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A self-driving car expert describes the biggest problem with semi-autonomous driving systems like Tesla’s Autopilot and Cadillac’s Super Cruise

Posted on Feb 10, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Semi-autonomous driving systems like Tesla’s Autopilot and Cadillac’s Super Cruise are designed to reduce the stress of...

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Self-driving cars could actually make congestion much worse

Posted on Feb 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Where does your self-driving car go after it has dropped you off? That’s the question Adam Millard-Ball set out to answer in his...

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Tesla vs. self-driving competition — new MIT video

Posted on Feb 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Autonomous driving technology promises to unleash sweeping changes on our society. However (perhaps fortunately), it’s likely to be some...

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Toyota’s moonshot: Self-driving car for sale – in a year

Posted on Feb 9, 2019 in Cars, News

They call it Toyota’s moonshot: In just one year, Japan’s biggest carmaker wants to start selling a self-driving vehicle that...

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Sorry, self-driving cars won’t make your Uber ride any cheaper

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Automakers like GM and Ford are banking on the the assumption that if they can lower the cost per mile of self-driving taxis to $1 or...

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Autonomous cars are driving the reinvention of IP protection

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Early 1900s society struggled to transition from horse-drawn buggies to automobiles. It may seem odd today, but there was a time when...

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GM’s Cruise self-driving car division lost $728 million in 2018

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Cars, News

General Motors recently reported an $8.1 billion net profit for 2018, marking a major turnaround from the year prior. But not all of the...

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao joined by Jacksonville officials to formally announce $25 million BUILD rant for revitalization projects

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Finance, News

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today made the formal announcement of a $25 million grant to support the Bay...

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The woman in charge of laying the groundwork for Waymo’s self-driving taxis in cities across the US reveals why humility is key to the company’s future

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

It’s assumed that if you want to work at Alphabet, your best path runs through a computer-science program at a major university. That’s...

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The woman in charge of laying the groundwork for Waymo’s self-driving taxis in cities across the US reveals why humility is key to the company’s future

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

It’s assumed that if you want to work at Alphabet, your best path runs through a computer-science program at a major university....

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‘Project Titan’ self-driving car could be summoned and paid for on an iPhone

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The keyless entry and remote unlocking systems available today are useful, but have their limitations. Conventional systems use...

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Amazon invests in self-driving car startup run by former Google and Tesla executives

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Cars, News

Aurora Innovation, the autonomous tech startup run by the former head of Google’s self-driving car division, just landed a funding round...

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Self-driving cars and geospatial data: Who holds the keys?

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Cars, Technology

As self-driving cars continue to develop, there will be plenty of data amassed through cars’ navigational technologies. Questions...

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Ford Mobility President talks self-driving commercial vehicles

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Ford Motor Co. is moving aggressively into autonomous transportation. The automaker will bring a self-driving commercial vehicle to market...

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Why autonomous cars may take longer than anticipated

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Countless automotive and software companies are burning the midnight oil to bring self-driving cars to the market. While some of them have...

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Optimus Ride deploys more self-driving vehicles

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Cars, News

Optimus Ride, an  MIT spin-off, is gearing up to deploy its self-driving vehicles within a mixed-use development located in Reston, Va....

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GM’s CEO Mary Barra just shared some interesting insight into how the company’s self-driving division is run

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

GM reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 earnings on Wednesday, beating analysts’ estimates and sending shares up about 4%...

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Self-driving cars could be great for the tire industry

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving cars could change everything. More than a century of humans behind the wheel could come to end, posing significant challenges...

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Unlike most of US, autonomous vehicles in the UK won’t require riders

Posted on Feb 7, 2019 in Cars, News

As soon as this year, self-driving cars in the UK could be truly driverless. That is, except for the remote control driver monitoring the...

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GM’s spending on autonomous vehicles comes in below forecast

Posted on Feb 6, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

General Motors spent much less than it expected last year on its GM Cruise autonomous vehicle operations. As part of its 2018 earnings...

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