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News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

Despite mounting opposition, the Bay Area’s robotaxis keep racking up the miles

Posted on Jan 31, 2023 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

City officials are sick of them. Residents are annoyed by them. And any inkling of profit remains a distant dream. But despite mounting...

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What are the next steps to reaching Level 4 autonomy?

Posted on Jan 27, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

With several Level 3 autonomous cars taking to the road in the last few years, Level 4 autonomy must surely be just around that next bend....

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Is Singapore ready to have driverless cars on its roads?

Posted on Jan 27, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

SINGAPORE: Autonomous vehicles – are we there yet? The short answer is yes. If “arrival” is defined as the paid and commercial use...

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Elon Musk thinks you are not smart if you don’t believe in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving value

Posted on Jan 27, 2023 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Elon Musk made new comments about Tesla’s Full Self-Driving effort, saying he believes that only some “smart retail investors” understand...

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Self-driving golf cart development: Why is it in demand?

Posted on Jan 24, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

“The future of electric vehicles is golf carts, not Tesla,” declared the Harvard Business Review in 2015. And it looks like they weren’t...

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Market adoption of ‘driver out’ truck tech is still far away

Posted on Jan 23, 2023 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Autonomous trucks have gone through a classical hype cycle. After some bullish announcements early on and inflated expectations regarding...

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ZF’s UK R&D Facility paves the way for autonomous driving

Posted on Jan 23, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

The West Midlands has long been a focal point of the UK automotive industry. Britain’s first production car rolled out of the gates of a...

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The future of transportation: How self-driving cars will change the way we live

Posted on Jan 22, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

The future of transportation is rapidly changing, and one of the biggest developments in this field is the rise of self-driving cars....

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Automotive LiDAR – Still alive & kicking

Posted on Jan 22, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

Heading into 2023, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging – a 3D imaging technology) appeared to be struggling, given the delays in...

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Crash dummies: Why autonomous cars have slowed to a stall

Posted on Jan 22, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

All was seemingly normal during Thanksgiving on the San Francisco Bay Bridge, the Golden Gate’s more utilitarian sister that...

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AI to unpick liability in autonomous vehicle incidents

Posted on Jan 20, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

Autonomous vehicles are already here, with trucking and fleets leading the way. Autonomous trucks, operating at least at SAE Level 4 are...

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Innoviz CEO: “Elon Musk was wrong. The massive investment in Tesla will go down the drain”

Posted on Jan 19, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

Omer Keilaf did not expect this. Considered by many as one of the prodigies of Israeli high-tech, he has been receiving plenty of...

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Driving too far: Autonomous vehicles and cybersecurity vulnerabilities

Posted on Jan 19, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

Self-driving technology can potentially reduce road traffic accidents. However, the more sophisticated automotive computers become then...

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Lidar companies face a ‘make it or break it’ year

Posted on Jan 18, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

That nagging déjà vu feeling kept creeping in earlier this month during CES 2023 in Las Vegas. At every turn, in the newly constructed...

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“Mobileye has a vertical grip on the autonomous vehicle market”

Posted on Jan 16, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

Despite going public at a valuation equal to its purchase price by Intel five years earlier, the founder and CEO of Mobileye, Prof. Amnon...

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My top tech IPO to buy in January

Posted on Jan 12, 2023 in Finance, Perspective

Last year was not kind to the initial public offering market, with global IPO activity volume tumbling 45%, leading to a 61% decline in...

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Autonomous vehicles and the imminent death of Vision Zero

Posted on Jan 12, 2023 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology

For years, the automotive industry has promised that autonomous vehicles will make our roads and commutes safer. Yet road congestion,...

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George Hotz wants to ‘make driving chill’ with next-gen Comma 3 hands-free driver assist

Posted on Jan 10, 2023 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

George Hotz just wants to build robots. You can see the desire in the Comma 3, the next-generation assisted driving hardware from his...

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Top Self-driving car stories of 2022 in review – Big ups, big downs

Posted on Jan 9, 2023 in Perspective, Technology

 As we enter 2023, these were the big stories in self-driving cars for 2022. You an also check out my summary of early 2022 for more...

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Mobileye CEO: “We don’t want to be another Uber or Lyft”

Posted on Jan 6, 2023 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

“The public sentiment around autonomous vehicles goes back and forth like a pendulum. Four years ago the talk was that it was just around...

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