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ZF invests in future engineers with expanded FIRST presence

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

The tens of billions of dollars being spent to develop self-driving vehicles has exacerbated a frustrating problem in the auto industry:...

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Toyota and Uber extend collaboration to automated vehicle technologies

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

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) today announced that they have agreed to expand their collaboration with...

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Yandex begins public tests of its self-driving cars in Russia

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 in Cars, News

Russia’s Yandex has taken its self-driving efforts one step further, launching an autonomous ride-hailing service in the university...

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Waymo’s self-driving cars are far from perfect, report says

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 in Cars, News

Most stories about Waymo’s self-driving efforts in Phoenix have been positive, but a new report claims that the pilot program...

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Driver shortage in Japan speeds up commercial use of self-driving tech

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News

In Tokyo, self-driving taxis that transport passengers for a fee are being trialed. A serious shortage of taxi drivers lies behind the...

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Baidu and Great Wall Motors plan to mass produce autonomous cars by 2020

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 in Cars, News

On August 27 at the launching ceremony of GWM WEY VV6, tech giant Baidu and Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) announced the...

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Jaguar land rover gives driverless cars ‘virtual eyes’ to signal awareness of pedestrians

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

Jaguar land rover has come up with a new concept technology in an effort to understand how humans will come to trust self-driving vehicles...

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There’s a good reason this self-driving pod has huge ‘virtual eyes’

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

Jaguar Land Rover’s “driverless pod with eyes” will either raise a smile or send shivers down your spine, depending on your disposition....

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Elon Musk claims a Tesla semi prototype drove “across the country alone”

Posted on Aug 27, 2018 in News, Trucks

NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM. Tesla might be sucking the life force of CEO Elon Musk, but at least the company’s got some some good news to show...

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Autonomous vehicle vision program receives big investment

Posted on Aug 27, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

FLIR Systems, who specialize in thermal imaging, have made a strategic investment in CVEDIA, a Singapore-based machine learning and AI...

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An under-the-radar self-driving car startup is launching California’s first autonomous grocery delivery

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

AutoX wants to bring the grocery store to you. The self-driving car startup, which got permission to test self-driving cars in California...

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Toyota will reportedly invest $500 million in Uber for self-driving car research

Posted on Aug 27, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

Toyota will invest $500 million in Uber in a deal that values the ride-hail giant at $72 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. As...

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City of Vancouver prepares for driverless cars in 2040 Transportation Plan

Posted on Aug 26, 2018 in Cars, News

The City of Vancouver is working toward a transportation plan for 2040, and a big part of that is preparing for self-driving cars to hit...

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The no-tech safety solution for driverless cars: People

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

Humans have always played an important role in the safety of the nation’s roads and they will continue to for many years, even during the...

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Ground-penetrating radar tech for self-driving cars curbs weather risks

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

Autonomous vehicles need to stay in their lanes and if hazardous weather conditions dominate the morning, day or night drive, then the...

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VTT’s robot car, Martti, speaks 5G and takes step toward automation

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

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Nokia have joined forces to hook the VTT’s robot car, Martti, up to a 5G network, which...

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Victorian trial of driverless bus a success

Posted on Aug 24, 2018 in Buses, News

La Trobe University believes Victoria is ready for driverless vehicles after the successful trial of an autonomous bus on local roads....

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Waymo’s Shanghai subsidiary gives Alphabet another route back to China

Posted on Aug 24, 2018 in Cars, News

Waymo has set up a subsidiary in China, the latest sign of attempts by parent Alphabet Inc. to get back into the world’s second-largest...

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Pony.ai racing to top of Chinese self-driving startups for funds raised

Posted on Aug 24, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

China is a market leader in terms of electric cars, but that’s just one of the emerging trends in the automotive world. Autonomous...

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Toyota group members teaming up in self-driving joint venture

Posted on Aug 24, 2018 in Cars, News

Four Toyota Motor group members including major automotive parts suppliers Denso and Aisin Seiki are planning to combine their research...

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