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Instead of shuttling around people ThorDrive delivers hardware supplies in self-driving vans

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, News

A little rain didn’t dampen ThorDrive, a self-driving car platform based in Seoul, from launching its self-driving delivery service....

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2019 may be year of the driverless car: Here’s where top automakers stand

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, News

Car manufacturers are hoping autonomous-driving technology will spur a revolution among consumers, igniting sales and repositioning the...

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At Waymo, it’s launch time for Google’s biggest moonshot

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, News

It helps to know this about John Krafcik: He’s unusually upbeat. Lean and lively, he’s glued to a Chromebook playing a video of a minivan...

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GM’s Cruise has had the most self-driving crashes in California – here’s how the autonomous rivals stack up when it comes to safety

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 in Cars, News

Self-driving cars will be safer than our current roads, experts say. But until we get to full autonomy, there have been – and will...

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G.M.’s President will take over its self-driving effort

Posted on Nov 29, 2018 in Cars, News

A top General Motors official is taking on a new role that underlines the auto industry’s intense push to develop and commercialize...

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This 23-year-old robotics prodigy is leading the pack in the driverless truck race

Posted on Nov 29, 2018 in News, Trucks

For Alex Rodrigues, it all began with a robot named Muffin. As a junior high school student in Calgary, Alberta, Rodrigues competed and...

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If Waymo is having difficulty, everyone else must be in a right autonomous driving pickle

Posted on Nov 28, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo is taking a step backward in terms of the commercial readiness of its autonomous driving offering by reinstalling safety drivers and...

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INIT, Bestmile to integrate driverless vehicles into public transport

Posted on Nov 28, 2018 in Buses, News

Bestmile and INIT announced a partnership to incorporate driverless vehicles into public transport to provide fully-integrated mobility...

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Ohio cities sign up to be autonomous-vehicle testing grounds

Posted on Nov 28, 2018 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Four Ohio cities signed agreements with the state government this week to open their streets to the testing of connected and autonomous...

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Extremely precise Bosch sensor will help self-driving cars navigate roads more accurately

Posted on Nov 28, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Self-driving cars require an array of sensors to figure out things human drivers take for granted, like knowing the exact position of a...

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Audi and Disney are creating media for self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 28, 2018 in Cars, News

If and when fully autonomous cars hit the road in earnest, you’re going to have a lot of free time on your hands. Audi and Disney...

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Uber removed the second backup driver from its self-driving cars ahead of the crash that killed an Arizona pedestrian

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, News

After one of the Uber’s self-driving test cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March, some employees blamed the safety...

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Demand for faster, cheaper deliveries is good news for autonomous vehicle makers

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, News, Trucks

Bots, drones and driverless cars and trucks are going to explode on the scene in coming years as demand for speedy delivery of goods...

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Waymo taps former NTSB chair to oversee safety of self-driving ride-share fleet

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary on the cusp of launching the first autonomous rideshare service in the U.S., has hired a former top safety...

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Volvo and Luminar demo advanced lidar tech that gives autonomous cars detailed view of pedestrian movements

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

Volvo and and autonomous vehicle sensor company Luminar gave a glimpse into the future of autonomous cars at the Automobility LA trade...

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Waymo reportedly returns safety drivers to its autonomous cars

Posted on Nov 27, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo is reportedly rolling out additional safety measures for its self-driving vehicle fleets, reintroducing safety drivers and...

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Country racing ahead in boosting autonomous driving development

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, News

China is speeding up its development of autonomous driving and is expected to become the leader in the technology, which is believed key...

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Denso acquires stake in Infineon

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

According to Infineon, the two companies have been working together for a long time and now want to strengthen their cooperation....

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Growth in Hamilton: Drones and self-driving cars enter the sprawl-curbing conversation

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, News

If it’s possible to prepare Hamilton for flying cars, city planners will hear you out and not call you crazy.”We talk about it...

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GM plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs, close factories as downturn looms

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 in Cars, News

First came the voluntary buyouts. Now, GM is ramping up its belt-tightening measures with cuts to factory and white-collar workers, plant...

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