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Ex-Tesla, Uber engineers ready testing of autonomous parcel delivery vehicle

Posted on Jun 6, 2019 in Cars, News

Parcel logistics company OnTrac on Thursday announced a partnership with last-mile logistics and automation startup Boxbot to test a new...

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Bosch demos new systems to improve autonomous vehicle safety, performance

Posted on Jun 6, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Remember that old Saturday Night Live bit where the best way to improve almost anything is “more cowbell?” Based on a series of...

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Self-driving delivery van startup Gatik AI comes out of stealth with Walmart partnership

Posted on Jun 6, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Gatik AI, an autonomous vehicle startup that came out of stealth Thursday with $4.5 million in funding and Walmart  as a customer, is...

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Tesla now offers early software updates to Full Self-Driving buyers, report says

Posted on Jun 5, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla has been offering an option called Full Self-Driving option on its cars for years now, despite the FSD technology not being ready...

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Apple reportedly in process of acquiring self-driving shuttle company Drive.ai

Posted on Jun 5, 2019 in Buses, News

Apple is reportedly in the process of acquiring once-promising self-driving shuttle firm Drive.ai in a deal that will bolster the tech...

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Cadillac’s Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system gaining 70,000 miles of new compatible highways

Posted on Jun 5, 2019 in Cars, News

Cadillac’s Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system is getting a lot more useful as the company will allow it to be used on an...

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GM CEO Barra avoids driverless-taxi timeline in Cruise update

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 in News, Trucks

General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra did not address the timeline for GM Cruise LLC’s plans to deploy a fleet of driverless taxis...

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Michelin announces trial test with driverless truck upstart

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 in News, Trucks

Michelin announced Tuesday it has partnered with autonomous tech upstart Einride. Pierre Martin Heut, Michelin’s director of supply chain...

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Autonomous vehicle knowledge is key to acceptance: HNTB Survey

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, News, Reports, Trucks

More than half of Americans (52 percent) believe they are familiar with or knowledgeable about autonomous vehicles (also referred to as...

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SoftBank’s service to help power self-driving buses, farm machinery

Posted on Jun 3, 2019 in Buses, News, Technology

Japan’s SoftBank said on Monday it will launch a service this year that would use satellite navigation data and the telco’s...

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Lyft and Aptiv have completed 50,000 self-driving car rides in Las Vegas

Posted on Jun 2, 2019 in Cars, News

For the last couple of years at CES, Lyft and Aptiv have made a big deal about offering rides in their self-driving BMWs. We’ve done...

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This is what it’s like to control an autonomous car from miles away

Posted on Jun 1, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The exit ramp is a long, curving slope, and you have to make sure the 50-foot big rig you’re driving carefully navigates the bend...

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Waymo says self-driving semis will travel Phoenix roads

Posted on May 31, 2019 in News, Trucks

Waymo said in a tweet Wednesday that its self-driving semitrucks will begin traveling freeways in the Phoenix area. A spokeswoman for...

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Uber’s earnings report could give a clearer picture on self-driving cars

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

With Uber set to release its first earnings report as a publicly-traded company Thursday afternoon, expect to see some updates on the...

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Japan law loosens rules for self-driving cars

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Stuck in traffic on a Japanese highway? If you’re in a self-driving car you might be able to kick back with a sandwich and check...

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California DMV considers reworked regs for AV delivery tests

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News

California is moving a little closer to allowing self-driving delivery vehicles to shuttle packages from companies like Amazon or even...

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Comment period around autonomous vehicle regs open until late August

Posted on May 30, 2019 in News, Trucks

Trucking industry stakeholders can now comment on two pre-rules from the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding the regulatory path...

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“Paving” a new way to autonomous-vehicle validation

Posted on May 30, 2019 in News, Technology

Siemens has announced its PAVE360 platform. The integrated validation and simulation environment, which extends digital-twin and...

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Foretellix and Metamoto partner to deliver measurable safety of autonomous vehicles

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

Foretellix, an Israel-based start-up with a mission to enable measurable safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs), and Metamoto, a provider of...

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Uber, Lyft, or GM: Which is the better driverless car play?

Posted on May 30, 2019 in Cars, News

By 2040, 33 million of the vehicles sold annually will be fully autonomous, according to the predictions of analysts at IHS Markit. ...

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