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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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Tesla to show self-driving car progress to investors

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News

Tesla announced on Wednesday that it will give investors an up-close look at its self-driving car in a bid to bolster confidence in the...

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More stringent, more technical: Uber’s new look self-driving programme

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News

In August 2016, Uber’s footing in the autonomous drive space became significantly more assured, having penned a deal with Volvo Cars to...

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Groupe PSA continues its autonomous driving tests as part of the European L3Pilot project

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News

Groupe PSA is continuing its autonomous driving trial runs. Since the start of April, the Group’s vehicles equipped with level 3*...

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Wayve claims ‘world first’ in driving a car autonomously with only its AI and a SatNav

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

Projects like Google’s Waymo, Uber, Cruise and Aurora are developing autonomous vehicles by throwing engineers at the problem, basing most...

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