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Self-driving truck startup Pronto pursues gradual path to automation

Posted on Feb 19, 2019 in News, Perspective, Trucks

Pronto, the new self-driving truck startup launched by Anthony Levandowski, is pursuing a more incremental path toward autonomous driving...

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Arizona City faces $10M legal claim over Uber self-driving car fatality

Posted on Feb 19, 2019 in Cars, News

The family of the woman killed by an Uber self-driving car last year has filed a $10 million legal claim against the city of Tempe,...

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Uber and GM Cruise are making their respective AV ‘visualization’ tools open source

Posted on Feb 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

By now you’ve probably seen those top-down graphical images of a self-driving car as it navigates through a neon-hued world made up of...

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Waymo rules and Apple trails in California self-driving car benchmarks

Posted on Feb 19, 2019 in Cars, News

Before they are let loose on public streets and highways, autonomous vehicles will need to prove their capability and safety. Absent a...

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Report finds ‘Transit Leaps’ needed to properly integrate with AVs

Posted on Feb 19, 2019 in Buses, News, Technology

Mineta Transportation Institute’s (MTI) latest perspective, “Automated Vehicles have Arrived: What’s a Transit Agency to Do?” analyzes the...

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The Netherlands tops list of countries most ready for AV technology

Posted on Feb 19, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

Once again, The Netherlands topped the rankings of countries most ready for autonomous vehicles, followed by Singapore, Norway, the U.S....

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Self-driving cars might kill auto insurance as we know it

Posted on Feb 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Dan Peate, a venture capitalist and entrepreneur in Southern California, was thinking of buying a Tesla Model X a few years ago—until he...

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Jargon watch: What ‘roadmanship’ means to a self-driving car

Posted on Feb 18, 2019 in Cars, News

Roadmanship n.A proposed safety standard for self-driving cars, based on the road etiquette of humans. In 1909, when horseless carriages...

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5 autonomous cars trends everyone should know about in 2019

Posted on Feb 18, 2019 in Cars, News

Just a few short years ago the idea of cars driving themselves on our streets seemed like a crazy sci-fi fantasy. However, the rapid...

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Researchers teach self-driving cars to predict pedestrians’ next moves

Posted on Feb 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Researchers at the University of Michigan are developing a system that teaches self-driving cars to predict pedestrian movement. When...

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UAE’s first autonomous vehicle to be unveiled at Auto Shanghai 2019

Posted on Feb 17, 2019 in Cars, News

Dubai-based high-performance luxury sports car developer W Motors will unveil the UAE’s first autonomous vehicle at Auto Shanghai 2019 in...

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Digging into self-driving data and more car news this week

Posted on Feb 17, 2019 in Cars, News

The self-driving car world is a secretive one, where software, hardware, and testing methods are jealously guarded (and occasionally spark...

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An ex-marine wants to print autonomous vehicles for your city

Posted on Feb 16, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News

On an isolated stretch of industrial flatland outside Knoxville, Tenn., a minibus is taking shape in a car factory unlike any other. The...

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Vision system for autonomous vehicles watches not just where pedestrians walk, but how

Posted on Feb 16, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The University of Michigan, well known for its efforts in self-driving car tech, has been working on an improved algorithm for predicting...

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Ford and VW discuss autonomous car team-up at a $4 billion valuation

Posted on Feb 15, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG are progressing toward a potential agreement to join forces on self-driving cars and have overcome...

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Waiting for the payoff: Auto, tech giants bet big on self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 15, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

At this year’s Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, muscle cars and collectibles will share the spotlight with new vehicles that...

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BlackBerry, federal government pour $350M into autonomous cars

Posted on Feb 15, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

BlackBerry and the federal government are spending a combined $350 million on autonomous vehicle technology, which they say will create...

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New Passat to offer partially automated driving

Posted on Feb 15, 2019 in Cars, News

Volkswagen’s latest edition of its popular midsize Passat will be the first VW model capable of partially automated driving up to 131.5...

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Goodyear, Local Motors join forces on autonomous shuttles

Posted on Feb 14, 2019 in Buses, News

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company GT, -0.91%  is expanding its ongoing work with autonomous or driverless vehicles, which includes...

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BlackBerry to get $40M in federal funds to support self-driving car development

Posted on Feb 14, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

The Liberal government is giving $40 million in federal money to BlackBerry to help the company develop self-driving car technologies....

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