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GM plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs, close factories as downturn looms

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

First came the voluntary buyouts. Now, GM is ramping up its belt-tightening measures with cuts to factory and white-collar workers, plant...

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Volvo’s self-driving trucks will haul limestone from a mine

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Sometimes, it’s the least glamorous uses of self-driving tech that can be the most important. Volvo has struck a deal that will have six...

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Driverless cars on the streets of London’s Hounslow before 2019

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Driverless cars are to hit the streets of Hounslow in London, England, before Christmas. Following successful trials in Oxford, England,...

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Continental and EasyMile are making self-driving vehicles for Singapore roads – here’s what it’s like inside

Posted on Nov 20, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The future where self-driving vehicles roam the roads is coming at us full-speed. German automotive manufacturing company Continental...

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Ford partners with Walmart and Postmates to test autonomous grocery delivery

Posted on Nov 14, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Ford is partnering with Walmart and Postmates to test the business of delivering goods like groceries and pet food using self-driving...

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New £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre will be Europe’s main site for autonomous and electric car R&D

Posted on Nov 13, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Research into the next generation of autonomous and electric vehicles will be conducted at a new £1bn Smart City Mobility Centre in the...

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Volkswagen and Ford explore self-driving and EV partnerships

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The auto industry is transitioning into a new phase, as businesses prepare to roll out self-driving and electrified vehicles. The effort...

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ComfortDelGro to trial self-driving shuttle bus at NUS from March 2019

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

A self-driving shuttle bus service will be on trial at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Kent Ridge campus from March 2019,...

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AImotive unveils third-generation neural network for self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

AImotive has been working on its autonomous vehicle (AV) technology for a number of years, focusing on vision-first technology that will...

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Autonomous cars not really around the corner — more like 2035, says QNX VP

Posted on Nov 12, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The vice president of an automotive software company told a Windsor audience Tuesday that the age of fully autonomous vehicles is a little...

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Uber will resume testing self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 3, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Uber will resume testing self-driving cars on public roads near its Advanced Technology Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....

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Muji and Sensible 4 collaborate on ‘friendly’ autonomous shuttle bus design

Posted on Nov 3, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous shuttle buses are not new, but previously their design has tended towards an emphasis on function rather than form. Now...

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Cities could be the first customer for HD maps this startup built for autonomous cars

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Lvl5 has taken a novel, crowdsourced approach to building and updating its high-definition maps that auto manufacturers could use to help...

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Ford and Baidu team up to test self-driving vehicles in China

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Ford and Chinese internet giant Baidu announced a tie-up Wednesday that will see the two firms jointly test self-driving vehicles in China...

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AstaZero unveils mixed reality testing for driverless cars

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

The Sweden-based AstaZero proving ground is one of the most advanced sites for testing autonomous vehicles and new automotive...

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Waymo may start charging for its autonomous-car rides in Phoenix

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Thus far, the roughly 400 people signed up as “early riders” in Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids have been riding in the...

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Urban planning guru says driverless cars won’t fix congestion

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Peter Calthorpe thinks Silicon Valley has it all wrong. He rejects the ideas of tech industry visionaries who say personal autonomous...

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Volkswagen, Intel, and Mobileye will launch a self-driving taxi service in Israel in 2019

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Volkswagen and Mobileye, the computer vision firm owned by Intel, announced Monday a plan to launch a commercial self-driving ride-hailing...

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Intel: 43% of U.S. respondents don’t feel safe around self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous cars are on the way, with some experts forecasting that 33 million will hit the road by 2040. But public acceptance hasn’t...

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New autonomous trucking company Ike aims to bring ‘some patience’ to field

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Editor’s Picks

This year has seen its fair share of autonomous trucking news, but the space shows little sign of cooling off. Earlier this month, a new...

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