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Apple’s Peloton patent connects moving self-driving cars to boost efficiency

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Apple received a patent on Tuesday for a suite of autonomous vehicle technologies that it’s calling Peloton. A lowercase-P peloton...

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New autonomous trucking company Ike aims to bring ‘some patience’ to field

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

This year has seen its fair share of autonomous trucking news, but the space shows little sign of cooling off. Earlier this month, a new...

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Lyft unveils a new self-driving car and acquires an AR startup to help it build maps

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

On Tuesday, Lyft offered a glimpse of its brand-new self-driving car. It’s a Ford Focus hybrid sedan with technology designed and built by...

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Anyone can go for a ride in these self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

If you’re visiting Arlington, Texas, and have been itching to try out an autonomous vehicle, you’re in luck. Starting Friday,...

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From Model T to driverless: Ford to launch fleet of robot cars in Washington

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

The black Ford Fusion hybrid with a tiara of laser sensors looped twice through a four-mile stretch of a changing Washington, passing a...

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Can suppliers handle autonomous-era exposure?

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Few small parts suppliers have ever faced the kind of negative attention that comes with headline-making accidents....

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Addison Lee aims to deploy self-driving cars in London by 2021

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

Self-driving car services could be on the streets of London within three years under a partnership between the private hire firm Addison...

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Ford will test self-driving cars in Washington, DC, with an emphasis on ‘equity’

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous cars are coming to the nation’s capital. Ford announced Monday that it would begin testing its self-driving cars on the streets...

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Insight: Volvo’s clean, driverless, role-changing 360c targets air travel

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Volvo is developing clean, self-driving cars. From its research and development center in Gothenburg, the premium Swedish marque has also...

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Self-driving school bus project shut down by the government

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Buses, News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shut down a self-driving school bus project in Florida, calling it...

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Ford will test self-driving cars in Washington, DC, with an emphasis on ‘equity’

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous cars are coming to the nation’s capital. Ford announced Monday that it would begin testing its self-driving cars on the streets...

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Autonomous vehicles have some regulatory roadblocks to navigate

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

As John Paul drove to Stamford in mid-October in yet another autumn deluge, he kept his hands tight on the wheel despite the car crammed...

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U.K. on-demand car service plans autonomous vehicles in London by 2021

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Cars, News

Two British firms announced an alliance to speed up self-driving taxi service development in London. Executive car service Addison Lee and...

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In autonomous vehicles’ future, garages go away: Here’s 10 big RE impacts

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Technology

One Friday morning late last month, a fully electric, 12-person EZMile EZ10 Gen II shuttle whispered from its current top cruising speed...

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Self-driving school bus project shut down by the government

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shut down a self-driving school bus project in Florida, calling it...

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Why cities might want to start planning now for self-driving vehicles

Posted on Oct 22, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Trucks

The day autonomous vehicles outnumber manned vehicles is coming, and experts say transportation and urban planners, public policy makers...

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Tesla stopped promoting the ‘Full Self-Driving’ option for its cars

Posted on Oct 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Tesla has pulled a long-standing promise of a “Full Self-Driving” option for its cars from the order page on the company’s website. Elon...

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From Ford to Volkswagen, rivals become frenemies to share the cost and risk of building self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Politics, it’s been said, creates strange bedfellows. So does the auto industry these days. Ford this week announced plans to expand...

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Waymo releases guidelines for autonomous vehicle tech crash response

Posted on Oct 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo recently published a document titled “Waymo Fully Self-Driving Chrysler Pacifica Emergency...

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Waymo releases guidelines for autonomous vehicle tech crash response

Posted on Oct 20, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo recently published a document titled “Waymo Fully Self-Driving Chrysler Pacifica Emergency Response...

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