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Ford CEO tamps down expectations for first autonomous vehicles

Posted on Apr 9, 2019 in Cars, News

Too much hype has built up about how soon self-driving cars will hit the road, but they will ultimately change the world, Ford Motor Co.’s...

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At Singapore’s test center, self-driving cars battle fake monsoons

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, News

In the tropical midday heat, I squint to take in the two-hectare test course before me. Here at Singapore’s autonomous vehicle (AV) test...

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Wayve says self-driving cars don’t need sensors. Experts aren’t so sure.

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Why weigh down a self-driving car with a lot of sensors, HD maps, and equipment when you don’t have to?That’s the philosophy of...

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Startup says end-to-end machine learning is “only scalable solution” for self-driving cars

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

It’s a solution that Tesla CEO Elon Musk would approve. No lidars, no high-definition maps. No hand-coded rules. A small startup in...

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BMW signs deal with DXC Technology to speed up autonomous driving development

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Last month, German automaker BMW announced that it was building its own data platform called “D3” to help sort and analyze the...

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Students battle it out in autonomous vehicle AI algorithm competition

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The Japan Automotive AI Challenge recently took place, an event where university students can pit there AI algorithm against others,...

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Uber expects a long wait before self-driving cars dominate

Posted on Apr 8, 2019 in Cars, News

Uber expects it will be a long time before one of its biggest investments, self-driving cars, is ready for wide-scale deployment, a senior...

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Tesla’s disappointing numbers and more car news this week

Posted on Apr 7, 2019 in Cars, News

ALLOW ME TO get a bit philosophical here: History is only smooth in retrospect. Few earth-shaking shifts are inevitable. A few steps...

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Self-driving cars in 10 years: EU expects ‘fully automated’ cars by 2030

Posted on Apr 6, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The European Union commissioner for transport expects full self-driving capability by 2030, she said this week at City as a Lab conference...

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Austria’s AI brain has a plan to take down Waymo and Tesla

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

Think of the European automobile industry and countries like Germany come to mind, with its luxury cars whizzing down the speed-limit-less...

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Autonomous driving tech startup Wayve has completed a test run without pre-mapped roads

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

Wayve, a UK-based autonomous driving technology startup, recently completed a test run of a car equipped with its technologies on a road...

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First ride in driveless car is a bit jerky, but still ‘pretty cool’

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Andrew Ogawa says he is excited about self-driving car technology after getting his first ride in an autonomous vehicle Sunday. “It...

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How Brexit could derail U.K.’s bid to be leader in autonomous car development

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Cars, News

A report published by U.K. trade association the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and business consultancy firm Frost...

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Elon Musk: Self-driving Teslas are going to make their owners money by competing with Uber, Lyft

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 in Cars, News

Elon Musk says Tesla vehicles one day make money for their owners by autonomously transporting people when their owners are not using them...

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China building a highway with dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

A new highway in China is being built that will have dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles. The lanes reserved for self-driving cars...

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Tesla woos Wall Street and drivers with autonomous vehicle fanfare

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Yesterday was a somewhat mixed day for Tesla, as the electric carmaker announced that Q1 shipments fell 31% on the previous quarter, due...

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Reuters poll finds American drivers still aren’t interested in autonomous cars

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, News

Surveys are far from the most reliable source of information, but they do provide a decent, if not perfect, look at how a large amount of...

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Researchers quantify the impact of autonomous vehicles on traffic

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, News

Researchers of the UWICORE laboratory, of the Department of Communications Engineering and the I3E Engineering Research Centre of the...

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Self-driving cars could provide £62bn boost to UK economy by 2030

Posted on Apr 4, 2019 in Cars, News

Britain’s leading position in developing self-driving cars could produce a £62bn economic boost by 2030, the car industry claimed – but...

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Audi to showcase self-driving city car

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News

Audi said its AI:ME design study demonstrates is vision for a self-driving city car for megacities. The concept will have its public debut...

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