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Japanese self-drive cars map developer to buy rival US startup: Report

Posted on Feb 13, 2019 in Cars, News

Japanese map platform developer Dynamic Map Platform plans to acquire Detroit-based Ushr for nearly 20 billion yen (US$181.1 million) in a...

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Mitsubishi Electric develops robust sensing for autonomous driving

Posted on Feb 13, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has developed sensing technology for highly accurate detection of...

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Bikes put spanner in works of Dutch driverless car schemes

Posted on Feb 13, 2019 in Cars, News

The Dutch love affair with the bicycle has emerged as an obstacle to government plans to introduce driverless cars to the roads of the...

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In the race for self-driving people movers, May Mobility could beat Waymo

Posted on Feb 13, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective

While automotive companies and technology giants are racing to make cars drive themselves on the open road, a Michigan-based start-up is...

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Apple’s self-driving cars disengage from autonomous mode about once per mile, highest rate in California

Posted on Feb 13, 2019 in Cars, News

From December 2018 through November 2019, Apple’s fleet of heavily modified Lexus RX450h SUVs recorded an average of 871.65...

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1550-nm Photonics promise eye-safe, cost-effective autonomous machines

Posted on Feb 12, 2019 in Cars, Technology

While LiDAR is needed to provide a high-resolution detailed 3D vision for autonomous vehicles and other applications, the technology is...

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World’s largest parade of autonomous cars happened, fittingly, in China

Posted on Feb 12, 2019 in Cars, News

Autonomous cars have yet to generate passion among car enthusiasts — and if we’re honest about it, they probably never will. Nevertheless,...

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SoftBank fund invests big in self-driving deliveries

Posted on Feb 11, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

A Silicon Valley startup working on self-driving delivery vehicles on Monday announced nearly a billion dollars in fresh funding from the...

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Sensor, processor innovations move autonomous vehicles forward

Posted on Feb 11, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Self-driving cars are changing lives by delivering unprecedented personal mobility. In fact, they represent a paradigm shift in the...

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Interview: Pronto’s Anthony Levandowski on new autonomous venture, rep and redemption

Posted on Feb 11, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Anthony Levandowski is aware of his reputation. One of the most controversial figures in autonomous driving, his background has been...

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The mystery of Tesla’s autopilot-less European model 3

Posted on Feb 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

There are recent reports that Tesla’s “Autopilot” isn’t type-approved in Europe, and therefore absent in the first batch fresh off the...

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Amazon’s self-driving bet and more car news this week

Posted on Feb 10, 2019 in Cars, News

THAT OLD SAW about watching the money turns out to work as well in the wild world of transportation as anywhere else. First up, the...

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A self-driving car expert describes the biggest problem with semi-autonomous driving systems like Tesla’s Autopilot and Cadillac’s Super Cruise

Posted on Feb 10, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Semi-autonomous driving systems like Tesla’s Autopilot and Cadillac’s Super Cruise are designed to reduce the stress of...

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Self-driving cars could actually make congestion much worse

Posted on Feb 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Where does your self-driving car go after it has dropped you off? That’s the question Adam Millard-Ball set out to answer in his...

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Tesla vs. self-driving competition — new MIT video

Posted on Feb 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Autonomous driving technology promises to unleash sweeping changes on our society. However (perhaps fortunately), it’s likely to be some...

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Toyota’s moonshot: Self-driving car for sale – in a year

Posted on Feb 9, 2019 in Cars, News

They call it Toyota’s moonshot: In just one year, Japan’s biggest carmaker wants to start selling a self-driving vehicle that...

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Sorry, self-driving cars won’t make your Uber ride any cheaper

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Automakers like GM and Ford are banking on the the assumption that if they can lower the cost per mile of self-driving taxis to $1 or...

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Autonomous cars are driving the reinvention of IP protection

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Early 1900s society struggled to transition from horse-drawn buggies to automobiles. It may seem odd today, but there was a time when...

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GM’s Cruise self-driving car division lost $728 million in 2018

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Cars, News

General Motors recently reported an $8.1 billion net profit for 2018, marking a major turnaround from the year prior. But not all of the...

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The woman in charge of laying the groundwork for Waymo’s self-driving taxis in cities across the US reveals why humility is key to the company’s future

Posted on Feb 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

It’s assumed that if you want to work at Alphabet, your best path runs through a computer-science program at a major university....

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