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Cruise Ride Hail Study Highlights Safety of Self-Driving Taxis

Posted on Oct 3, 2023 in Perspective

Autonomous driving company Cruise has published new research that shows that its self-driven taxis are involved in fewer crashes than...

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Austin emergency officials grapple with autonomous vehicles

Posted on Oct 3, 2023 in News, Perspective

Austin’s first responders are grappling with autonomous vehicles hindering rescue operations on city streets, per records obtained...

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Driverless cars could be a revolution for people with disabilities – but they also have good reason to be worried

Posted on Sep 28, 2023 in Perspective

Like it or not, driverless cars will start to appear on our roads in the not too distant future. In theory, fully autonomous driverless...

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Why Driverless Cars Are a Tough Sell

Posted on Sep 27, 2023 in Perspective

“Our century-long love affair with all things automotive dooms the driverless concept to a niche market,” one reader argues. Yes,...

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Autonomous vehicles connect the world

Posted on Sep 27, 2023 in Perspective

Autonomous vehicles are a truly fascinating innovation. Most modern vehicles on roadways around the world have some level of autonomy,...

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Chinese start-up says self-driving trucks save fuel, and lives

Posted on Sep 25, 2023 in Perspective

While most attention on the development of autonomous driving has focused on passenger cars — like Tesla’s controversial Full Self-Driving...

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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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