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The CEO of Argo AI, a self-driving startup backed by Ford, reveals the one thing that is absolutely necessary for an autonomous driving company to survive

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The past few years have been good for entrepreneurs who were early to the self-driving-car game. In the aftermath of the financial crisis...

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Kangaroos are baffling for autonomous vehicles. This trial hopes to figure them out.

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, News

Kangaroos being hit by cars is one big, very Australian problem. With autonomous vehicles set to operate in Australia in the next few...

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Self-driving cars are speeding into view, thanks to Google and Nvidia

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, News

Alphabet is the Rodney Dangerfield of tech companies. It gets no respect. Waymo, its self-driving car subsidiary, announced recently it...

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Driverless cars will be the biggest investment write-off ever

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

In December 2015, I published an article on Seeking Alpha titled “The most overhyped story of 2015 — and 2016: Driverless...

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Ottopia’s remote assistance platform for autonomous cars combines humans with AI

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The burgeoning autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution seems to crank up a notch every other week, with Waymo recently unveiling its first...

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Keolis deploys electric autonomous shuttles at two university campuses in France

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Buses, News

Keolis and the European Metropole of Lille have launched an electric autonomous shuttle service at the University of Lille in Villeneuve...

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U.S. Department of Transportation announces Notice of Funding Opportunity for automated driving system demonstration grants

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Finance, News, Trucks

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced up to $60 million in federal grant funding for projects that test the safe...

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Congress isn’t voting on any self-driving car rules before 2019, report says

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Back in October, we reported on the Department of Transportation’s plan to ease regulations for self-driving cars. Since the DOT...

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BlackBerry profit beats as bets on autonomous technology pay off

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates on Thursday, as the company’s focus on...

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Kia wants future autonomous cars to be able to read passengers’ emotions

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Technology

At CES 2019, Kia will look into the future, to a time when self-driving cars are the norm. When every person is a passenger, companies...

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Udelv signs driverless delivery vehicle deal in Texas

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicle developer Udelv will use its self-driving vehicles to deliver automotive supplies as part of a multiyear deal with a...

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The future is hybrid: Why we need a control tower for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicles and services are coming as early as next month or late in the next decade, depending on who you ask. Ford, Waymo and...

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Discussing the future of self-driving cars with next-generation engineers

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Educational initiatives, such as the AutoDrive Challenge, enable next-generation engineers to deepen their knowledge and gain hands-on...

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Operate an autonomous car through voice recognition software

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Korean electric vehicle producer IT Engineering, and The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), have partnered on...

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Slow and steady could win the self-driving car race

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The bulk of the attention in the autonomous vehicle (AV) space has been focused on Alphabet’s Waymo and GM, which will likely be the...

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Lyft is getting more serious about autonomous vehicle safety with new hire

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Lyft  today announced the hiring of John Maddox, founder of the American Center for Mobility and previous associate administrator of...

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Autonomy news — December 2018 edition: Nuro, Formant, & Anthony Levandowski

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

The convergence between humans and machines continues gaining speed as the end of 2018 approaches. We often associate autonomy with...

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Elon Musk’s vision for transport is a 3D network of tunnels for autonomous electric vehicles

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Tonight, Musk showed off a 1.14-mile test tunnel — that snakes its way underneath 120th Street in the city of Hawthorne — that his other...

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Self-driving cars might still need human drivers

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

For all the talk of cars without drivers, the deployment of autonomous vehicles might still require humans controlling them from a...

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Continental pioneers tire tests with self-driving test vehicles

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News

At  its  test  site  in  Uvalde,  Texas,  U.S.A.,  the  technology  company  Continental  has  commissioned  the  first  driverless  tire ...

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