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The Future of Self-Driving Cars Is Here

Posted on Aug 28, 2023 in Perspective

San Francisco has been the testing ground for self-driving car companies Cruise and Waymo. Now the companies want to expand statewide and...

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Smart city connectivity essential to avoid AV jam

Posted on Aug 21, 2023 in News, Perspective

AV promise of improved mobility only happens when traffic signals talk to vehicles, otherwise self-driving cars could struggle at...

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Big Dawgs In Automated Trucking Make Big Moves Towards Commercialization

Posted on Aug 21, 2023 in Perspective

Introduction dates of commercial driverless trucks are increasingly coming into focus. Daimler Trucks has – for the first time – set a...

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The robotaxi revolution is here. L.A., other cities need to be able to regulate driverless cars

Posted on Aug 20, 2023 in Perspective

One day after California officials allowed a massive expansion of autonomous vehicle taxi service in San Francisco earlier this month,...

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We Rode San Francisco’s First Driverless Bus. It Was Jarring—and Not Exactly Driverless

Posted on Aug 17, 2023 in Perspective

San Francisco’s first driverless shuttle somehow manages to make whiplash-inducing stops despite never exceeding a few-miles-per-hour...

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‘Driverless cars are the hardest problem you could want to solve’ – Oxa’s Gavin Jackson

Posted on Aug 15, 2023 in Perspective

The head of the UK tech startup is as passionate about self-driving ‘autonomy’ as Elon Musk – but thinks it could be 20 years away....

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Detroit Today: Can self-driving cars thrive in the Motor City?

Posted on Aug 15, 2023 in Perspective

Detroit recently announced its own pilot program to provide self-driving shuttles for select older residents and those with disabilities...

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Uber and Lyft Drivers Have Some Advice for Autonomous Vehicles Set to Swarm the Streets

Posted on Aug 14, 2023 in Perspective

San Francisco ride-hail drivers are about to share the roads with robot competitors. They say that the self-driving cabs need to work on...

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Warren Buffett Owns 40 Million Shares of This Automaker — Is It Poised to Pop?

Posted on Aug 11, 2023 in Perspective

Warren Buffett believes in one automaker, and it’s likely not the one you’d guess. With the automotive industry headed toward...

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How Dallas became the proving ground for autonomous trucks

Posted on Aug 7, 2023 in Perspective

On any given day, Dallas motorists travelling along I-20 or I-45 are likely to be sharing the road with a self-driving truck that has the...

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The Impending Privacy Threat of Self-Driving Cars

Posted on Aug 4, 2023 in Perspective

Within a few years, fully self-driving cars have gone from science fiction to a very common reality for people in San Francisco with other...

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Slow and steady is way to go in driverless cars

Posted on Aug 2, 2023 in Perspective

Another piece of innovative technology that I witnessed during my visit to Shenzhen last month was an automated vehicle, which I had an...

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The economic impact of autonomous vehicles: A forecast

Posted on Aug 2, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

If you had asked any sci-fi writer back in the 1950’s, what they envisioned for the auto-industry of the 2000’s, then they would no doubt...

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Should Self-Driving Semi Trucks be Given the Green Light?

Posted on Aug 2, 2023 in Perspective

Across the nation, legislators are debating whether or not self-driving semi trucks should be allowed on highways without a human being...

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Hands-free driving is becoming more popular — but is it safe?

Posted on Aug 1, 2023 in Perspective

Raise your hand if you’ve tried one of those newfangled hands-free driver-assist systems. Now raise both hands. But for the love of god,...

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What does a self-driven mobility network look like?

Posted on Aug 1, 2023 in Perspective

A revolution is underway in the transportation industry. While it may still seem as though it’s years away from fruition, the rate...

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Driving into the Future: The Rise of Autonomous Trucks

Posted on Aug 1, 2023 in News, Perspective

The trucking industry is shifting its attention to autonomous trucks to address the rising truck driver shortages. These driverless...

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Targeting AI: Tesla undervalues self-driving safety tech

Posted on Jul 31, 2023 in Perspective

Sam Abuelsamid thinks Tesla’s self-driving technology is unsafe. The mobility ecosystem analyst at Guidehouse Insights is a vocal...

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What Self-Driving Cars Tell Us About AI Risks

Posted on Jul 30, 2023 in Perspective

In 2016, just weeks before the Autopilot in his Tesla drove Joshua Brown to his death, I pleaded with the U.S. Senate Committee on...

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Are Self-Driving Cars A National Security Risk?

Posted on Jul 27, 2023 in Perspective

In addition to billions of dollars of investment and countless hours of engineering and research, self-driving cars have also brought new...

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