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Robot grocery delivery service expands to Northampton

Posted on Nov 25, 2020 in Cars, News

Customers in a second town have begun to receive grocery deliveries from robots. Eight Co-op stores in Milton Keynes already use the...

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WeRiderobotaxis gain loyal passengers but fixed pick-up, drop-off spots irk some, survey shows

Posted on Nov 25, 2020 in Cars, News

About a year since WeRide first launched its first autonomous taxi service in Guangzhou, the Chinese self-driving start-up said its...

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Tesla is nearing $500 billion in market value. Elon Musk predicted self-driving cars would boost it to that level

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Elon Musk predicted last year that self-driving Teslas would boost the electric-vehicle maker’s market capitalizationto $500...

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KFC rolls out self-driving food trucks in China and it’s sort of wild

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 in Cars, News

Some experts believe the self-driving cars are in for a boom, thanks to how the coronavirus pandemic has started to reshape how we...

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Self-driving cars: A level-by-level explainer of the road to autonomy

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Self-driving cars have started to wear out their welcome, and they aren’t even here yet. Much of the promise and disappointment...

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Now an Amazon company, Zoox is ready to dial-up its robotaxi push

Posted on Nov 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving tech startup Zoox has gone through a big management shakeup and surprise sale to Amazon in the past two years. But with the...

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Mobileye taps Luminar to supply lidar for its robotaxi fleet

Posted on Nov 21, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Luminar, the buzzy sensor startup that is on the verge of becoming a publicly traded company, locked in a supplier deal to furnish Intel...

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Self-driving cars could become your neighborhood ice cream truck

Posted on Nov 21, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

As a freezing cold winter begins to descend upon us, your thoughts undoubtedly turn toward a summertime pastime that will be sorely...

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Robotaxi companies get the green light to charge for rides in California

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 in Cars, News

Companies that launch robotaxi services in California will be able to charge for and offer shared driverless rides as long as they can...

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‘Nobody knows if driverless vehicles will save lives, but they’re guaranteed to kill jobs’

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Lost your job? Suspect the industry that once employed you is dead? ‘Too old’ to retrain, or attend college? Desperate for something –...

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Xpeng Motors announces its next-gen 5G-powered autonomous driving architecture

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Electric vehicle startup Xpeng Motors is emerging as a strong competitor to Tesla in China with its advanced battery-powered vehicles. In...

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Uber looks to partner with other self-driving companies -CEO

Posted on Nov 19, 2020 in Cars, News

(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc’s UBER.N self-driving unit is looking to partner with other companies working on autonomous...

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Self-driving cars are subject to being towed, just like the rest of us

Posted on Nov 19, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

One of the worst feelings when walking out to your parked car entails seeing a slip of paper and an ominous envelope sitting on the...

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‘Follow the Vehicle’: ŠKODA AUTO and the VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava collaborate on automated car convoy project

Posted on Nov 19, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

ŠKODA AUTO and the VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava are collaborating on new technologies for assistance systems as part of their...

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UK electric-van startup Arrival to go public in U.S. at $5.4 billion valuation

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

LONDON — British electric-van startup Arrival, which is backed by Hyundai and BlackRock, has agreed to merge with CIIG Merger to get...

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From robotaxis to e-scooters, Covid is changing how people in China commute

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The need for social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic has boosted demand for “individual traveling devices,” according to Chinese...

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BMW unveils MINI electric van concept to explore what cars could look like in an autonomous future

Posted on Nov 17, 2020 in Cars, News

BMW has unveiled a new concept vehicle under its MINI brand that explores what vehicle design could look like in an electric and...

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Hyundai-backed Motional to launch fully driverless cars in Las Vegas

Posted on Nov 17, 2020 in Cars, News

Motional, the self-driving car operator backed by Hyundai and Aptiv, has received the green light to roll out a test fleet of fully...

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Supervisors decry lack of local oversight over unmanned vehicles

Posted on Nov 17, 2020 in Cars, News

Cruise, a driverless car company owned by General Motors that recently began testing unmanned autonomous vehicles in San Francisco,...

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PerceptIn to launch the micro-Robot taxi demonstration on public road in Japan

Posted on Nov 16, 2020 in Cars, News

HAMAMATSU, Japan, Nov. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PerceptIn today unveiled the micro-Robot taxi demonstration Mopi (Mobility service by...

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