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Self-driving cars keep tapping the brakes

Posted on Dec 31, 2018 in Cars, News

In December, Waymo LLC, the leading driverless-car company, brought out the world’s first commercial robo-taxi service. But for now, the...

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The 10 worst self-driving stories of 2018

Posted on Dec 30, 2018 in Cars, News

One hour after publishing my “10 Best/Worst of Automotive Tech 2018,” I realized it was too short. A “Worst 100”...

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Tesla wants more employees to participate in Autopilot Hardware 3 testing

Posted on Dec 30, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is calling for more employees to participate in the testing of Autopilot Hardware 3, with offers of discounts on the...

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Dallas wants self-driving vehicles for planned redevelopment

Posted on Dec 28, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News

If Dallas’ Valley View Center site is indeed ripe for redevelopment in the thriving neighborhood it helped create, one certain...

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Tesla to start testing new Autopilot Hardware 3 in employee vehicles

Posted on Dec 27, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla is working to bring to market its new Autopilot Hardware 3, which consists of a new neural net computer that they claimed will be...

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Toyota gives their take on interiors for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Dec 27, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

CES is less than two weeks away and Toyota Boshoku will use the event to introduce two interior concepts for autonomous vehicles. The...

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Driverless cars deliver from Kroger-owned store in Arizona

Posted on Dec 27, 2018 in Cars, News

The nation’s largest grocery chain stepped into the driverless delivery market Dec. 18, bringing milk, eggs and other items to a...

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The good, the bad, and the ugly of self-driving cars in 2018

Posted on Dec 27, 2018 in Cars, News

Amidst stunning breakthroughs and tragic failures, for self-driving vehicles, 2018 was the year of yes, but… Yes, self-driving cars...

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Barra looks to China for GM’s electric rebirth

Posted on Dec 27, 2018 in Cars, News

In April 2014, Mary Barra sat on Capitol Hill listening to accounts of families who’d lost a member while driving in a General Motors Co....

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Frost & Sullivan: Connected, autonomous commercial vehicles face daunting cyber threats

Posted on Dec 26, 2018 in Buses, News, Trucks

Complex cybersecurity threats, where security breaches could have devastating consequences in terms of lost productivity, disrupted supply...

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What’s Apple’s plan for autonomous driving?

Posted on Dec 26, 2018 in Cars, News

As Apple (AAPL – Get Report) continues to slap autonomous driving test cars on the road and hire top-level talent for its...

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Ford, Michigan State University expand autonomous driving research program

Posted on Dec 25, 2018 in Cars, News

Ford and Michigan State University (MSU) are expanding a research partnership into new areas. Going forward, the automaker and the...

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Mobility startup plans commercial autonomous trucking service in future-ready Dubai

Posted on Dec 25, 2018 in News, Trucks

Swedish startup Einride is developing self-driving trucks, and it now plans to operate those trucks in Dubai. The startup and...

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Yandex to conduct autonomous vehicle testing in Israel

Posted on Dec 25, 2018 in Cars, News

Yandex NV, the Russian multinational technology company that launched their taxi-hailing platform Yango in Israel earlier this month,...

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Mesa campus wins self-driving shuttle challenge

Posted on Dec 23, 2018 in Buses, News

East Valley Institute of Technology students could soon be getting a lift around campus, thanks to the world’s first co-created,...

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In a first, California will finally let you get picked up by this autonomous car

Posted on Dec 23, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous mobility developer Zoox scored California’s first-ever permit to carry passengers in a self-driving service vehicle, according...

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Users of Calgary’s first driverless shuttle leery about some hands-off travel

Posted on Dec 22, 2018 in Buses, News

While 95 per cent of respondents to a University of Calgary survey said they liked the jaunt in a 12-passenger electronic autonomous...

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Uber employees working on self-driving cars feel their cars are safer but their careers are stuck, according to leaked employee survey

Posted on Dec 22, 2018 in Cars, News, Perspective

Uber is sending its self-driving cars back on the public road this week in Pittsburgh, with a whole new set of revamped safety procedures...

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Kangaroos are baffling for autonomous vehicles. This trial hopes to figure them out.

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, News

Kangaroos being hit by cars is one big, very Australian problem. With autonomous vehicles set to operate in Australia in the next few...

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Self-driving cars are speeding into view, thanks to Google and Nvidia

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, News

Alphabet is the Rodney Dangerfield of tech companies. It gets no respect. Waymo, its self-driving car subsidiary, announced recently it...

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