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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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Will Santa have a driverless sleigh by next Christmas?

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

For those of us who will soon head over the river and through the woods to meet up with family, the holidays mean travel. Last year,...

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Daimler, BMW mull cooperation on platforms, self-driving tech, report says

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News

Daimler and BMW are considering joining forces on making key automotive components, a move that would tie the traditional luxury-car...

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Honda to feature safe swarm, wireless V2G, & autonomous work vehicle at CES 2019

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

Honda is not leading the electric vehicle revolution but it is deeply involved in finding mobility solutions for the future. At the...

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New cyber-security standard for self-driving car technology is released

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

The UK’s position as a leader in the development of self-driving vehicles has been enhanced by a new cyber-security standard, published by...

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US agency to speed reviews of automaker self-driving petitions

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Policy & Regulation, Trucks

The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday it is speeding up the process for reviewing whether automakers can deploy self-driving...

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Arm Holdings unveils chip aimed at self-driving car sensors

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

Arm Holdings, the chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group Corp, on Tuesday pushed deeper into the automotive world with chip aimed at...

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Kroger adds driverless vehicles to its grocery delivery fleet

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News

Earlier this year, Kroger teamed up with the self-driving startup Nuro for a grocery delivery service, and in August the company began...

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Baidu taps Unity’s game engine to test its self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Unity, the same company whose 3D gaming engine brought you Cuphead and Hearthstone is now helping Chinese internet giant Baidu develop the...

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Jaguar’s automatic door could make cars more accessible

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Amputees and others with accessibility needs might soon have an easier time hopping into cars. Jaguar Land Rover has created a...

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Last-minute gift guide for (current and aspiring) self-driving car nerds

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

When people find out that I cover self-driving cars, they are almost always super curious to learn more about the subject but often...

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Former Google engineer, once barred from autonomous-driving industry, says he just completed first cross-country self-driving car trip

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, News, Perspective

Anthony Levandowski, the engineer at the center of a now-settled lawsuit between Alphabet self-driving car company Waymo and Uber, claims...

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2018 was the year self-driving cars hit a roadblock

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

It’s been a long day. As you ride home from the office, you start to nod off. You close your eyes as the self-driving car merges...

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Luminar collaborates with Audi’s Autonomous Intelligent Driving on driverless vehicles

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, News

Palo Alto startup Luminar today announced a collaboration with Autonomous Intelligent Driving (AID), Audi’s driverless technology spinoff...

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A toaster on wheels to deliver groceries? Self-driving tech tests practical uses

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Last Thursday morning in the desert town of Scottsdale, Ariz., a tiny robotic car turned onto a neighborhood street and pulled up to a...

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