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Ford hires former Zipcar CEO for autonomous vehicle unit

Posted on Nov 5, 2019 in Cars, News

DETROIT — Ford Motor has hired former Zipcar Chairman and CEO Scott Griffith for its autonomous vehicle operations. The automaker on...

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Take a peek inside Lyft’s lab where 400 engineers are working on self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 5, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Lyft, the second largest ride-hailing service in the U.S., once helped disrupt the taxi industry. Now, the company is working hard to...

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Better autonomous “reasoning” at tricky intersections

Posted on Nov 4, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it’s safe to merge into traffic at...

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Nio, Intel’s Mobileye partner, to build self-driving electric cars for consumers

Posted on Nov 4, 2019 in Cars, News

Mobileye, the Israeli-based automotive sensor company acquired by Intel in 2017 for $15.3 billion, is partnering with Chinese electric car...

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Robocars, EV’s put testing industry to the test

Posted on Nov 3, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Robot-operated cars that smash into soft-sided sitting ducks, glass capillaries that help detect leaks and mountable gizmos for capturing...

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Tesla Autopilot now recognizes traffic cones

Posted on Nov 3, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla’s Autopilot has been adept at recognizing other cars on the road, but those aren’t the only things you have to worry...

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Inside Roborace: the Formula One for self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 2, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Self-driving cars are getting closer to becoming a reality. While fans of other racing series fawn over world-class drivers, in Roborace...

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Indiana has traffic problems autonomous trucks might solve

Posted on Nov 1, 2019 in Cars, News

(TNS) — Many Northwest Indiana residents have probably found themselves sitting in their vehicle near or where Interstates 94 and 65...

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Autonomous flying taxi startup Ehang files $100 million initial public offering

Posted on Nov 1, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Ehang, a Chinese company that builds drones large enough to carry human passengers, filed paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange...

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Toronto City Council approves comprehensive automated vehicles plan

Posted on Nov 1, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Toronto City Council has approved the Automated Vehicles (AV) Tactical Plan and Readiness 2022 report. The plan aims to make Toronto “AV...

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Wirecard shapes the future of mobility with renowned partners

Posted on Nov 1, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

ASCHHEIM, Germany, Nov. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, is once...

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Hailing a driverless ride in a Waymo

Posted on Nov 1, 2019 in Cars, News

Congrats! This car is all yours, with no one up front,” the pop-up notification from the Waymo app reads. “This ride will be different....

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Rivian files patents for first-responder seats, AV identifier

Posted on Oct 31, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

As it’s been raking in oodles of cash investments from major companies ($350 million from Cox Automotive, $700 million from Amazon...

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British Airways chooses Aurrigo to trial eco-friendly driverless vehicles at Heathrow

Posted on Oct 31, 2019 in Cars, News

British Airways has announced it is trialling autonomous, emissions-free baggage vehicles at its home at Heathrow to help the airline...

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Fear of technology and car ownership obsession seen as biggest barriers to shared autonomous mobility

Posted on Oct 31, 2019 in Cars, News

The question of why automakers are investing so heavily in developing next-generation autonomous technology, especially when the vast...

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Connected and autonomous mobility roadmap to 2030

Posted on Oct 31, 2019 in Cars, News

To achieve the automotive industry’s goal of rolling out Level 4 self-driving vehicles across the UK by 2030, Zenzic has worked to develop...

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Waymo starts building autonomous vehicles in its Detroit plant

Posted on Oct 31, 2019 in Cars, News

Waymo recently started outfitting its self-driving prototypes at its new plant in Detroit. Speaking at the Forbes Under 30 Summitt,...

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Automakers seeking profitable autonomous safety features: Aptiv CEO

Posted on Oct 31, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

DETROIT: With fully self-driving cars many years from mass market adoption because of the high cost and complexity of the technology, auto...

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Waymo expands self-driving services to include B2B car parts delivery trial

Posted on Oct 30, 2019 in Cars, News

Self-driving vehicle technology company Waymo has expanded its business relationship with automotive retail company AutoNation, the...

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FEV designated as strategic integrator for PolySync’s DriveKit system

Posted on Oct 30, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

FEV North America, Inc. (FEV), a global leader providing advanced mobility solutions for the transportation industry, has entered into a...

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