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News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

12 obstacles autonomous vehicle advocates need to read

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicles are a hotbed subject in our industry, as they should be. They potentially affect everyone, even non-drivers, and...

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Breaking the psychological barrier to autonomous vehicle adoption

Posted on Aug 15, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Psychology, not technology, appears to be the main barrier toward the adoption of autonomous vehicles. A survey by the American Automobile...

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Electric, driverless cars to hit Dubai streets ‘in near future’, says RTA

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, News

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has endorsed new testing standards for electric, hybrid and self-driving vehicles to ensure...

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Smart vehicle architecture needed

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The traditional architecture approach will no longer support the growth in content and complexity. There isn’t enough computing power to...

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Chinese electric car company Nio seeks to raise $1.8 billion in IPO

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Nio, a Chinese company that makes electric cars, has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. The company said in a filing on...

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SoftBank to shun Tesla deal as it focuses on ridesharing, autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Speculation about who may or may not finance Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s audacious plan to take the carmaker private is distracting dealmakers...

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The challenging journey to self-driving

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

In Swat CEO Jarrold Ong’s vision of the future of transport, autonomous vehicles play a big role. His company is one of two involved...

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Researchers teach autonomous cars to deal with irrational humans

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

A team of researchers recently determined that both human drivers and autonomous vehicles tend to prioritize the safety of their own...

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FiveAI to start a trial of its shared autonomous car fleet in London in 2019

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, News

After raising $35 million to develop driverless car technology and a strategy to build a fleet of shared vehicles, UK startup FiveAI is...

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To make self-driving cars safe, we also need better roads and infrastructure

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The big question around self-driving cars, for many people, is: When will the technology be ready? In other words, when will autonomous...

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Autonomous vehicles fall into the trough of disillusionment … but that’s good

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Autonomous vehicles have plunged into the Trough of Disillusionment! When I say it like that, it seems like the end is near, that the...

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Country issues national standards for autonomous vehicle testing

Posted on Aug 13, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

China has rolled out a set of national standards for testing smart autonomous cars on roads, which is expected to facilitate...

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Baidu executives talk spinoffs, iQiyi, and monetizing self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 13, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

There was a lot to like when Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) reported its second-quarter financial results on July 31. The company reported...

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Sharp growth in autonomous car market value predicted but may be stalled by rise in consumer fear

Posted on Aug 13, 2018 in Cars, News

While recent surveys reveal fear of driving or riding in self-driving vehicles is on the rise, a new study predicts the value of the...

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Mapping Google’s self-driving efforts

Posted on Aug 13, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Google began its self-driving initiative as a project almost a decade ago in 2009. In 2016, this project became a legal entity by the name...

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Vancouver exploring driverless vehicles

Posted on Aug 13, 2018 in Cars, News

Funding to explore the future of driverless vehicles in the City of Vancouver is shifting into a higher gear following a $386,000...

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Self-driving car reality check – ‘We aren’t there yet’

Posted on Aug 13, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

For people hoping to rely on cars to do all of their driving, it’s too early to completely check out....

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Meet the Cambridge duo behind safe driverless car technology backed by Uber

Posted on Aug 12, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

A Cambridge duo have developed ‘safe self-driving’ technology that could transform how we travel in the future. Amar Shah and...

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A Waymo employee reveals how the company is putting their self-driving cars to the test

Posted on Aug 12, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Stephanie Villegas was taking a break at Google’s campus when a weird-looking Toyota changed everything.”I was in one of...

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How autonomous ridesharing will reshape our cars, cities, and lives

Posted on Aug 12, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Digital Trends recently attended Semicon West, a semiconductor industry conference, and we focused on how this foundational technology...

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