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Tesla is raising the price of its full self-driving option

Posted on Apr 14, 2019 in Cars, News

In a few weeks, Tesla buyers will have to pay more for an option that isn’t yet completely functional, but that CEO Elon Musk promises...

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First-ever picture of a black hole, still no picture of a true driverless car

Posted on Apr 13, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Scientists are abuzz with the release of a picture depicting a supermassive black hole that is over 55 million light-years away in outer...

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Cambridge startup teaches driverless cars to behave around cyclists, can deploy on any road now

Posted on Apr 12, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

“Cambridge is a great place to test [autonomous vehicles] because the roads are complex and difficult,” says the cofounder of driverless...

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Uber spent $457 million on self-driving and flying car R&D last year

Posted on Apr 12, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Uber spent $457 million last year on research and development of autonomous vehicles, flying cars (known as eVTOLs) and other “technology...

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ZF launches coPILOT system for next-gem ADAS

Posted on Apr 12, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

German auto parts supplier ZF on Friday announced the debut of ZF coPILOT, an intelligent advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) leading...

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With full self driving evolution, Elon Musk believes your Tesla’s value will appreciate — interview video

Posted on Apr 12, 2019 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

In a must-watch interview with MIT artificial intelligence researcher, Lex Fridman, Elon Musk has revealed that he believes the move...

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Backer of Musical.ly, Grindr and Opera to invest $50M in self-driving startup Pony.ai

Posted on Apr 12, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

A games publisher in China is following the path of its larger peer Tencent to back a wide spectrum of startups for financial gains....

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Affectiva raises $26 million to bring emotional intelligence AI to car safety systems

Posted on Apr 11, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News, Technology

Affectiva today announced the close of a $26 million funding round to advance its emotion and object detection AI for monitoring vehicle...

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Tesla launches Model 3 leases, will keep cars for autonomous Uber-like service after term

Posted on Apr 11, 2019 in Cars, News

Tesla announced today that it is launching a lease program for Model 3 and interestingly, it won’t let people buy the cars after the...

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Uber’s 250 autonomous cars have driven ‘millions’ of miles and transported ‘tens of thousands’ of passengers

Posted on Apr 11, 2019 in Cars, News

Hot on the heels of Lyft’s public market debut, Uber filed its S-1 today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, setting the...

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Creating autonomous vehicles that think like humans

Posted on Apr 11, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Utopia is one of those goals often dreamed of, but rarely achieved. But in attempting to create the technology aimed at achieving...

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Iowa lawmakers advance basic AV legislation in Senate

Posted on Apr 11, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation, Trucks

Fully autonomous vehicles still may be years — if not decades — away, but some Iowa lawmakers are hoping to take a proactive approach to...

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Why edge computing is key to developing autonomous cars

Posted on Apr 11, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving cars will generate huge amounts of data (potentially in the form of terabytes of data in an hour). This can hamper response...

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The political, economic and social drivers behind autonomous and electric vehicles

Posted on Apr 11, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective

Reducing accidents, making transport cleaner and economic potential are among the key drivers for a future of autonomous and electric...

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Baidu dominates Chinese autonomous driving tests

Posted on Apr 10, 2019 in Cars, News

Eight tech companies in China’s capital city of Beijing have logged a total of 95,442.6 miles (153,600 kilometers) in their autonomous...

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Boeing’s cold-blooded risk calculation may tarnish trust in “self-driving” cars for years

Posted on Apr 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

When experts want to illustrate the potential safety of self-driving cars, they point to the remarkable safety record of modern aircraft,...

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Frequency of Tesla Autopilot crashes up, human error down in Q1 2019

Posted on Apr 10, 2019 in Cars, News

Tesla has updated its quarterly safety report to include fleet-wide accident data from the first quarter of 2019. The report, which is...

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“Autonomy” documentary provides evidence that self-driving vehicles will make our lives better

Posted on Apr 10, 2019 in Cars, News

When you think of driving, do you conjure up a psychologically satisfying experience? Do you feel nostalgia for the cars of your youth,...

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Looking for hands on wheel of autonomous vehicle regulation

Posted on Apr 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

The auto industry is running headlong into a future where the driving experience will morph into a riding experience as autonomous...

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Reuters hosts Newsmaker with Raquel Urtasun, Uber’s Chief Scientist & Head of Advanced Technology Group, Toronto

Posted on Apr 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

On Monday, Reuters hosted a Newsmaker event in New York with Raquel Urtasun, Uber’s Chief Scientist & Head of Advanced Technology...

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