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Cruise’s modified strategy marks a mega phase shift in self-driving car industry

Posted on Jul 29, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

When you are knee-deep in a particular industry it can be difficult at times to notice when an overall change or shift is taking place....

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How safe do self-driving vehicles need to be?

Posted on Jul 28, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

ORLANDO — For self-driving vehicles, safety remains in the eye of the beholder. Dozens of companies are rolling out hundreds of autonomous...

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Here’s why kids may ride bikes more because of self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 28, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A recent study reported that kids in the United States are no longer riding their bikes as much as they used to and the annual numbers...

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Ethics in the age of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jul 26, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Megan, Oliver and Clark talk through how companies should be thinking about ethics when building out the self-driving ecosystem, while...

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What it is really like being inside a self-driving car on our public roadways

Posted on Jul 25, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

I got into a discussion recently about the mysteries of self-driving cars. It happened while I was on a cross-country flight, prompted by...

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1 big thing: Cruise robotaxis need more work

Posted on Jul 25, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

In a surprise to no one, Cruise today acknowledged it will not meet a 2019 target to deploy driverless cars in an urban robotaxi service....

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Storming Area 51 seeking to find secreted truly autonomous vehicles is a big no-go

Posted on Jul 23, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Unless you live in a cave or perhaps are hiding in an underground bunker that lacks internet access, you’ve likely heard about the Area 51...

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Tesla and Elon Musk might find their way to self-driving cars via neuralink and brainjacking

Posted on Jul 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

I was speaking at an AI autonomous vehicle industry event this week and was asked whether there is any kind of connection between Elon...

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“Move fast and break things” won’t make self-driving cars safe

Posted on Jul 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

There’s an old parable of a person leaving the pub late at night and searching in vain for his keys under a streetlamp. A bystander asks...

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City planners eye self-driving vehicles to correct mistakes of the 20th-century auto

Posted on Jul 20, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

As self-driving vehicles begin to transform the way people get around, urban planners around the country are beginning to think about how...

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In a world of autonomous vehicles, this is why we’ll need more public transport than ever

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Buses, Perspective

The media is fascinated by autonomous vehicles (AVs), in particular their safety and when or if they will arrive en masse. A bigger and...

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Here are the executives running the biggest and most important self-driving-car companies

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The serious players in the self-driving-vehicle game are starting to emerge. Over the past few years, Alphabet’s Waymo, GM’s...

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Tesla floats fully self-driving cars as soon as this year. Many are worried about what that will unleash.

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is promising to launch “full self-driving” capabilities to hundreds of thousands of cars through an over-the-air...

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Autonomous vehicles slowly merge into real-life traffic

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

(TNS) — Asking a driverless minivan to join suburban traffic required pushing a button labeled “START RIDE.” What followed was a cool...

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Quanergy partners with Chery to propel new era of autonomous vehicles and smart cities

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Quanergy Systems, Inc., a leading provider of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors and smart sensing solutions, announced a...

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Are autonomous vehicles farther away than we think?

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The last few years have been filled with countless predictions and hype around the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs), with billions of...

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How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Two years ago, Lime was a great addition to guacamole, rather than a sidewalk. The market wasn’t sure about car sharing and whether it had...

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The promise of self-driving delivery vehicles: Insights from Nuro cofounder Dave Ferguson

Posted on Jul 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

How many times have you gotten into your car to simply drive over to a local store to buy an item that you needed at your home? I’d wager...

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Could a morality setting be the future of autonomous vehicles?

Posted on Jul 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A driver faces a terrible ethical dilemma: hit a pedestrian in the middle of the road, or swerve out of the way and drive into a brick...

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Despite high hopes, self-driving cars are ‘way in the future’

Posted on Jul 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A year ago, Detroit and Silicon Valley had visions of putting thousands of self-driving taxis on the road in 2019, ushering in an age of...

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