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Cognata raises $18.5 million to grow its autonomous vehicle simulation platform

Posted on Oct 17, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Alphabet’s self-driving technology arm Waymo recently announced that it has now clocked 10 million self-driven miles on public roads —...

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Autonomous vehicles, AI and voice-enabled inventory among Domino’s Pizza tech initiatives, CEO says

Posted on Oct 17, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Jim Cramer hears from Domino’s Pizza CEO Ritch Allison after earnings about the company’s international growth, how he sees...

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Uber considers spinning off self-driving car unit

Posted on Oct 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Uber is considering taking minority stake investments to help finance its costly self-driving car unit amid pressure from investors ahead...

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Automated driving hype is dangerously confusing drivers, study reveals

Posted on Oct 17, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Reports

Thatcham Research, October 17, 2018 Research launched today shows that 71% of drivers around the world believe they can purchase a...

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Tesla’s full self driving: compare and contrast

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Cars, Technology

In this confusing world, it is of comfort to many that things move in cycles: seasons, fashion trends and, sometimes, even markets....

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‘We’re not Google’ won’t cut it for TomTom

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Cars

TomTom NV’s pitch to customers is simple: It’s not Google. Yet as jittery as carmakers might be about letting the Alphabet Inc. unit into...

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Key former Google engineer says safety wasn’t his primary concern when developing self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Cars, News

A new report in The New Yorker details the events leading up to Waymo’s 2017 high-profile lawsuit alleging Uber stole its trade...

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Movement rises to keep humans, not robots, in the driver’s seat

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Car enthusiast McKeel Hagerty’s future changed in March 2017. He was at a car event in Vancouver, British Columbia, when a stranger...

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Elon Musk eyes early 2019 release for Tesla’s custom AI chip

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Elon Musk has announced that Tesla’s new custom AI chip is about six months away from being installed in new production cars. The CEO said...

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Futuristic autonomous cars don’t have to ‘lack soul,’ Peugeot designer says

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

French car maker Peugeot doesn’t think the future of self-driving cars has to look like sci-fi-inspired pods. Instead, a design executive...

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Arizona is creating an autonomous vehicle research institute

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Arizona, a state that has been quite open to self-driving technology, has now created the Institute for Automated Mobility (IAM), a...

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Pennsylvania approves its first self-driving car tests (update)

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Self-driving startup Aurora is the first company to receive Pennsylvania’s blessing to test autonomous vehicles on its roads....

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Webinar: Autonomous vehicles: Driving employment for people with disabilities

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Webinars

National Center for Mobility Management, October 16, 2018 Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month and learn about the...

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Shrimp eyes inspire new camera focused on helping self-driving cars see better

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Have you ever looked into an animal’s eyes and thought, ‘I wonder how they see the world?’ We have. We do it all the time. We wonder, for...

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BMW board member in denial about EV revolution (yikes)

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

As we recently reported, Klaus Frölich, BMW’s board member in charge of development, recently opened up about the company’s “nightmare”...

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Rand study shows it’s hard to gauge self-driving car safety

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, News

The great promise of automated vehicles is that they will be safer than human-driven ones, but finding the metrics to measure this is a...

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GM’s driverless vehicles require a ‘degree of harmonization’ with governments, innovation chief says

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Ahead of General Motors’ launch of a driverless vehicle fleet in 2019, the legacy automaker is hoping for some cooperation with...

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What’s it like to be driven in a driverless car?

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

As driverless car technology becomes more sophisticated, companies are getting closer to developing a truly driverless experience. Compelo...

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Keeping disruption in perspective

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Big shifts are coming to the auto retail world, and dealers say they’re getting ready for them. But don’t fall for all the...

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Futuristic autonomous cars don’t have to ‘lack soul,’ Peugeot designer says

Posted on Oct 15, 2018 in Cars, Technology

French car maker Peugeot doesn’t think the future of self-driving cars has to look like sci-fi-inspired pods. Instead, a design...

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