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Exec warns of too much public road AV testing

Posted on Aug 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

A whistleblower who alerted Uber officials to safety problems in the company’s self-driving program days before a fatal crash has a...

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How Tesla’s path to self-driving cars is different from others

Posted on Aug 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The race to fully autonomous vehicles is on. In April, Elon Musk declared that Tesla should have over a million level 5 autonomous...

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The past, present, and future of self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Cars will eventually drive themselves. But it’s probably going to take longer than we hope. Realists in the industry, such as Gill Pratt,...

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When an autonomous car is in a crash, who’s liable? (Good question.)

Posted on Aug 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Who is liable when an autonomous vehicle is involved in a car crash? It’s a question yet to be answered, and one the Governors Highway...

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Deadliest summertime highways in the U.S. will be recast via self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Here’s a quick roadway tip for you. If you are heading on a driving trip this summer, please try to avoid the following highways:...

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Waymo’s self-driving tech needs one big thing to succeed: More humans

Posted on Aug 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Alphabet’s self-driving car company Waymo has built the world’s smartest vehicles with access to the world’s best artificial intelligence,...

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Five myths about autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 16, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicles are the future. Self-driving cars could change our lives, heralding an era of greater convenience, improved...

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Cloud breaches like Capital One will strike at self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 15, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The news has covered yet another breach of systems security that involves the theft of massive amounts of data, in this case impacting an...

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Curb pedestrians or driverless cars?

Posted on Aug 15, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

One of the tempting scenarios proffered for the advent of ‘autonomous vehicles’ (AVs) is that jaywalking — an offence in many countries —...

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Women, men sharply divided on driverless cars

Posted on Aug 13, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Women are far less enthusiastic about the prospect of driverless cars than men, recent studies show. The latest survey by the AAA car...

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What will become standard first: Electric cars or self-driving cars?

Posted on Aug 13, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Which is more likely to become standard in the near future: hybrid/electric cars, or self-driving cars? originally appeared on Quora: the...

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The moral imperative of self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 13, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Some say the advent of self-driving cars is a moral imperative. Most notable of the prognosticators about driverless cars and someone who...

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Between cars and micromobility lies “minimobility” – a self-driving transportation revolution

Posted on Aug 12, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Today’s hot transportation topic is “micromobility” where the “micro” means super-small kick scooters and...

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Look no hands: self-driving vehicles’ public trust problem

Posted on Aug 12, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

While the Silicon Valley race to make autonomous vehicles (AV) feasible is proceeding full speed, with technology giants, capital-loaded...

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Opinion: Basic economics means Uber and Lyft can’t rely on driverless cars to become profitable

Posted on Aug 12, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

With Uber and Lyft both announcing large quarterly losses last week, it’s clear they have a long way to go to reach profitability, and...

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Tesla has a huge incentive to deploy self-driving tech. But is the world ready?

Posted on Aug 11, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Elon Musk frames his company‘s aggressive push into driverless car technology as a moral imperative. Along with sustainable electric...

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Will self-driving vehicles erode America’s love affair with cars?

Posted on Aug 11, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

It’s no secret that by-and-large Americans love their cars. Many of us pamper them in the way we dote on a favored pet dog or cat. We rely...

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Pedestrian crossings could “grind traffic to a halt” in a driverless future

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Mark Rosekind, a head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under President Barack Obama and now the chief safety...

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Democratic presidential debates provide lessons for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The second round of Democratic Presidential Debates are now in the history books and have been roundly examined, analyzed, probed,...

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What are the regulatory barriers to full self-driving?

Posted on Aug 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Policy & Regulation

While the rest of the autonomous drive technology sector dials back its ambitious deployment plans, Tesla is still charging ahead. During...

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