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Lexus to unveil its first Level 2 autonomous car this year

Posted on Feb 6, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Lexus is set to unveil its first ever car with autonomous driving capabilities this year, albeit only with Level 2 autonomy initially....

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How to build a morally ethical self-driving car

Posted on Feb 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Not too long ago, tech enthusiasts were telling us that by 2020, we’d see self-driving cars hit the mainstream, with some 10 million...

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Qualcomm looks ahead to looming age of autonomous cars

Posted on Feb 6, 2020 in Cars, Technology

Qualcomm, long the world’s largest vendor of smartphone chips, is looking ahead to the looming age of autonomous cars and entering...

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COAST Autonomous and DG Cities announce collaboration to transform cities through integration of connected and autonomous vehicles

Posted on Feb 6, 2020 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

US: COAST Autonomous (“COAST”) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with DG Cities, an expert in smart city...

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Autonomous vehicles: Are we there yet?

Posted on Feb 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are the future of mobility, so everyone wants to know the same thing: When will they get here? That’s the...

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Autonomous vehicle software firm moves to pit lane

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

A self-drive vehicle software company is the first to move into Culham Science Centre’s connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) building in...

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Here’s how Putin might instill Russian ‘spiritual and moral values’ into AI self-driving cars, and why some are worried about it

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

According to recent news reports about Russia, a wide swath of electronics such as cell phones, TV’s, laptop computers, and potentially...

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Waymo workers complain about cuts to benefits and needles in self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 in Cars, Policy & Regulation

At first, when Waymo told the workers at its Chandler, Arizona facility last year that they would be vendors instead of contractors, the...

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GM’s Cruise values autonomous vehicle industry at $8 trillion

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

The global autonomous vehicle industry is an $8 trillion market opportunity, according to General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit Cruise....

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Nissan completes U.K.’s ‘most complex’ autonomous car trip, proving the value of a local approach

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 in Cars, News

A Nissan Leaf has completed what the company claims is one of the U.K.’s longest and most challenging autonomous car journeys to date. But...

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Uber issued permit to test self-driving vehicles on California public roads

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 in Cars, News

Uber Advanced Technologies Group has been issued a permit that would allow the company to put its autonomous vehicles back on public roads...

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GM rolling out Super Cruise self-driving tech to 22 models across the board by 2023

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

The Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system has been limited to the CT6, but it will spread to more models this year including the...

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ThunderSoft and Didi Chuxing build strategic partnership focusing on intelligent automotive operating system

Posted on Feb 4, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ThunderSoft( SZ:300496 ), a world-leading operating system technology provider, and Didi...

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Telefonica targets autonomous vehicle boost

Posted on Feb 4, 2020 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Telefonica unveiled an R&D centre which it claimed is the most advanced for the development of connected cars in southern Europe, as...

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Testbed enables infrastructure for autonomy, smart cities

Posted on Feb 3, 2020 in Cars, Infrastructure, Technology

A testbed in an active urban center can show real-world effects on GNSS as an aid for developing autonomous systems for green mobility,...

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PRoPART project successfully demonstrates highly accurate positioning solution for automotive use

Posted on Feb 3, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

The European PRoPART (Precise and Robust Positioning for Automated Road Transports) project, funded by the European Global Navigation...

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Snow and ice pose a vexing obstacle for self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 3, 2020 in Cars, News

In late 2018, Krzysztof Czarnecki, a professor at Canada’s University of Waterloo, built a self-driving car and trained it to navigate...

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Level 6 autonomous driving concept, & an appeal to Elon Musk to make smart traffic lights

Posted on Feb 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Have you ever sat at a red traffic light with no other cars or pedestrians on the road and had to wait? Was it frustrating? If you were in...

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The power of autonomous vehicle sensors

Posted on Feb 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

As the auto industry heads toward putting more Level 2 and Level 3 autonomous vehicles on the road, the importance of the sensors that...

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Self-driving cars could spark an appalling mobility frenzy

Posted on Feb 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

A colleague the other day drove over to a local grocery store to grab some seasonal pies for the office, and then he drove about a half...

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