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How to make sense of bus transit automation?

Posted on Oct 5, 2022 in Buses, Knowledge Center, Reports, Technology

The 2007 US Department of Defense DARPA Urban Grand Challenge demonstrated that highly automated, driverless vehicles were technically...

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How Cruise (not Tesla) is leading the way in autonomous driving

Posted on Sep 29, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

General Motors (NYSE: GM)-owned Cruise is launching its autonomous ride sharing service in Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas by the end...

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Video: Watch an autonomous van navigate public streets of London

Posted on Sep 28, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

A new video from Wayve, a London-based autonomous vehicle startup, shows how its technology can help an autonomous van navigate the...

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HKUST-developed autonomous vehicle gets Hong Kong’s first movement permit on public roads

Posted on Sep 25, 2022 in Knowledge Center, News, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

The autonomous vehicle “Hercules” independently developed by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)...

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Video: Cepton lidar gets ported to Nvida’s Drive Sim

Posted on Sep 23, 2022 in Knowledge Center, News, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

The second lidar company to be signed to Nvidia’s Drive Sim in as many days, the Cepton Inc. lidar sensor is now available for testing by...

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Reinventing the wheel: Gatik’s Apeksha Kumavat accelerates autonomous delivery for Wal-Mart and more

Posted on Sep 14, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Trucks, Videos & Podcasts

As consumers expect faster, cheaper deliveries, companies are turning to AI to rethink how they move goods....

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Accessibility in transit bus automation: Scan of current practices and ongoing research

Posted on Aug 26, 2022 in Buses, Knowledge Center, Reports, Technology

As public sector agencies investigate the use of driving automation in transit bus applications, the accessibility of vehicles and...

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Responsible innovation in self-driving vehicles

Posted on Aug 19, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Reports

Self-driving vehicles have the potential to radically transform the UK’s roads. They offer the opportunity to deliver significant...

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Is Tesla falling behind in autonomous driving?

Posted on Aug 16, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Videos & Podcasts

Tesla (TSLA -0.89%) has been a leader in autonomous driving with its Autopilot software, which costs between $6,000 and $12,000 in new...

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Rethinking humans as a resource; ready or not, here come the delivery bots

Posted on Aug 9, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Today’s podcast about the world of ten years from now is with the CEO of Starship Technologies, Alastair Westgarth. The company was...

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The promise and peril of one self driving truck company

Posted on Aug 4, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple has an ambitious goal: eliminate humans from behind the wheel and teach big rigs to drive themselves....

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Our new report examines the future of autonomous trucking

Posted on Aug 4, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Reports, Trucks

Autonomous trucks present a tremendous opportunity to improve the safety of our roads as well as alleviate growing strain across supply...

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Watch DeepRoute.ai’s driverless SUV successfully navigate through the traffic chaos of Shenzhen in China

Posted on Aug 4, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

We have seen plenty of footage showing cars with autonomous tech testing on public roads but the latest video from DeepRoute.ai is quite...

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XPeng CEO explores current upsides & downsides of XPeng self-driving tech

Posted on Jul 8, 2022 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Every automaker and their cousin is going to lead us into an autonomous driving future … according to their press departments. In...

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Video: Oxbotica unveils new tools to accelerate AV deployment

Posted on Jun 16, 2022 in Knowledge Center, News, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Autonomous software vendor Oxbotica has developed a suite of tools that includes virtual world simulation, automated discovery of...

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3 companies leading Tesla in autonomous driving

Posted on Apr 29, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

While Tesla (TSLA -0.45%) has become one of the global leaders in electric vehicle production, it is still playing catch-up in the fully...

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Cenex: Ultra-durable robotaxis offer strong business and environmental cases

Posted on Apr 19, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Reports

Autonomous vehicles used in private hire taxi operations can achieve a 42% reduction in lifecycle global warming potential when designed...

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Here’s what happens when cops pull over a driverless Cruise vehicle

Posted on Apr 10, 2022 in Cars, Knowledge Center, News, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

It’s been a little over two months since Cruise started letting the people of San Francisco catch rides on its driverless robotaxis, and...

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3 prerequisites before autonomous vehicles can take over the roads

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

In this interview clip from Motley Fool Live, recorded on March 10, Andrey Bolshakov, founder and CEO of Evocargo, talks with Motley Fool...

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Driverless tech CEO: This will be the first autonomous driving to take off

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Autonomous driving technology has the potential to disrupt the way people and things go from point A to point B. But what will the first...

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