effort to...

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Self-driving could get a big boost if this automotive radar startup is on the right track

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The hideously difficult, costly and time-consuming development of self-driving technology hungers for breakthroughs such as the one that...

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VW is working on ways to prevent nausea in self-driving cars

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, News

It took me years to condition myself to be able to look at my phone from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle without getting nauseous,...

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Ford and Agility Robotics collaborate on autonomous vehicle-to-robot doorstep deliveries

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Using autonomous vehicles to deliver packages directly to the doorstep of customers, without help from humans, could be more seamless with...

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Revealing the driverless car strategies within proposed Fiat Chrysler, Renault merger

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

Yesterday was the Monday of Memorial Day weekend in the United States, traditionally a day of attention to matters of the heart and an...

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Lidar maker Velodyne wins patent challenge from rival Quanergy

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

Lidar is an important component for self-driving cars, acting as the “eyes” of an autonomous vehicle alongside data fused from...

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LiDAR drives our autonomous future

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Cars, robots and other machines are becoming more intelligent thanks to several technology advances that help these smart machines operate...

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Driverless delivery vans are here as production begins in China

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

Forget drones. The future of deliveries may be robo-vans. A Chinese startup called Neolix kicked off mass production of its self-driving...

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Aurora backs LiDAR after Musk bashes it

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

CEO Chris Urmson of Aurora, a pioneer in autonomous driving, said that his company bought Blackmore LiDAR, which develops and manufactures...

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USPS goes driverless between Phoenix & Dallas with TuSimple

Posted on May 28, 2019 in News, Trucks

The US Postal Service has entered into a contract with self-driving truck startup TuSimple to haul mail between Dallas and Phoenix. “It is...

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Everything you need to know to have an intelligent conversation about autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

I recently attended the 4th annual transportation technology conference hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and had the...

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Everything you need to know to have an intelligent conversation about autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

I recently attended the 4th annual transportation technology conference hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and had the...

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Is your autonomous vehicle Sally the sports car or blood-thirsty Christine?

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, Technology

When automobiles first started to appear alongside horse-drawn buggies, horses were the initial victims of the technology. They would not...

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Special report: Human factors in autonomous vehicle development

Posted on May 27, 2019 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Reports

The development of autonomous vehicles is putting a fresh spin on the science of human factors. All stakeholders need to understand how...

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Even as self-driving cars take to the road, drivers will still be in high demand

Posted on May 27, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Tesla’s Elon Musk recently announced plans to start deploying driverless taxis across the United States next year. It was the latest...

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