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Autonomous shuttles to take off this spring in Lake Nona, Fla.

Posted on Feb 22, 2019 in Buses, News

The tinted glass doors on the cozy electric shuttle slid open quietly. “Welcome aboard,” said Aaron Foster, a solutions engineer for...

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BMW says it will ’emerge winner’ of EV and autonomous transition, announces 2,000 more jobs

Posted on Feb 22, 2019 in Cars, News

BMW says that it is hiring 2,000 more people at its Dingolfing factory for jobs in electrification in a push to ’emerge winner’ in the...

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Elon Musk’s promises about self-driving cars are ‘almost unethical,’ says AutoNation CEO

Posted on Feb 22, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s promises about autonomous vehicle technology are “almost unethical,” AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson...

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Apple and Uber are trailing in autonomous car development [Infographic]

Posted on Feb 22, 2019 in Cars, News

The technology behind self-driving cars has progressed tremendously in recent years but it still hasn’t been perfected. A long list...

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BMW and Daimler will spend over $1 billion on the future of transportation

Posted on Feb 22, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

BMW and Daimler, two giants in the automobile sector, are pooling their resources in a joint mobility effort that spans autonomous cars,...

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Tesla will release fully self-driving cars in 2019 — with a big asterisk

Posted on Feb 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Tesla remains on-track to release a fully self-driving car before the end of 2019, company co-founder and CEO Elon Musk confirmed. The...

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Patented tech creates comprehensive LiDAR IP library

Posted on Feb 21, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Artificial perception company AEye expands its patent portfolio with eight patents covering core components of its Intelligent Detection...

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Self-driving trucks will always need people

Posted on Feb 21, 2019 in Perspective, Trucks

We all know how a self-driving vehicle is supposed to act, thanks to companies and startups like Waymo and Uber: These cars and trucks...

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How Intel (INTC) is becoming a leader in the driverless car space

Posted on Feb 21, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The driverless vehicle race is being run on computing power instead of horse power. This shift has created opportunities for companies...

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Autonomous cars will not hit the market for a long time, says Porsche executive

Posted on Feb 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

If you’ve been saving all your pennies waiting anxiously for fully autonomous vehicles to hit the market, you should hang tight, according...

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Autonomous vehicle timing means MEMS

Posted on Feb 21, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Engineering is always about trade-offs, but autonomous vehicles are pushing that to the limit with conflicting requirements....

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Opportunity exists for advancing autonomous vehicles bill this Congress, Sen. John Thune says

Posted on Feb 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation, Trucks

Legislation aimed at popularizing the use of autonomous vehicles in commercial and commuter settings is gaining supporters in the Senate,...

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Waymo self-driving cars can now respond to traffic cops’ hand signals

Posted on Feb 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Skeptics of self-driving cars like to ask how the vehicles’ automated software will handle unexpected, unusual situations. For...

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How self-driving cars might transform city parking

Posted on Feb 20, 2019 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicles could transform parking as well as driving, new research suggests. Parking lots could house more driverless cars than...

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3D LiDAR technology brought to mass-market with Livox sensor

Posted on Feb 20, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Livox is shifting the marketplace for LiDAR sensors by introducing a reliable, compact, ready-to-use solution for innovators,...

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How driverless cars will affect young people

Posted on Feb 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A street view by 2025AD author Raven Brookes and her team who take to the trendy streets of Digbeth to understand how driverless cars will...

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Someday your self-driving car will pull over for police

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

It was still dark on a Friday morning in November when a California Highway Patrol officer started following a Tesla Model S on Route 101...

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Watch these BMW i3s self-drive in Netherlands

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

Elon Musk may have just predicted Tesla will have full self-driving capability by the end of 2020, but other cars are already operating...

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Apple’s secretive self-driving car project is starting to come into focus

Posted on Feb 20, 2019 in Cars, News

One of the words that’s most commonly associated with Apple’s self-driving car program is “secretive.” Unlike most of its competitors,...

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Musk: Tesla full self-driving capable by end of 2020

Posted on Feb 20, 2019 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

Elon Musk has lots to say about autonomous vehicle capability and Tesla. Luckily for those who’d like to hear his thoughts, he made an...

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