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Chandler named to council for autonomous vehicle group; city official to appear in virtual panel

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

The city of Chandler was named to the Public Sector Advisory Council with the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education, according to a...

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Connected cars: First step toward autonomous driving

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Autonomous vehicle technology is expected to greatly impact connected cars, as much more data will come from an AV, and much more data and...

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Why excessive AI politeness could be oddly inconsiderate, implications too for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Does it seem to you that civility and politeness are on the wane? Many would surely agree that politeness appears to have been placed on...

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AutoX launches its RoboTaxi service in Shanghai, competing with Didi’s pilot program

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicle startupAutoX announced the public launch of of its self-driving taxi service in Shanghai today. Called simply RoboTaxi,...

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How to make cities ready for autonomous vehicles, and AVs ready for cities

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

For any disruptive technology, targeted at any market, there must be a ‘killer app’: a concrete use-case with a well-defined ROI to...

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Drive-in theaters are coming back, but self-driving cars could be an outdoor movie spoilsport

Posted on Aug 15, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

One of the “new normal” predictions is that indoor movie theatre going will tend to gravitate toward attending outdoor drive-ins. That is...

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Pandemic will move autonomous vehicle development forward, J.D. Power says

Posted on Aug 14, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Automotive engineers and large elements of the automotive press are very excited about the idea of production vehicles that can operate...

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Urban autonomy: The next stage of self-driving

Posted on Aug 14, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

The auto industry is undergoing a major shift, from human-driven cars to autonomous vehicles (AV). Subsequently, the transportation...

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Mental wayfinding has unexpected AI importance, including for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 13, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Do you know where you are right now The odds are that you do. I don’t mean that you perhaps know that you are at a particular street...

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Cadillac will charge a subscription fee for Super Cruise, its answer to Tesla’s Autopilot, after the trial period ends

Posted on Aug 13, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Super Cruise — General Motors’s answer to Tesla’s Autopilot — launched in late 2017 on the 2018 Cadillac CT6 sedan. It’s...

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Baidu Apollo Robotaxi deployed in Changsha offers “considerate” riding experience

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese Internet giant Baidu recently invited a number of reporters from international media outlets to have test rides...

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How self-driving cars will reverse a 10,000 year trend

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

GöbekliTepe in Anatolia, Turkey is the world’s oldest known human settlement. At 11,500 years old, its founding marked the beginning of...

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The ‘Pod Up’ trend when applied to sharing self-driving cars might offer gainful income and achieve mobility for all

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

There is a trend called “Pod Up” that is taking place these days. Generally, the idea is to form small groups that share in some task or...

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Hyundai’s autonomous vehicle project with Aptiv will now be called Motional

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 in Cars, News

Hyundai’s autonomous vehicle joint venture with Aptiv has a new name: Motional. The company, which plans to test fully driverless vehicles...

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Waymo has partnerships with Fiat Chrysler, Volvo, Jaguar, Magna, &maybe Honda

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

There’s a race to full self-driving vehicles, and along the way also a competition for who has the best driver-assist systems. The latter...

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Maybe Baby Yoda ought to be adorned on the hood of every self-driving car

Posted on Aug 8, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Baby Yoda has taken the world by storm. Headlines have blared that resistance is futile when trying to defy the mind-force allure of Baby...

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Benefits of driverless cars will differ from city to city

Posted on Aug 8, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, News, Reports

The development of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could make the urban environment more liveable and help make transport more sustainable....

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These Chinese autonomous vehicle start-ups are keeping their eye on the driverless road

Posted on Aug 8, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

In the auto industry, the dream of high-level automation free from human intervention is as strong as ever. The concept dates back eight...

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Driverless cars gain speed, despite global slowdown

Posted on Aug 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Automakers Volkswagen, Ford, and General Motors are betting billions that autonomous driving will get us moving again....

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New Mercedes digital system to enable on-demand automated driving

Posted on Aug 7, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Mercedes-Benz’s new generation of app-based digital services will, in future, allow drivers to decide whether they wish to drive their car...

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