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Extremely precise Bosch sensor will help self-driving cars navigate roads more accurately

Posted on Dec 3, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Self-driving cars require an array of sensors to figure out things human drivers take for granted, like knowing the exact position of a...

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Fully autonomous vehicles must learn how to read pedestrians’ intentions

Posted on Dec 3, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Technology, Trucks

There are so many variables to take into account when it comes to pedestrians. Human drivers know this all too well. We are quite adept at...

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The marketing fallout of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Dec 3, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Auto industry analysts from Bob Lutz to the consulting firm McKinsey foresee a decline in private auto sales in the approaching autonomous...

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Where is demand for autonomous?

Posted on Dec 3, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

TO THE EDITOR: Being in automotive sales, I spend much of my day discussing the future of the industry, not with outside experts or...

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Autonomous vehicles will completely change how we shop

Posted on Dec 2, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Since 2015, there have been at least 57 major retail bankruptcies. And after more than 5,000 store closures in 2017, we are on track to...

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7 insane roads that will push self-driving cars to their very limits

Posted on Dec 2, 2018 in Cars, Infrastructure

The technology that powers autonomous cars has clearly improved by leaps and bounds over the years. Tech companies and automakers alike...

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This futuristic car could solve a multibillion-dollar problem facing Amazon, Walmart, and Target

Posted on Dec 2, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The company behind Walmart’s pickup towers has developed a self-driving car that could upend the last-mile delivery industry. The...

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Uber hires former NHTSA official to help with self-driving car program

Posted on Dec 2, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Uber has hired a former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) official to work in its self-driving car program, which has...

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The dawn of self-driving companies

Posted on Dec 1, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

If you’ve already imagined how profoundly self-driving vehicles will change our lives, think of what self-driving companies could do. I’m...

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Why self-driving vehicles need a crystal ball

Posted on Dec 1, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

A pedestrian stands along a street with one foot on the curb and the other in the crosswalk. A bicyclist lifts a foot off the ground and...

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How autonomous cars will reshape our world

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Nobody, not even transportation experts like me, had an inkling that ride-on-demand services like Uber would change our travel habits so...

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Instead of shuttling around people ThorDrive delivers hardware supplies in self-driving vans

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, News

A little rain didn’t dampen ThorDrive, a self-driving car platform based in Seoul, from launching its self-driving delivery service....

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2019 may be year of the driverless car: Here’s where top automakers stand

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, News

Car manufacturers are hoping autonomous-driving technology will spur a revolution among consumers, igniting sales and repositioning the...

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Why General Motors shifted gears in its manufacturing strategy

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

The decision earlier this week by General Motors to close five plants in North America, lay off some 14,000 workers, and retire six of its...

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At Waymo, it’s launch time for Google’s biggest moonshot

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, News

It helps to know this about John Krafcik: He’s unusually upbeat. Lean and lively, he’s glued to a Chromebook playing a video of a minivan...

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GM’s Cruise has had the most self-driving crashes in California – here’s how the autonomous rivals stack up when it comes to safety

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, News

Self-driving cars will be safer than our current roads, experts say. But until we get to full autonomy, there have been – and will...

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L.A. Auto Show: Honda researches self-driving technology in its own backyard

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Real-world experience away from a test track is hard to come by, for the technologies that will eventually enable autonomous cars to...

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All wet: Rain could delay the arrival of self-driving future

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Technology, Trucks

Even a little crummy weather might pose big problems for self-driving systems. New research from Michigan State University suggests light...

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Is it working? How testing and good data can enable autonomous innovation

Posted on Nov 29, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Innovation is the key to progress, but true innovation means tackling new challenges. When you’re breaking new ground, there are...

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High-precision navigation for driverless cars

Posted on Nov 29, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Fixposition is an ETH spin-off specialising in real-time navigation systems for use in self-driving vehicles, robots or industrial drones....

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