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Even as self-driving cars take to the road, drivers will still be in high demand

Posted on May 27, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Tesla’s Elon Musk recently announced plans to start deploying driverless taxis across the United States next year. It was the latest...

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Elon Musk may be a pain, but that doesn’t mean his ideas are crazy

Posted on May 26, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

You don’t have to be a psychiatrist to wonder if Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, is off his rocker. I mean to say, how many leaders of US...

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Video: When will we see the mass deployment of autonomous cars?

Posted on May 26, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Automated vehicles won’t slow down to gawk at the scene of an accident. Nor will they keep changing lanes in an effort to get to...

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Why Amazon is revving up its investments in electric and self-driving cars

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Amazon (AMZN – Get Report) is on a bit of an investment streak, and recently, it’s been focused on transportation....

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Letting your kids ride alone in an autonomous self-driving car: Ever or never?

Posted on May 23, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

There’s a lot of hand-wringing these days about letting your children be solo passengers in ridesharing cars run by the conventional...

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It takes a village to build an autonomous vehicle

Posted on May 22, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Many of the greatest breakthroughs in science and technology are inextricably associated with a specific name. Think Einstein and the...

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Self-driving automobiles: How soon and how much?

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Based on the wide range of published forecasts of when autonomous vehicles (AVs) will be on the street and how much they will cost, you...

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Princeton summit bolsters driverless cars for all, including the mobility marginalized

Posted on May 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Professor Alain Kornhauser is a veritable force of nature when it comes to pursuing the cause of the mobility marginalized in the race...

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Self-driving cars have long road to travel before they go public

Posted on May 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Private autonomous vehicles will not hit public roads soon because of safety and cost, according to a senior executive at leading supplier...

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Semi-autonomous and always available: A peek into the near future of car rental

Posted on May 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The world is inexorably moving to an era where personal mobility is connected, shared, electric, and ultimately autonomous. But that...

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Will self-driving cars make Tesla a $500 billion company?

Posted on May 18, 2019 in Cars, Finance, Perspective

In May 2019, the online investment blog Seeking Alpha (SA) published another article that dissed Tesla as a credible investment. Writing...

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Distracted driving will grow exponentially on the path to self-driving cars

Posted on May 16, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

All it takes is a brief moment of distraction and your world can change radically for the worse. When driving a car, a split-second...

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Blind trust, culture clashes and robot empathy: Mercedes-Benz on autonomous cars

Posted on May 15, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

At CES 2019, Mercedes-Benz revealed the Urbanetic autonomous shuttle, a futuristic proof-of-concept to illustrate the kind of work that is...

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How Nissan’s ‘invisible-to-visible’ tech could pave the way for autonomous cars

Posted on May 14, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Nissan’s engineers are working on more than just cars. At CES 2019, the Japanese automaker unveiled “invisible-to-visible” (I2V) tech that...

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Accessibility must be at the heart of new transport tech

Posted on May 14, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology

New modes of transport and pioneering technologies should transform travel for older people and those with disabilities, the government...

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Elon Musk’s hefty anti-LIDAR gamble undermines Tesla chances of survival

Posted on May 12, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Readers have asked me to augment my remarks about Tesla’s Investor Autonomy Day, in which I had indicated Elon Musk decidedly and...

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Hitting the Books: Autonomous cars will do more than drive you around

Posted on May 11, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The idea that the ideal future involves fleets of shared-use autonomous cars does not acknowledge the true nature of how humans interact...

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A bet on Uber is a bet on self-driving

Posted on May 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

On Friday morning, Uber executives rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange as their 10-year-old, $82 billion company went...

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What do you think you know about self-driving cars? What the experts say may surprise you

Posted on May 10, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Cars that completely drive themselves in showrooms a year from now? It’s a common misconception, consumer safety advocates and auto...

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Elon Musk is wrong on robotaxi timing, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says

Posted on May 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC he agrees with Tesla CEO Elon Musk that the future of mobility is electric, but he disagrees with...

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