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Ottopia’s remote assistance platform for autonomous cars combines humans with AI

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The burgeoning autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution seems to crank up a notch every other week, with Waymo recently unveiling its first...

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Keolis deploys electric autonomous shuttles at two university campuses in France

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Buses, News

Keolis and the European Metropole of Lille have launched an electric autonomous shuttle service at the University of Lille in Villeneuve...

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U.S. Department of Transportation announces Notice of Funding Opportunity for automated driving system demonstration grants

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Finance, News, Trucks

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today announced up to $60 million in federal grant funding for projects that test the safe...

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Congress isn’t voting on any self-driving car rules before 2019, report says

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Back in October, we reported on the Department of Transportation’s plan to ease regulations for self-driving cars. Since the DOT...

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BlackBerry profit beats as bets on autonomous technology pay off

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates on Thursday, as the company’s focus on...

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Udelv signs driverless delivery vehicle deal in Texas

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicle developer Udelv will use its self-driving vehicles to deliver automotive supplies as part of a multiyear deal with a...

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Operate an autonomous car through voice recognition software

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Korean electric vehicle producer IT Engineering, and The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), have partnered on...

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Lyft is getting more serious about autonomous vehicle safety with new hire

Posted on Dec 20, 2018 in Cars, News

Lyft  today announced the hiring of John Maddox, founder of the American Center for Mobility and previous associate administrator of...

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Autonomy news — December 2018 edition: Nuro, Formant, & Anthony Levandowski

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

The convergence between humans and machines continues gaining speed as the end of 2018 approaches. We often associate autonomy with...

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Continental pioneers tire tests with self-driving test vehicles

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News

At  its  test  site  in  Uvalde,  Texas,  U.S.A.,  the  technology  company  Continental  has  commissioned  the  first  driverless  tire ...

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Daimler, BMW mull cooperation on platforms, self-driving tech, report says

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News

Daimler and BMW are considering joining forces on making key automotive components, a move that would tie the traditional luxury-car...

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Honda to feature safe swarm, wireless V2G, & autonomous work vehicle at CES 2019

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Honda is not leading the electric vehicle revolution but it is deeply involved in finding mobility solutions for the future. At the...

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New cyber-security standard for self-driving car technology is released

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

The UK’s position as a leader in the development of self-driving vehicles has been enhanced by a new cyber-security standard, published by...

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US agency to speed reviews of automaker self-driving petitions

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Policy & Regulation, Trucks

The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday it is speeding up the process for reviewing whether automakers can deploy self-driving...

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Arm Holdings unveils chip aimed at self-driving car sensors

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Arm Holdings, the chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group Corp, on Tuesday pushed deeper into the automotive world with chip aimed at...

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Kroger adds driverless vehicles to its grocery delivery fleet

Posted on Dec 19, 2018 in Cars, News

Earlier this year, Kroger teamed up with the self-driving startup Nuro for a grocery delivery service, and in August the company began...

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Baidu taps Unity’s game engine to test its self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Unity, the same company whose 3D gaming engine brought you Cuphead and Hearthstone is now helping Chinese internet giant Baidu develop the...

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Former Google engineer, once barred from autonomous-driving industry, says he just completed first cross-country self-driving car trip

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, News, Perspective

Anthony Levandowski, the engineer at the center of a now-settled lawsuit between Alphabet self-driving car company Waymo and Uber, claims...

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Luminar collaborates with Audi’s Autonomous Intelligent Driving on driverless vehicles

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, News

Palo Alto startup Luminar today announced a collaboration with Autonomous Intelligent Driving (AID), Audi’s driverless technology spinoff...

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Audi pulls the curtain back on its self-driving car program

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, News

Of all the luxury car brands, Audi has been the most aggressive in terms of putting semi-autonomous technology into its production cars....

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