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Robotaxis as the norm are still ‘far away’

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

If there’s a voice of reason in the autonomous vehicle industry, Bryan Salesky is it. One might think the CEO of Argo AI would have every...

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Hyundai to set up $4 billion driverless car venture

Posted on Sep 23, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Hyundai Motor Group will spend $1.6 billion to develop autonomous vehicles with Aptiv Plc, marking one of the biggest investments yet by a...

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Daimler, Torc begin testing self-driving trucks in Virginia

Posted on Sep 9, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Daimler Trucks has begun testing highly automated heavy-duty trucks on Virginia highways in partnership with its subsidiary Torc Robotics,...

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UPS joins self-driving race by investing in autonomous tech startup TuSimple

Posted on Aug 15, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

UPS is jumping into the self-driving vehicle world by investing in TuSimple, a fast-moving developer of robot truck technology that the...

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US government quietly kills autonomous vehicle committee

Posted on Aug 10, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

The Department of Transportation’s Advisory Committee on Automation in Transportation (ACAT) hasn’t been active since it was formed in...

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Austin-Bergstrom airport debuts driverless shuttle pilot

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announced the start of a driverless shuttle pilot program in an Aug. 2 news release. Now in a...

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Kar-go is Europe’s first road-worthy autonomous delivery vehicle

Posted on Jul 26, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

If you’re sick and tired of arriving home after a hard day at work to find yet another online delivery has gone AWOL, then a new...

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Gatik’s self-driving vans have started shuttling groceries for Walmart

Posted on Jul 26, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Gatik AI, the autonomous vehicle startup that’s aiming for the sweet middle spot in the world of logistics, is officially on the road...

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Self-driving startup AutoX expands beyond deliveries and sets its sights on Europe

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

AutoX, the Hong Kong and San Jose, Calif.-based autonomous vehicle technology company, is pushing past its grocery delivery roots and into...

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Ford-VW alliance expands to include autonomous and electric vehicles

Posted on Jul 11, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

In a widely anticipated move, Ford and Volkswagen announced Friday their plan to expand their seven-month-old alliance to include...

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May Mobility reveals prototype of a wheelchair-accessible autonomous vehicle

Posted on Jul 11, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous transportation startup May Mobility  is doing more than just talking about accessibility when it comes to self-driving...

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California has let two Chinese startups offer robotaxis to the public

Posted on Jun 20, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

China’s autonomous cars are coming for passengers in the United States. AutoX and Pony.ai just became the first Chinese companies allowed...

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Houston’s first driverless shuttle now rolling at TSU

Posted on Jun 20, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

TSU’s Tiger Walk isn’t just for pedestrians anymore. The region’s first autonomous shuttle to carry passengers debuted Wednesday along the...

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Domino’s teams up with Nuro for driverless pizza delivery in Houston

Posted on Jun 17, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Nuro, the self-driving delivery startup, is teaming up with Domino’s to launch a pilot for driverless pizza delivery in Houston, Texas,...

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Lloyd’s of London CEO gears up for the driverless-car revolution

Posted on Jun 17, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Lloyd’s of London, the 330-year-old insurance market, is pushing to revamp auto coverage as the rise of driverless cars looms. Chief...

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On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business

Posted on Jun 7, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

More than three years ago, self-driving trucks startup Starsky Robotics was founded to solve a fundamental issue with freight — a solution...

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Fiat Chrysler partners with Aurora to develop self-driving commercial vans

Posted on Jun 7, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Aurora, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon,  has struck a deal with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles...

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Lyft and Aptiv have completed 50,000 self-driving car rides in Las Vegas

Posted on Jun 2, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

For the last couple of years at CES, Lyft and Aptiv have made a big deal about offering rides in their self-driving BMWs. We’ve done it a...

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MIT’s AI makes autonomous cars drive more like humans

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Creating driverless cars capable of humanlike reasoning is a long-standing pursuit of companies like Waymo, GM’s Cruise, Uber, and others....

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Former Opel CEO Neumann joins board of U.S. self-driving software startup

Posted on May 22, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has joined the board of directors of California-based Apex.AI, a company working to make open-source...

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