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Illinois initiative to test, research connected, autonomous vehicle tech

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) launched a new statewide, multiagency initiative to develop a testing program for...

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Tech startup developing self-driving system for parking lots

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

At a time where lots of tech companies are trying to one-up each other in developing software and sensors for next-gen self-driving...

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Tesla’s new Navigate on Autopilot update “shows a path towards full self driving”

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

Tesla has started rolling out the software update that brings the latest version of Autopilot to its vehicles, including the Navigate on...

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Special report: The path to the autonomous truck

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Knowledge Center, Reports, Trucks

Automotive World, October 29, 2018 Most of the headlines around self-driving technology have focussed on the passenger car segment, but it...

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Driverless cars will kill cyclists, warns nature magazine

Posted on Oct 28, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Moral psychologist Azim Shariff believes that autonomous cars will be programmed to redistribute risk away from some people and towards...

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Tesla cars inch closer to their self-driving future with a big update to Autopilot

Posted on Oct 28, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The best thing about Tesla cars isn’t just that they’re zero-emission vehicles that are better for our planet’s health;...

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Driverless cars may increase cases of motion sickness

Posted on Oct 27, 2018 in Cars, News

Driverless cars may increase cases of motion sickness or kinetosis, to give it it’s official title . There are already a few...

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Urban planning guru says driverless cars won’t fix congestion

Posted on Oct 27, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Peter Calthorpe thinks Silicon Valley has it all wrong. He rejects the ideas of tech industry visionaries who say personal autonomous...

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Elise Stolte: Edmonton needs to check its blind spot on self-driving technology

Posted on Oct 26, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology

Have you gone car shopping for the last time? Coun. Andrew Knack thinks he has. He owns a 2011 Kia Soul. Barring a collision, he’s is...

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Founder of Innova EV talks about his autonomous car ahead of launch of statewide initiative

Posted on Oct 26, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Roman Kuropas, founder of Innova EV, talks about his autonomous car during the launch of Autonomous Illinois, a new statewide initiative...

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FLOURISH: User-focused driverless car project releases latest research findings

Posted on Oct 26, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The West-of-England-based FLOURISH driverless car research and development project has today released its mid-project trials report...

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Waymo may start charging for its autonomous-car rides in Phoenix

Posted on Oct 26, 2018 in Cars, News

Thus far, the roughly 400 people signed up as “early riders” in Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids have been...

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How Nvidia, Google and others will make autonomous driving a reality

Posted on Oct 26, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

It’s time to face the facts about autonomous driving. There are simply too many auto-related deaths that occur for us to not find a...

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How Jaguar Land Rover is getting ready for the 4th industrial revolution: AI & autonomous cars

Posted on Oct 26, 2018 in Cars, Technology

As the United Kingdom’s largest automobile manufacturer and investor in research and development in the UK manufacturing sector, Jaguar...

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Boxy shuttles, not cars, will be people’s first taste of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Oct 25, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The first self-driving vehicle many people will experience firsthand may not be a car, but rather a public shuttle. While they may not be...

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Big brother & ethics are challenges for autonomous cars

Posted on Oct 25, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Tesla has finished rolling out firmware Version 9, the programming that brings all its cars built with Hardware Package 2 to the brink of...

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Elon Musk said Tesla stopped selling ‘full self-driving’ hardware online because customers were confused

Posted on Oct 25, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that Tesla stopped selling self-driving hardware on its website because customers were confused. For...

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Nvidia, regulators uncovering the top factors for autonomous driving

Posted on Oct 25, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

By interacting with others, it’s clear that there are many opinions around the autonomous driving industry. Many doubt that the...

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Tesla ‘obviously’ plans to take on Uber and Lyft, says CEO Elon Musk

Posted on Oct 25, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

On a third-quarter earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company “obviously” plans to jump into ride-hailing in the era...

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‘Nothing is on schedule’: GM’s driverless car bet faces a long road ahead

Posted on Oct 25, 2018 in Cars, News

It’s one of the biggest bets going in the world of cars. Since May, General Motors Co and its Cruise self-driving car unit have...

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