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Toyota LQ self-driving concept car is at your command

Posted on Oct 11, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

It wouldn’t be the biennial Tokyo Motor Show without some seriously wild concept cars, and Toyota is here to deliver. As a followup...

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Afraid of self-driving car testing on public roads? Compared to what?

Posted on Oct 11, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A front-page article in last Sunday’s Washington Post beat an old drum: “Some Silicon Valley Residents Anxious Over Self-Driving Cars.”...

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Sensors get smarter

Posted on Oct 11, 2019 in Cars, Technology

AutoSens, which was held at the world-famous AutoWorld museum in Brussels, Belgium, last month brought industry leaders together to look...

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Tesla cars come when called, but can fray nerves

Posted on Oct 11, 2019 in Cars, Technology

[SAN FRANCISCO] Roddie Hasan loves his Tesla, but after a fright using a feature that lets him summon the car as he might a dog, he says...

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Hollywood and autonomous vehicles: how films, cartoons, and TV shows have shaped our AV biases

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A March 2019 AAA survey found that almost three in four Americans remain afraid of fully self-driving vehicles. The survey also noted that...

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Worldwide survey highlights growing anticipation of autonomous vehicle technology

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicles—once only the domain of science fiction—are rapidly entering the mainstream, and may one day completely replace the...

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Waymo to customers: “Completely driverless Waymo cars are on the way”

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 in Cars, News

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle business under Alphabet, sent an email to customers of its ride-hailing app that their next trip might not...

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Sources: Lilium is looking to raise up to $500M for its electric flying taxis

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

“Flying cars” — airborne vehicles designed for urban and other short-distance commutes to replace conventional private automobiles — are...

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Let’s break down the common self-driving car myths

Posted on Oct 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

If you’ve never seen or been near (or inside) a self-driving car, the concept can seem a bit much. Cars driving themselves? What?...

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AAA test: pedestrian detection systems and emergency braking perform inconsistently

Posted on Oct 8, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Emergency braking systems with pedestrian detection fail to prevent many accidents, according to a new study by the American Automobile...

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LIDAR put into a Tesla–and the world doesn’t come to an end

Posted on Oct 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

There is a LIDAR sensor in a Tesla. There is a LIDAR sensor in a Tesla? There is a LIDAR sensor in a Tesla! Those were the range of...

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Arm unveils consortium for autonomous vehicle computing

Posted on Oct 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicles are exceedingly complex to develop, so Arm announced a consortium today to tackle the various safety and computing...

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Waymo is bringing its self-driving cars to map Los Angeles

Posted on Oct 7, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Los Angeles is about to get its first self-driving cars. Waymo, the self-driving division of Google parent Alphabet, announced Monday that...

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DeepRoute raises $50 million in funding to research and develop autonomous vehicles

Posted on Oct 7, 2019 in Cars, Finance

DeepRoute, an international self-driving vehicle startup, today announced it has raised $50 million in its pre-Series A funding round to...

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Here’s why Uber wants to put self-driving cars on downtown Dallas streets

Posted on Oct 6, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber may be based in San Francisco, but lately it’s made a lot of moves in Dallas. It’s opening a major corporate hub in Deep...

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Roadshow explains the SAE’s new self-driving testing guidelines

Posted on Oct 6, 2019 in Cars, Policy & Regulation

Unless you work in the automotive industry, odds are pretty good you’re not familiar with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)....

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Solving the loneliness epidemic via self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 6, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

We are in the midst of a loneliness epidemic. And, unfortunately, it is predicted to worsen. According to stats by the U.S. Health...

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These small cars can help drive the autonomous future

Posted on Oct 5, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Over the next three years, Houssam Abbas will carefully send 80 modified Traxxas RC rally cars—the Ford Fiesta model—to research...

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Driver’s ed for robotaxis: a grueling exam looms for self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 4, 2019 in Cars, Policy & Regulation, Technology

Self-driving cars are coming. Or so we’re told. But they still face an existential question: When is a self-driving car truly ready...

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Recession worries could hamper self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 3, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The media is doing a lot of hand-wringing about whether the U.S. economy is heading toward a recession. Some analysts point to signs such...

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