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Take a spin on the city’s first electronic autonomous vehicle

Posted on Oct 9, 2018 in Buses, News

Edmonton’s foray into autonomous vehicles began Tuesday with the first crowd of keen commuters putting the driverless vehicle to the test...

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Autonomous trucks need more than self-driving tech to become reality

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

How does a self-driving truck get dispatched? What happens when it breaks down? If a receiver keeps it sitting waiting to unload? When it...

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The UK firm hoping to take on Google’s driverless cars

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles a different business leader from around the world. This week we speak to Stan Boland,...

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5G will enhance autonomous driving – but it should not be a requirement

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Technology

The numbers suggest that European roads are the safest in the world, with an average 49 fatalities per one million inhabitants compared...

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Ford wants to turn autonomous car control into gaming

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Ford envisions a future where controlling a smart car will be similar to playing a game on a smartphone. The company has recently obtained...

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Alphabet’s Waymo is now in the ‘prove it’ stage of its self-driving journey

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, News

After getting a fair amount of good publicity earlier this year, Alphabet’s (GOOGL – Get Report) Waymo has seen a pickup in...

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Ford’s self-driving car push offers promise of future growth

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, News

Ford Motor Company’s (F)   push into autonomous driving offers a glimpse of how the over 100-year-old company will stave off...

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DOT seeking feedback on new autonomous vehicle guidance

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

On the heels of the U.S. DOT releasing updated guidance on automated vehicles, the department will accept for 60 days comments on the new...

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Expert: Require autonomous vehicles to be electric

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Transportation planners have long seen the arrival of autonomous vehicles as potential dream or potential nightmare, depending largely on...

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The Princeton Review… of trucking

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Perspective, Trucks

Trucks without drivers are a bad idea. But trains without crews? That’s a good idea. And this could have consequences for the truckload...

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Toledo, Ohio, wins $1.8M grant to deploy driverless bus downtown

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Buses, Finance, News

Toledo, Ohio, is getting in on the autonomous vehicle movement, with plans for a driverless bus loop around its downtown....

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‘Navigate on Autopilot’ is conspicuously absent from Tesla software Version 9.0

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Tesla began rolling out software version 9.0 to every Model S, Model X, and Model 3, according to the company’s blog. Calling it “our most...

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Ford’s patent lets you pilot a self-driving car with your phone

Posted on Oct 8, 2018 in Cars, News

Motion controls allow gamers to more accurately simulate driving a vehicle, and in the future, that tech might be applied to actual cars,...

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Navya autonomous shuttle: Self-driving a reality at Paris Motor Show 2018

Posted on Oct 7, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The latest version of the Navya autonomous shuttle was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show this week, highlighting the French manufacturer’s...

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Toledo, Ohio, wins $1.8M grant to deploy driverless bus downtown

Posted on Oct 6, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Toledo, Ohio, is getting in on the autonomous vehicle movement, with plans for a driverless bus loop around its downtown....

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Dying is easy. Making a self-driving car is hard. Tesla & Waymo at the crossroads.

Posted on Oct 6, 2018 in Cars, News

Tesla is in the process of rolling out firmware Version 9, which includes features which are supposed to unlock more of the self-driving...

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Tesla may be making a perilous mistake trying to make Autopilot into a full self-driving system

Posted on Oct 6, 2018 in Cars, Technology

On Thursday, Consumer Reports announced that Cadillac Super Cruise topped its testing of semi-autonomous driving systems. Tesla’s...

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Sen. Peters calls for driverless car bill done by end of year

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Sen. Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, discusses self-driving vehicle legislation with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang on “Bloomberg...

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What hurdles do self-driving cars face as Waymo gets ready for prime time?

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

As self-driving cars edge closer to deployment for the general public, a spate of stories from The Information, Motor Trend, and Forbes...

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Tech companies building new ‘circle of service’ for driverless trucks

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 in News, Technology, Trucks

On Oct. 2, a panel of technology experts at the McLeod Software user conference in Birmingham shared a vision of automated workflows for...

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