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The Promise and Problems of Self-Driving Cars for the Disabled Community

Posted on Sep 25, 2023 in Perspective

Self-driving cars—cars that drive without a human operator—are supposed to change that. For people with disabilities, autonomous vehicles...

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Project Titan: Everything We Know About Apple’s Secret “iCar” Efforts

Posted on Sep 24, 2023 in Perspective

Rumours about Apple’s intention to build a car surfaced in 2014, and given Apple’s secretive culture, we still don’t...

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Smooth ride so far for ‘robocabs’ in China, but mainstream use still years away, say experts

Posted on Sep 24, 2023 in Perspective

BEIJING – Driverless taxis are no longer a curious sight for residents of the Beijing suburb of Yizhuang, where commercial operations are...

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Rollout of driverless cabs in select U.S. cities raises safety questions

Posted on Sep 23, 2023 in Perspective

If you call a taxi in some U.S. cities, the car that picks you up might not have a driver. Self-driving “robo-cabs” are generating a lot...

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Freight Autonomy Startup Clevon Reveals Results Of On-Road Trial With DHL Express Estonia

Posted on Sep 22, 2023 in Perspective

Estonian freight autonomy startup Clevon just revealed the results of their year-long on-road trial with DHL Express Estonia for...

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Chris Urmson Is a Trailblazing Technologist of the Self-Driving Car

Posted on Sep 21, 2023 in Perspective

“We kind of made up that term when we were at Google,” Urmson said of the self-driving moniker. “We were thinking about...

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Fernride CEO Hendrik Kramer shares the significance of the autonomous electric trucking company’s $50M raise

Posted on Sep 20, 2023 in Finance, Perspective

Today German autonomous electric trucking innovator Fernride announced a $19 million increase to its Series A funding, bringing the total...

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Why Robotaxis can make cities safer

Posted on Sep 20, 2023 in Perspective

In August, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow Cruise and Waymo — GM and Alphabet subsidiaries, respectively — to...

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Driverless Car Crashes Less Frequent, Cause Less Damage, Report

Posted on Sep 20, 2023 in News, Perspective

Waymo is using insurance data to demonstrate that its self-driving taxis are safer than human-driven vehicles. The company, owned by...

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‘The future of transportation’: NC A&T develops, launches trial of driverless electric shuttles

Posted on Sep 19, 2023 in News, Perspective

“It is exciting to live in an era where autonomy and artificial intelligence are changing our world,” said Ali Karimoddini, who led the...

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Autonomous vehicles are bad for humanity — on Shabbat or any other day

Posted on Sep 19, 2023 in Perspective

When I first became aware of these cars…I assumed they were driving around town to update Google Maps or something similar. As all San...

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Mining boss declares driverless trucks are ‘really reliable’

Posted on Sep 19, 2023 in Perspective

A resources executive announced autonomous heavy vehicles are highly dependable. Brandon Craig recently became very excited about fully...

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Engineering whistleblower explains why safe Full Self-Driving can’t ever happen

Posted on Sep 19, 2023 in Perspective

Pulled from the pages of science fiction, self-driving cars seem to be on the way to becoming real. Cruise and Waymo are expanding their...

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta: Reacting to Emergency Vehicles and Future Challenges

Posted on Sep 17, 2023 in News, Perspective

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta is an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) that aims to pave the way for driverless vehicles. The...

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With self-driving cars, it’s the ethics we have to navigate

Posted on Sep 17, 2023 in Perspective

The decision to allow self-driving cars may usher in a new era of transportation, or it may prove to be a false dawn. Either way, the...

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Driver-assist, autonomous tech legalities ‘a hot mess’

Posted on Sep 15, 2023 in Perspective

Automakers and suppliers have spent tens of billions developing driver-assistance and autonomous-driving capabilities, but the legal...

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San Francisco’s Robotaxi Revolution, Explained

Posted on Sep 15, 2023 in Perspective

You may have seen Waymo’s sleek white Jaguar sedans or Cruise’s cutesy orange-and-white cars rolling around San Francisco with no driver...

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Autonomous cars, AI ethics and everyday life

Posted on Sep 14, 2023 in Perspective

California regulators’ decision to permit self-driving cars to accept paying customers in San Francisco may usher in a new era of...

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Tesla’s (Driverless) Route to Dominance?

Posted on Sep 13, 2023 in Perspective

In 2016, Elon Musk promised every Tesla (TSLA) shipped would “have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level...

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Women in Supply Chain: ISEE’s Co-Founder, Debbie Yu, to Revolutionise Logistics with Autonomous Vehicles

Posted on Sep 13, 2023 in Perspective

It was 2017 when Debbie Yu, Yibiao Zhao and Chris Baker set out to build the first artificial intelligence (AI) solution designed to...

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