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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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AV maker Navya ramps up U.S. production

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Buses, News

French autonomous-vehicle outfit Navya, which boasts of operating the first self-driving shuttle service in the world, begins production...

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Here’s when Waymo, GM and others will actually put self-driving cars on the road

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Cars, News

When looking at the autonomous driving industry, there are multiple components to consider before it becomes a reality. Broadly speaking,...

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Navya autonomous shuttle plant in Michigan

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Buses, News

French autonomous vehicle maker Navya begins production of its Autonom driverless shuttle at its $2 million manufacturing location outside...

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Global preferences for who to save in self-driving car crashes revealed

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Cars, News

If self-driving cars become widespread, society will have to grapple with a new burden: the ability to program vehicles with preferences...

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Waymo explains what its self-driving cars should do when pulled over

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Cars, News

Every new driver learns to pull over and stop when a police car blaring red-and-blues approaches. But how would an autonomous vehicle...

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Chinese self-driving car startup raises $1 billion in funding

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Momenta, a Chinese-based automotive startup, is the latest in a series of car manufacturers to raise significant amounts of funding in an...

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Intel: 43% of U.S. respondents don’t feel safe around self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, News

Autonomous cars are on the way, with some experts forecasting that 33 million will hit the road by 2040. But public acceptance hasn’t...

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Sweden unveils advanced testing facility for self-driving vehicles

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Infrastructure, News, Trucks

Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), in partnership with Charmers University, has unveiled the AstaZero 5G test facility for self-driving...

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Lyft unveils a new self-driving car and acquires an AR startup to help it build maps

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, News

On Tuesday, Lyft offered a glimpse of its brand-new self-driving car. It’s a Ford Focus hybrid sedan with technology designed and built by...

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Nvidia delivers its self-driving car safety report to the feds

Posted on Oct 23, 2018 in Cars, News

Nvidia, one of the world’s best known manufacturers of computer graphics cards, released its autonomous driving safety report on Tuesday....

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