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News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

Safety now, self-driving later

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

I have no idea how long it will take for a safe, fully autonomous vehicle to enter production. I am sure that it will take a lot longer...

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Uber vs. Lyft: Which is the better autonomous vehicle company?

Posted on Mar 22, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Uber and Lyft are racing toward their IPOs, with Lyft likely going public in the coming weeks and Uber likely not too far behind. And as...

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7 key challenges impacting the mass deployment of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The automotive industry is currently looking at the technology innovation needed to move from today’s prototype autonomous vehicles to...

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Autonomous vehicle timing is a MEMS thing

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

Engineering is always about tradeoffs, but autonomous vehicles are pushing that to the limit with conflicting requirements....

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Jim Cramer: Apple doesn’t need a driverless car to be a buy

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Will Tim Cook next week have to introduce a driverless Mac Car that runs on water and, for an additional $49, take us to Mars in order to...

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Autonomous transport will shape the future of cities – best get on the right path early

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

A unique opportunity exists for infrastructure investment in Australia as transport as we know it faces disruption from autonomous...

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Racist self-driving cars concerns are (well-intentioned) clickbait

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Recently, a series of disturbing headlines about a study out of Georgia Tech have suggested a shocking possibility: self-driving vehicles,...

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How do you insure a fully autonomous car?

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Policy & Regulation

With both car and tech companies scrambling to develop systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road...

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Damasky: Artificial intelligence is deciding factor for connected and automated driving

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

What will artificial intelligence contribute to automated driving? What will happen with Brexit? What will the transport of tomorrow be...

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Why Nvidia partnering with Toyota is a big deal

Posted on Mar 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Shares of Nvidia (NVDA – Get Report) fell about 0.75% on Wednesday, but they have done well over the past few weeks. In fact,...

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On the ‘edge’ with driverless cars

Posted on Mar 20, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

How soon will it be before you pull up at a stop light in your car, and the car next to you has no one behind the wheel? Maybe sooner than...

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Reducing human error road accidents with automotive technology

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Human error in road accidents is estimated at 94 percent, making mistakes by drivers a major concern for public safety. In order to get a...

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A Waymo engineer reveals how the self-driving car company develops its robot brains

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

It’s a common Silicon Valley story: a young person reads science-fiction novels or watches some movies that feature robots and...

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Zack Hicks is defining the future of driving for Toyota

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Zack Hicks joined in Toyota in 1996, and in the 23 years since, he has held a variety of management positions of increasing responsibility...

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In driverless shuttle experiments, the lab rats are the scientists

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Buses, Perspective

As America finds itself increasingly peppered with public self-driving shuttle trials, industry analysts could be forgiven for wondering...

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10 lessons from Uber’s fatal self-driving car crash

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The single most important moment in the world of self-driving cars was around 10 PM on a Sunday evening, one year ago today. On that fatal...

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UAW puts its money where its mouth is

Posted on Mar 17, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

With dollars and declarations, the UAW is signaling that it’s prepared for a long and costly strike to get what it wants. Are...

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Unrestrained by heritage, Polestar sets its sights on becoming a digital brand

Posted on Mar 16, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

Sweden-based Volvo skipped the 2019 Geneva Auto Show, but sister company Polestar attended the event to quietly show off its second and...

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What the Boeing 737 Max can teach us about self-driving cars (and the dangers of machine learning)

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

We don’t yet know exactly what happened with the Boeing 737 Max crashes. But it’s clear from other non-fatal 737 Max incidents...

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What Uber really gets from selling a $1 billion stake

Posted on Mar 14, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

There’s more going on under the hood of a consortium’s planned $1 billion investment in Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving car unit...

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