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Students battle it out in autonomous vehicle AI algorithm competition

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The Japan Automotive AI Challenge recently took place, an event where university students can pit there AI algorithm against others,...

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Uber expects a long wait before self-driving cars dominate

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber expects it will be a long time before one of its biggest investments, self-driving cars, is ready for wide-scale deployment, a senior...

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MEMS based LiDAR to overcome conventional limitations

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The big challenge is to come up with a LiDAR design which hits the performance and robustness targets and is able to be produced in mass...

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Fully autonomous vehicles: A journey worth pursuing

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The utopian visions of roads dominated by self-driving vehicles might not ever come to pass, but it’s still a goal worth pursuing. Making...

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Tesla’s disappointing numbers and more car news this week

Posted on Apr 7, 2019 in Cars, News

ALLOW ME TO get a bit philosophical here: History is only smooth in retrospect. Few earth-shaking shifts are inevitable. A few steps...

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Self-driving cars in 10 years: EU expects ‘fully automated’ cars by 2030

Posted on Apr 6, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The European Union commissioner for transport expects full self-driving capability by 2030, she said this week at City as a Lab conference...

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China building a highway with dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

A new highway in China is being built that will have dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles. The lanes reserved for self-driving cars...

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Austria’s AI brain has a plan to take down Waymo and Tesla

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Think of the European automobile industry and countries like Germany come to mind, with its luxury cars whizzing down the speed-limit-less...

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First ride in driveless car is a bit jerky, but still ‘pretty cool’

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Andrew Ogawa says he is excited about self-driving car technology after getting his first ride in an autonomous vehicle Sunday. “It...

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Autonomous driving tech startup Wayve has completed a test run without pre-mapped roads

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Wayve, a UK-based autonomous driving technology startup, recently completed a test run of a car equipped with its technologies on a road...

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How Brexit could derail U.K.’s bid to be leader in autonomous car development

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Cars, News

A report published by U.K. trade association the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and business consultancy firm Frost...

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Elon Musk: Self-driving Teslas are going to make their owners money by competing with Uber, Lyft

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Cars, News

Elon Musk says Tesla vehicles one day make money for their owners by autonomously transporting people when their owners are not using them...

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Austria’s AI brain has a plan to take down Waymo and Tesla

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Think of the European automobile industry and countries like Germany come to mind, with its luxury cars whizzing down the speed-limit-less...

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China building a highway with dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

A new highway in China is being built that will have dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles. The lanes reserved for self-driving cars...

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Connected and autonomous vehicles: Winning the global race to market

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Reports

Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), April 4, 2019 The UK is in pole position in the global race to market for connected and...

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Tesla woos Wall Street and drivers with autonomous vehicle fanfare

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Yesterday was a somewhat mixed day for Tesla, as the electric carmaker announced that Q1 shipments fell 31% on the previous quarter, due...

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Reuters poll finds American drivers still aren’t interested in autonomous cars

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, News

Surveys are far from the most reliable source of information, but they do provide a decent, if not perfect, look at how a large amount of...

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Researchers quantify the impact of autonomous vehicles on traffic

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, News

Researchers of the UWICORE laboratory, of the Department of Communications Engineering and the I3E Engineering Research Centre of the...

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Autonomous vehicles provide new economic opportunities although security hurdles arise

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

If you live in the Silicon Valley, you probably have seen Google’s autonomous vehicles map terrain and drive around your local highways or...

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Self-driving cars could provide £62bn boost to UK economy by 2030

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, News

Britain’s leading position in developing self-driving cars could produce a £62bn economic boost by 2030, the car industry claimed – but...

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