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Daimler Trucks establishes global unit for highly automated driving

Posted on May 29, 2019 in News, Trucks

Daimler Trucks announced Wednesday the formation of the Autonomous Technology Group, the newest part of Daimler Trucks’ global effort to...

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VW is working on ways to prevent nausea in self-driving cars

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, News

It took me years to condition myself to be able to look at my phone from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle without getting nauseous,...

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Ford and Agility Robotics collaborate on autonomous vehicle-to-robot doorstep deliveries

Posted on May 29, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Using autonomous vehicles to deliver packages directly to the doorstep of customers, without help from humans, could be more seamless with...

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Revealing the driverless car strategies within proposed Fiat Chrysler, Renault merger

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

Yesterday was the Monday of Memorial Day weekend in the United States, traditionally a day of attention to matters of the heart and an...

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Lidar maker Velodyne wins patent challenge from rival Quanergy

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Lidar is an important component for self-driving cars, acting as the “eyes” of an autonomous vehicle alongside data fused from...

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Driverless delivery vans are here as production begins in China

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

Forget drones. The future of deliveries may be robo-vans. A Chinese startup called Neolix kicked off mass production of its self-driving...

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Aurora backs LiDAR after Musk bashes it

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

CEO Chris Urmson of Aurora, a pioneer in autonomous driving, said that his company bought Blackmore LiDAR, which develops and manufactures...

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USPS goes driverless between Phoenix & Dallas with TuSimple

Posted on May 28, 2019 in News, Trucks

The US Postal Service has entered into a contract with self-driving truck startup TuSimple to haul mail between Dallas and Phoenix. “It is...

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Everything you need to know to have an intelligent conversation about autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

I recently attended the 4th annual transportation technology conference hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and had the...

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Everything you need to know to have an intelligent conversation about autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 28, 2019 in Cars, News

I recently attended the 4th annual transportation technology conference hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and had the...

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Tesla on Autopilot slams into stalled car on highway, expect more of this

Posted on May 26, 2019 in Cars, News

Here’s a driving situation that I’m guessing most of us have all experienced at one time or another. You are driving along on a highway or...

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Former Opel CEO Neumann joins board of U.S. self-driving software startup

Posted on May 24, 2019 in Cars, News

Former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has joined the board of directors of California-based Apex.AI, a company working to make open-source...

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DOT to seek public input on integrating autonomous cars and trucks into U.S. roadways

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News

Two agencies within the U.S. Department of Transportation are seeking public input on removing regulatory barriers to allow the...

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Ford wants to use human-like robots to help self-driving cars make autonomous deliveries

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Ford wants to use self-driving cars as delivery vehicles, but that presents a problem: how do the packages get from the car to the...

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GM faces blowback on federal driverless car petition

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News

General Motors Co. is running into opposition to its petition to federal regulators for permission to put up to 5,000 driverless cars —...

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Autonomous driving startup Aurora to acquire lidar company Blackmore

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News

Aurora, a well-funded Silicon Valley-based autonomous driving startup, announced that it is acquiring lidar company Blackmore. In a blog...

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Autonomous vehicle pioneer doubles down on technology Tesla CEO Elon Musk calls ‘freaking stupid’

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News

A pioneer in autonomous driving is doubling down on a self-driving technology called lidar that uses sensors to help navigate through...

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MIT’s AI makes autonomous cars drive more like humans

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Creating driverless cars capable of humanlike reasoning is a long-standing pursuit of companies like Waymo, GM’s Cruise, Uber, and others....

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FMCSA, NHTSA seek comment on automated driving systems

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

A pair of federal agencies are seeking public comment that would help in crafting regulations related to automated driving systems. The...

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Udacity, Mercedes-Benz create sensor fusion nanodegree as demand for self-driving car engineers rises

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Udacity and Mercedes-Benz’s North American R&D lab have developed curriculum for a sensor fusion nanodegree, the latest effort by the...

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