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Hyundai to set up $4 billion driverless car venture

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Hyundai Motor Group will spend $1.6 billion to develop autonomous vehicles with Aptiv Plc, marking one of the biggest investments yet by a...

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Robotaxis as the norm are still ‘far away’

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

If there’s a voice of reason in the autonomous vehicle industry, Bryan Salesky is it. One might think the CEO of Argo AI would have...

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Tech companies adapt as promised self-driving revolution takes time

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Technology

When Silicon Valley startup Phantom Auto was formed in 2017, it was one of many software suppliers linking their fortunes to self-driving...

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Could a start-up entrepreneur invent a self-driving car in their garage?

Posted on Sep 22, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

One of the most popular tropes in high-tech seems to be the notion that an enterprising entrepreneur could miraculously invent the...

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Zoox CEO Aicha Evans to talk self-driving cars at Disrupt SF 2019

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Aicha Evans, CEO of self-driving startup Zoox, is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco in just two short weeks. Evans came on...

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Ride-sharing alone scares some just as much as taking a self-driving car, survey finds

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 in Cars, News

Would you rather take an Uber ride home alone late at night or have a self-driving taxi service come pick you up with no one at the front...

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How far we from seeing autonomous vehicles on the road?

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Michael Ritter, President, Hexagon Positioning Intelligence, explains why autonomous vehicles are going to be a reality soon...

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Autonomous driving could explode soon — these chipmakers could cash in

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in Cars, Markets, News

The semiconductor industry is huge, and the promising outlook for autonomous driving is a potentially big tailwind for some chip makers....

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FAW readies electric SUV offering Level 4 autonomous driving

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

China FAW Group Corp. plans to launch sales of a full-electric SUV capable of Level 4 “hands off” autonomous driving next year...

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Oxbotica unveils the software complexity associated with autonomous vehicle testing

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

According to Oxbotica, a leading autonomous vehicle software provider, autonomous vehicles driving on London’s complex and congested...

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Yandex’ autonomous vehicles to roam around the heart of Tel Aviv

Posted on Sep 19, 2019 in Cars, News

Nasdaq-listed Yandex NV, the Russian multinational technology company that launched its taxi-hailing platform Yango in Israel in December,...

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AV race opens door to agile, ambitious start-ups

Posted on Sep 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Increasing pressure to get autonomous vehicles ready for the road has created an open invitation for innovative startups to show what they...

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Why railroad crossings are a grave danger for self-driving cars

Posted on Sep 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Stop, look and listen. That’s the customary sage advice for car drivers that come upon a railroad crossing. Do you abide by that simple...

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Autonomous driving: A distant dream or an imminent reality?

Posted on Sep 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A few days ago, when Spain’s technology conglomerate GMV announced that it had obtained a contract from BMW for developing a precise GNSS...

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Using Ouster’s Lidar, Nvidia targets 2022 for commercial launch of self-driving vehicles

Posted on Sep 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

NVIDIA has been working with Volvo Trucks to develop a flexible, scalable self-driving system for commercial use. A recent announcement...

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UK team trials cyber security tech for driverless cars

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

With autonomous vehicles expected to become ever more widespread in the years ahead; the security of the connected systems that underpin...

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Veoneer to make thermal camera for autonomous vehicle

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Swedish auto technology manufacturer Veoneer has claimed that it has won a contract to supply thermal camera for autonomous vehicles from...

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Mountain highway in China to test driverless cars

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

A mountainous stretch of highway in eastern Shandong, China, is to be dedicated to self-driving car testing. The testing of connected...

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Outsight’s 3D camera for autonomous cars can identify clothing and ice

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Outsight, a new company co-founded by former Withings CEO Cedric Hutchings, has unveiled a self-driving car camera with new types of...

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Uber to collect mapping, other data for possible autonomous service in Dallas

Posted on Sep 17, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber will expand data collection for potential autonomous vehicles in Dallas, beginning in November, the ride-hailing service said...

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