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Self-driving car companies depend on cheap labor from Venezuela

Posted on Aug 23, 2019 in Cars, News

In order to teach a car to drive itself, its artificial intelligence needs to be presented with thousands of examples of things it might...

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China is betting on slow but steady to win the self-driving car race

Posted on Aug 23, 2019 in Cars, News

Over the past two years, China has been setting the stage for a revolution in autonomous driving. Just don’t expect that revolution to...

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Watch a Waymo self-driving car test its sensors in a haboob

Posted on Aug 23, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Waymo, the self-driving car company under Alphabet, has been testing in the suburbs of Phoenix for several years now. And while the sunny...

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What happens when autonomous technology goes wrong?

Posted on Aug 22, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Technology, Trucks

As autonomous vehicles become more commonplace and automakers invest millions into the development of such technologies, consumers and...

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How do we stop driverless cars and autonomous delivery drones from becoming weapons?

Posted on Aug 22, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

As we look to the future of driverless cars and autonomous delivery drones, one of the most existential questions of their future is how...

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Grappling with risk-o-meters for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 22, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

You are a finely tuned risk calculator.  That’s right, when you are driving a car you are in real-time having to figure out the risks of...

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China is betting on slow but steady to win the self-driving car race

Posted on Aug 22, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Over the past two years, China has been setting the stage for a revolution in autonomous driving. Just don’t expect that revolution to...

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Audi to join Daimler, BMW self-driving tech alliance, report says

Posted on Aug 22, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

FRANKFURT — Audi will join an alliance with rivals Daimler and BMW to develop advanced autonomous driving systems, German...

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Researchers look into keeping autonomous vehicles from becoming mobile vomitoriums

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 in Cars, Technology

If you’re like me, and I’m just going to assume most of you are, motion sickness is a serious consideration on any car trip where you’re...

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Tesla delays price hike for self-driving upgrade

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

You’ll still have at least a few more weeks to order a Tesla with the Full Self-Driving upgrade before the price hike kicks in. Elon...

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Porsche invests in Israeli start-up to improve the safety of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 in Cars, Markets, News

Volkswagen-owned Porsche acquired a minority stake in Israeli firm TriEye Wednesday, with the aim of improving safety features in its...

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Waymo open-sources data set for autonomous vehicle multimodal sensors

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary that hopes to someday pepper roads with self-driving taxis, today pulled back the curtains on a portion of...

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Autonomous mobility and the mythical mass market

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 in Cars, Markets, Perspective

In the fall of 2002, Microsoft announced the Smart Personal Objects Initiative (SPOT), which aimed to inject software into everyday...

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DoorDash eyes autonomous food delivery with latest acquisition

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 in Cars, News

It’s no secret that DoorDash wants to deliver your food with autonomous vehicles. Early this year it partnered with GM to test...

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Researchers look into keeping autonomous vehicles from becoming mobile vomitoriums

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

If you’re like me, and I’m just going to assume most of you are, motion sickness is a serious consideration on any car trip where you’re...

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Waymo: Building cars is a “distraction” from self-driving tech

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

When it comes to building and perfecting the self-driving car, some companies have elected to build a full vehicle from the ground up,...

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Thousands of autonomous delivery robots are about to descend on US college campuses

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 in Cars, News

The quintessential college experience of getting pizza delivered to your dorm room is about to get a high-tech upgrade. On Tuesday,...

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Molex demonstrates strength in autonomous vehicle design with V2X next generation capabilities at AV 2019

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 in Cars, News

LISLE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Molex, a leading supplier of high-speed networking, datacom, rugged industrial and automotive...

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Autonomous technology requires caution — and a leap of faith

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Historically, every wave of technological innovation — especially those that directly impact human well-being — has had...

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DoorDash acquires autonomous driving startup Scotty Labs

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

DoorDash  has been on an acquisition tear of late, with Scotty Labs as its latest target. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but this...

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