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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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Uber approved to restart self-driving tests in Pennsylvania

Posted on Dec 18, 2018 in Cars, News

Uber has been given the green light by Pennsylvania officials to restart its self-driving car tests on public roads. The program was shut...

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Self-driving-car tech startup Aptiv debuts command center in Las Vegas

Posted on Dec 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Aptiv opened a new facility to show off its self-driving car tech in Las Vegas, where the company operates a sizable fleet of test...

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Apple hires designer Andrew Kim away from Tesla

Posted on Dec 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Andrew Kim, the designer who first rose to prominence with a fan-made reimagining of Microsoft’s design language, has left his role as a...

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Self-driving dirt rally vehicle offers crash course in autonomous car safety

Posted on Dec 17, 2018 in Cars, News

“Move fast and break things,” the phrase popularized by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, serves as an unofficial mantra for many people and...

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Honda to show autonomous, robotics and energy management solutions

Posted on Dec 17, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Honda is planning an extensive exhibit for next month’s CES, Las Vegas, to highlight its work in autonomous vehicles, robotics and...

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Meet Bosch’s all-electric, self-driving pod that’s coming to CES 2019

Posted on Dec 16, 2018 in Cars, News

It was only last month that we reported on auto giant Daimler and its supply partner Bosch confirming the launch of an autonomous driving...

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Proposed self-driving car legislation now a ‘long shot,’ according to Republican senator

Posted on Dec 16, 2018 in Cars, News

Chairman of the Commerce Committee, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said a bill he’s spearheading that would accelerate the adoption of...

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Tech from self-driving cars could solve border security without Trump’s $5 billion wall

Posted on Dec 15, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The U.S.-Mexico border stretches 1,954 miles. About 700 of those miles have some sort of barricade or fence. The rest of the border is...

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Audi vs. Tesla? German automaker pouring billions into electric

Posted on Dec 15, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Volkswagen (VLKAY) might have lost a number of customers after its emissions-cheating scandal in 2015. But the automaker isn’t...

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People are attacking Waymo’s self-driving cars in Arizona by slashing tires and, in some cases, pulling guns on the safety drivers

Posted on Dec 13, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo self-driving cars in Arizona have had their tires slashed and safety drivers have had guns pulled on them, the Arizona Republic...

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