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SAE International and General Motors launch AutoDrive Challenge II; Level 4 autonomy

Posted on Feb 14, 2020 in Cars, News

SAE International announced the launch of the SAE AutoDrive Challenge II through a continued partnership with GM. Participating university...

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Roboflow: Popular autonomous vehicle data set contains critical flaws

Posted on Feb 14, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

A machine learning model’s performance is only as good as the quality of the data set on which it’s trained, and in the domain of...

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Israeli company to provide laser sensor systems for Chinese self-driving trucks

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in News, Technology, Trucks

JERUSALEM, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — Israeli vehicle laser sensor maker Innoviz Technologies said on Wednesday that it will provide sensors...

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Tesla owner says remotely disabled Autopilot features have been restored

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla has restored the Autopilot driver assistance features it remotely disabled on a used Model S, just days after Jalopnik published a...

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Uber pays Google $9.7 million to settle legal beef in tangled self-driving car fight

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

Another piece of the tangled legal fight sparked by Uber’s attempt to catch up to Google’s self-driving car program has been resolved,...

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‘Disgruntled’ former Waymo self-driving car operator arrested for causing car crash

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in Cars, News

A former Waymo contractor was arrested after allegedly forcing one of the company’s self-driving cars to crash in Tempe last month,...

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BMW i Ventures invests in AutoFi, a San Francisco-based vehicle financing startup

Posted on Feb 13, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

The era of haggling with a salesperson to purchase a vehicle may soon be over, as technology continues to play a role in the purchase of a...

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Researchers create ears for cars to improve road safety

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

For drivers, there are times when it feels as if that fast-approaching emergency vehicle, with its siren blaring, has come from nowhere....

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Lyft touts benefits of self-driving cars, but warns of ‘second order’ effects

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, News

Autonomous cars will prove critical to the future of cities, according to Raj Kapoor, Lyft’s chief strategy officer and head of business...

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Self-driving car bill drafts silent on maker accountability (1)

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

(Updates throughout with controversy over lawsuits.) House and Senate lawmakers moved a step closer to drawing up driverless car...

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Groups call on U.S. lawmakers to develop ‘meaningful legislation’ for AVs

Posted on Feb 12, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Officials from trade groups representing automakers and tech companies, as well as consumer and vehicle safety, called on Congress to...

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Tesla’s Autopilot in spotlight in new NTSB reports on crashes

Posted on Feb 11, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

(Bloomberg) — A Tesla Inc. vehicle that slammed into a California highway barrier in 2018 with its automated driver-assist function...

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The engineers behind Google’s Bookbot have launched a delivery robot startup

Posted on Feb 11, 2020 in Cars, News

The engineers behind Google’s short-lived Bookbot — a robot created within the company’s Area 120 incubator for experimental products —...

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COAST Autonomous signs MOU with Saint Leo University in Florida

Posted on Feb 11, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News

PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — COAST Autonomous (“COAST”) announced today that it has signed a...

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Aptiv’s self-driving cars have given 100,000 paid rides on the Lyft app

Posted on Feb 11, 2020 in Cars, News

What started out as a temporary pilot project to test a robotaxi service in Las Vegas has turned into a multi-year partnership between...

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We still can’t agree how to regulate self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 11, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

There was a sense of déjà vu on Capitol Hill today as a House panel convened yet another hearing on how to best regulate autonomous...

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Gordon Murray’s Motiv reinvented as electric autonomous pod with a single gullwing door

Posted on Feb 10, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has released photos and specifications of its new Motiv autonomous city car. Developed in collaboration with...

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Fiat Chrysler and AutoX confirm plans to work on robotaxis

Posted on Feb 10, 2020 in Cars, News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is joining forces with the Chinese startup AutoX to bring self-driving robotaxis to China. The companies...

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US House panel will discuss self-driving cars next week

Posted on Feb 8, 2020 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

On February 11th, a House panel will hold a hearing that could help shape the future of self-driving vehicles in the US. The Consumer...

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Tesla accused of abruptly pulling self-driving from a used Model S

Posted on Feb 7, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla’s much-vaunted ability to add features to its cars over the air has turned into a real inconvenience for some drivers. An...

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