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Ford and Baidu team up to test self-driving vehicles in China

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 in Cars, News

Ford and Chinese internet giant Baidu announced a tie-up Wednesday that will see the two firms jointly test self-driving vehicles in China...

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Waymo gets the green light to test fully driverless cars in California

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google parent Alphabet, has been granted permission to operate fully driverless cars without human drivers...

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Toyota, Tri-ad, and Tokio Marine & Nichido fire insurance to establish business alliance to develop advanced automated driving technology

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Inc. (TRI-AD), and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire...

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Volkswagen looking to Waymo among others for autonomous tech partnership

Posted on Oct 30, 2018 in Cars, News

Volkswagen is looking to expand relationships with autonomous mobility companies for future intel developments. Working with giants in the...

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Finalists revealed for Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Cars, News

Dubai’s transport authority announces shortlist for competition to spur development of autonomous solutions....

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Volkswagen, Intel, and Mobileye will launch a self-driving taxi service in Israel in 2019

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Cars, News

Volkswagen and Mobileye, the computer vision firm owned by Intel, announced Monday a plan to launch a commercial self-driving ride-hailing...

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Look, ma, no hands: Despite the hype there are no autonomous cars for sale, yet

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Cars, News

Many drivers are convinced it’s possible to buy truly “autonomous” cars, when in fact there’s no such thing available for sale, according...

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AstaZero unveils mixed reality testing for driverless cars

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The Sweden-based AstaZero proving ground is one of the most advanced sites for testing autonomous vehicles and new automotive...

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Illinois initiative to test, research connected, autonomous vehicle tech

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) launched a new statewide, multiagency initiative to develop a testing program for...

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Tech startup developing self-driving system for parking lots

Posted on Oct 29, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

At a time where lots of tech companies are trying to one-up each other in developing software and sensors for next-gen self-driving...

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Tesla cars inch closer to their self-driving future with a big update to Autopilot

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

The best thing about Tesla cars isn’t just that they’re zero-emission vehicles that are better for our planet’s health;...

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Driverless cars may increase cases of motion sickness

Posted on Oct 27, 2018 in Cars, News

Driverless cars may increase cases of motion sickness or kinetosis, to give it it’s official title . There are already a few...

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FLOURISH: User-focused driverless car project releases latest research findings

Posted on Oct 26, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The West-of-England-based FLOURISH driverless car research and development project has today released its mid-project trials report...

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Waymo may start charging for its autonomous-car rides in Phoenix

Posted on Oct 26, 2018 in Cars, News

Thus far, the roughly 400 people signed up as “early riders” in Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids have been...

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Elon Musk said Tesla stopped selling ‘full self-driving’ hardware online because customers were confused

Posted on Oct 25, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that Tesla stopped selling self-driving hardware on its website because customers were confused. For...

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‘Nothing is on schedule’: GM’s driverless car bet faces a long road ahead

Posted on Oct 25, 2018 in Cars, News

It’s one of the biggest bets going in the world of cars. Since May, General Motors Co and its Cruise self-driving car unit have...

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Wabco Americas opens $20 million headquarters near Detroit

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

Wabco Holdings held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 24 to officially open its new Americas headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The...

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Self-driving car industry needs better metrics, DOT official says

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicle manufacturers need a better yardstick to show that their products are safe, said Derek Kan, under secretary for policy...

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Automakers to base autonomous-driving platforms on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

At NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) Europe, three leading automotive companies—Veoneer, Volvo Cars, and Continental—discussed...

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Mobileye opens up driverless tech as tie-up with Intel deepens

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Mobileye NV’s driverless test car has developed a bit of a feisty streak. During a test drive in October, with a Bloomberg reporter...

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