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Federal lawmakers seek boost to driverless car testing in Ohio

Posted on Jul 18, 2018 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Ohio lawmakers want to boost automated vehicle testing in the state. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking the U.S. Transportation...

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Valeo Joins Baidu’s Autonomous Driving Partner Ecosystem, Apollo

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

Valeo has entered into strategic cooperation with Apollo, the open autonomous driving platform created by Baidu, a leading Chinese...

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Driverless vehicles hit the streets in Frisco

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Frisco is holding public meetings to answer questions and share information about self-driving vans that are hitting the streets this...

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Self-driving vehicles take test drives around Times Square

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Buses, News

Traffic in New York City can be maddening for anyone sitting behind the wheel, but now a company has come up with a plan to make things...

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AI will create as many jobs as it displaces by boosting economic growth

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Markets, News, Trucks

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies are projected to create as many jobs as they displace in the UK over the next 20...

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Uber’s head of policy for flying taxis and autonomous vehicles leaves for self-driving car startup Voyage

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Uber’s head of policy for autonomous vehicles and urban aviation, Justin Erlich, has left the company to join self-driving car startup...

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Portland selected as a testing ground for self-driving car technology

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

Portland is trying to put itself on the map of the emerging self-driving vehicle industry. Maine’s biggest city is one of seven places...

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Peskin expands SF rideshare tax to include self-driving vehicle companies

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, Finance, News

A gross receipts tax on so-called “rideshares” in San Francisco for this November’s ballot — including Uber and Lyft — has been expanded...

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ST Engineering taps US tech firm to develop driverless transport system in Singapore

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Buses, News, Technology

ST Engineering partnered with US-based transportation technology firm rideOS to step up the deployment of an integrated autonomous...

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Artificial intelligence will be net UK jobs creator, finds report

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Artificial intelligence is set to create more than 7m new UK jobs in healthcare, science and education by 2037, more than making up for...

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Tesla is getting a China factory. This $4 billion startup will be waiting

Posted on Jul 17, 2018 in Cars, News

Xpeng has Alibaba and the government in its corner. Can it start selling electric cars before Elon Musk builds his factory?...

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Lincoln conducts test pilot program for Navya autonomous shuttle

Posted on Jul 16, 2018 in Buses, News, Technology

What started out as legislation (LB989) to authorize a feasibility study in Lincoln, ended up as a statewide policy framework for...

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Swedish start-up debuts electric, driverless logging truck

Posted on Jul 16, 2018 in News, Technology, Trucks

The race to vehicle electrification and autonomy has a new leader in the clubhouse: the logging industry. Last week at the Goodwood...

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GM’s self-driving car unit could be worth $43 billion — nearly 4 times the valuation it received 6 weeks ago, RBC says

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

Cruise, the self-driving car company bought by General Motors in 2016, could be worth a whopping $43 billion, RBC Capital Markets...

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Watch a self-driving car complete Goodwood’s legendary hill climb

Posted on Jul 15, 2018 in Cars, News

Roborace has carved out a small niche in history with the first self-driving vehicle to successfully complete Goodwood’s famous hill...

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Hyundai joining with Israeli company for vehicle-to-everything tech

Posted on Jul 14, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Hyundai has partnered with Israeli technology company Autotalks to accelerate the development and deployment of vehicle-to-everything...

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Nvidia (NVDA) shareholder Hugh Johnson Advisors lowered its stake as shares rose

Posted on Jul 14, 2018 in Cars, News

Hugh Johnson Advisors Llc decreased its stake in Nvidia Corp (NVDA) by 28.21% based on its latest 2018Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC....

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Mitsubishi Fuso to put driverless truck into practical use before 2025

Posted on Jul 14, 2018 in News, Trucks

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. aims to put driverless trucks into practical use before 2025 in Japan ahead of its rivals, its...

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Uber has terminated its self-driving car operators in Pittsburgh

Posted on Jul 11, 2018 in Cars, News

Uber has laid off its self-driving car operators in Pittsburgh as the company rethinks its autonomous vehicle strategy following a fatal...

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Apollo 3.0: Entering the New Era of Autonomous Driving

Posted on Jul 11, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology

On July 4th, 2018, Baidu unveiled the latest version of its autonomous driving platform, Apollo 3.0 in Beijing, China at its annual...

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