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Scania and Nobina announce autonomous EV bus trials in Sweden

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Scania and Nobina (the largest public transport operator in the Nordic countries) announced trials of autonomous buses on regular routes...

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Daimler Trucks to acquire majority stake in autonomous-driving firm Torc Robotics

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Daimler Trucks is taking a major step in the development of self-driving trucks. The German firm will acquire a majority stake in Torc...

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New York City is finally getting its own self-driving shuttle service

Posted on Mar 20, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous vehicles are finally coming to the Big Apple. Optimus Ride, a Boston-based self-driving startup, announced plans to deploy an...

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A Waymo engineer reveals how the self-driving car company develops its robot brains

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

It’s a common Silicon Valley story: a young person reads science-fiction novels or watches some movies that feature robots and decides to...

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How TomTom is evolving for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

To many, TomTom is a brand synonymous with satellite navigation (“Sat Nav”) devices plastered to car windshields. But behind the scenes,...

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Toyota doubles down on Nvidia tech for self-driving cars

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Toyota is deepening its relationship with Nvidia as the automaker, and its research arms in Japan and the U.S., ramps up its autonomous...

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GM’s self-driving division Cruise plans to double in size by year end

Posted on Mar 11, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Cruise Automation, the San-Francisco startup acquired by General Motors in 2016, has plans to double in size this year. To help with its...

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Self-driving trucks hitting the roads in China using FABU technology

Posted on Mar 11, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous package delivery services have begun in China—marking a first for the country. Delivery and logistics companies China Post and...

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Skoda’s Vision iV electric concept has self-driving tech

Posted on Mar 4, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Skoda said its Vision iV concept is a “concrete preview” of its first full-electric car based on parent Volkswagen Group’s MEB modular EV...

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Driverless electric bus launched by NTU and Volvo in ‘world first’

Posted on Mar 3, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Volvo Buses on Tuesday (Mar 5) launched a 12-metre autonomous electric bus in what they said...

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Olli, a 3D-printed autonomous shuttle, comes to Sacramento state

Posted on Feb 27, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Local Motors of Chandler, Arizona is a world leader in the manufacture of 3D-printed vehicles. Some of  its offerings are just plain...

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BMW and Daimler will spend over $1 billion on the future of transportation

Posted on Feb 27, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

BMW and Daimler, two giants in the automobile sector, are pooling their resources in a joint mobility effort that spans autonomous cars,...

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UAE’s first autonomous vehicle to be unveiled at Auto Shanghai 2019

Posted on Feb 17, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Dubai-based high-performance luxury sports car developer W Motors will unveil the UAE’s first autonomous vehicle at Auto Shanghai 2019 in...

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BlackBerry, federal government pour $350M into autonomous cars

Posted on Feb 15, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

BlackBerry and the federal government are spending a combined $350 million on autonomous vehicle technology, which they say will create...

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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 Editor’s Picks

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

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No driver? No problem when Vancouver, Surrey put driverless shuttle to the test

Posted on Feb 4, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

The future of transportation is as close as Vancouver and Surrey this month when the cities host demonstrations of a driverless shuttle....

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Autonomous trucking still distant

Posted on Feb 3, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

The future of autonomous trucks is further down the road than people believe, but final-mile delivery by robots is closer to larger use,...

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Argo AI acquires permit to test autonomous vehicles in California

Posted on Jan 30, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Argo AI, the self-driving car startup that burst onto the scene in 2017 with $1 billion in backing from Ford, has obtained a permit to...

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BMW-backed Mapillary provides hyper mapping services for driverless vehicles

Posted on Jan 29, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous vehicle networks rely on real-time mapping data during navigation on public roads. Such requirements are stringent, as most...

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Apple cuts autonomous car team by 200, shifting some to machine learning projects

Posted on Jan 24, 2019 in Editor’s Picks

Apple’s autonomous car skunkworks endeavor, Project Titan, has spent years as one of the company’s most volatile divisions, going through...

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