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Autonomous home delivery: Last-mile logistics

Posted on Sep 1, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

The impact of autonomous (driverless) vehicles on home delivery has been a hot topic over the past few years, mostly because of the...

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What risks are we willing to accept for a world of self-driving cars?

Posted on Aug 31, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The car, notes Lawrence D. Burns in his book “Autonomy,” is “terribly inefficient.” The internal combustion engine converts less than a...

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Autonomy: The quest to build the driverless car (review)

Posted on Aug 30, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

How has autonomy become a commonplace term in our conversations? It seems only a short time ago that autonomous vehicles seemed futuristic...

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Are we ready for the digital tsunami?

Posted on Aug 30, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

How do we prepare for and manage what’s known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution? A technological metamorphosis is upon us, and we...

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Column: Self-driving car technology is not most profitable path

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

I’ve been hoping this summer that someone somewhere at an auto maker or supplier would be brave enough to say that autonomous...

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Doubt driverless is almost here? Read ‘Autonomy,’ new tell all book from former GM exec

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Subtly, inexorably and at a swifter pace than many thought possible, the technology enabling robotic driverless cars is unfolding before...

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Transitioning the workforce in the era of autonomous vehicles: Meet Dr. Algernon Austin

Posted on Aug 28, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are sure to bring about a significant shift in the job market. While it is important to think about how many...

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New approach to cyber security needed for connected and autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 27, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Although connectivity has the power to enrich societies, economies, industries, and companies, it is not without its risks. Particularly...

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Self-driving cars are susceptible to hackers, says Ralph Nader

Posted on Aug 27, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and author of “Breaking Through Power,” joins the ‘Squawk on the Street’ team to...

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Sebastian Thrun: ‘The costs of the air taxi system could be less than an Uber’

Posted on Aug 26, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Sebastian Thrun isn’t your ordinary Silicon Valley computer geek-cum-Stanford professor. The 51-year-old artificial intelligence and...

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Opinion: Self-driving car bill provides opportunity to save lives

Posted on Aug 26, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving cars and smart infrastructure enable dramatic improvements in safety and hold incredible promise to decrease deaths and...

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Former GM R&D boss, Larry Burns tells the tale of the automated car in new book

Posted on Aug 26, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

For most people, self-driving cars are a relatively recent concept popularized by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and videos of a blind man riding in...

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How Intel plans to save your life in autonomous driving

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

There were a few big takeaways from the Autonomous Driving 2018 Conference in Novi, MI. Perhaps the largest? Someone can imagine a...

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An interview with self-driving visionary Larry Burns, co-author of “Autonomy”

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Lawrence Burns is a former vice president of research, development and planning at General Motors, who has been an advisor to Waymo...

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Why hi-resolution radar is a game changer

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Ultra high-resolution imaging radar is quickly becoming the trailblazing technology for autonomous driving. 4D picture offers real-time...

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Don’t believe the naysayers: Self-driving cars are already here in many ways

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

Yes, it’s true: The promise of self-driving cars zooming around while their human operators doze off, read, or watch movies is not...

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Meet Renovo, the Amazon Web Services of autonomous driving

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

The autonomous driving space is in a very exciting place right now. Not just because of the eventual convenience of having our cars drive...

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The self-driving startup teaching cars to talk

Posted on Aug 20, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

HORNS HONK. HANDS wave. Lights flash. Fingers fly and eyes meet. This orchestra may seem a mess to anyone stuck in the pit at rush hour,...

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Forget working from home, autonomous vehicles will drive a boom in working from car

Posted on Aug 20, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

When Yahoo’s then-CEO Marissa Mayer banned working from home back in 2013, it accentuated a debate that had been percolating for some...

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Self-driving cars should look down, not just ahead

Posted on Aug 20, 2018 in Cars, Perspective

SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE like snowbird retirees. Given the freedom to live, or operate, anywhere in the country, they turn their backs on...

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