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Will 2027 change trucking’s technology track?

Posted on Nov 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a recent ACT Research study predicting a massive Class 8 truck prebuy in 2026, ahead of the next...

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Self-driving cars were supposed to take over the road. What happened?

Posted on Nov 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Washington, DC (CNN Business) — For over a decade, companies from Google to General Motors have poured billions of dollars into the...

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Is Mobileye stock a buy now?

Posted on Nov 1, 2022 in Finance, Markets, Perspective

Mobileye (NASDAQ: MBLY) went public again on Oct. 26 after spending the past five years as a subsidiary of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). The...

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AI ethics and AI law grappling with overlapping and conflicting ethical factors within AI

Posted on Nov 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Do two wrongs make a right? Whichever way that you decide to answer that longstanding and vexing question, the odds are that you are...

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Former head of Tesla AI explains why they’ve removed sensors; others differ

Posted on Oct 31, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

In a recent interview, Andrej Karpathy, who formerly was head of AI for Tesla’s Autopilot and FSD products, outlined their reasoning...

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Argo.ai shuts down – What will happen to its LiDAR unit?

Posted on Oct 31, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Argo.ai, an autonomous vehicle (AV) unicorn, announced on October 26, 2022, that it would terminate operations across its locations in...

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Autonomous vehicles have a long way to go despite billions in investments

Posted on Oct 30, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

In an automotive world always running between monthly sales goals, quarterly earnings and multiyear product cycles, it can be easy to lose...

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Driverless cars aren’t going away, but we need to lower our expectations about them

Posted on Oct 29, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

The driverless car startups that haven’t run out of money, gone out of business, or been bought out want you to know that driverless cars...

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Driverless shouldn’t equal meaningless: creatives can unlock the user experience

Posted on Oct 28, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

There’s no halting the rapid push toward driverless cars—once the technology is matured, autonomous vehicles (AVs) will likely make the...

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Automotive safety and security on the road

Posted on Oct 28, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

The last two articles addressed how sensor fusion is advancing the capabilities of autonomous vehicles (AVs), and how the electrification...

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Four things needed to make robotaxis successful in Los Angeles

Posted on Oct 28, 2022 in Cars, Infrastructure, Perspective

Have you heard the exciting, futuristic-transportation news? Robotaxis will soon be “rolling down the street” in Los Angeles. And if you...

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Thermal cameras gain acceptance for ADAS and autonomous cars

Posted on Oct 28, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Thermal imaging measures temperature differences in a scene by imaging each resolved point to a corresponding pixel in a camera sensor....

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Self-driving cars face uncertain path to U.S. deployment

Posted on Oct 28, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Automakers and tech companies face a bumpy road to clearing regulatory roadblocks to deploying...

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Ford thinks driver assist is a safer bet than driverless cars, but it’s fooling itself

Posted on Oct 27, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

When Ford announced yesterday that it was pulling its support for Argo AI, the autonomous driving startup it had financed since 2017, it...

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Autonomous vehicles’ best-kept secret: They need to see farther to drive on the highway

Posted on Oct 27, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

There is a big secret about highway driving that isn’t being told. OEMs know it. Tier 1s know it. AV companies know it. Even...

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It’s time to admit self-driving cars aren’t going to happen

Posted on Oct 27, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

A couple caveats for those going apoplectic over the headline: I mean self-driving isn’t going to be a thing A) in our lifetimes and B)...

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AI ethics and AI law wrestling with AI longtermism versus the here and now of AI

Posted on Oct 25, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

There are some people that cannot seem to see beyond their noses. I’m sure you know what I am referring to. You undoubtedly are familiar...

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US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg on the psychological hurdles for EVs and self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 25, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

There are plenty of policy choices that could help electric vehicles (EV) go truly mainstream: ongoing tax credits for EV purchases; more...

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Elon Musk’s language about Tesla’s self-driving is changing

Posted on Oct 21, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The language used by Elon Musk about Tesla’s self-driving effort is changing, and it is muddying the timeline for the automaker to deliver...

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Lyft co-founder says autonomous vehicles won’t replace drivers for at least a decade

Posted on Oct 21, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Human drivers on the Lyft platform aren’t going to be replaced by autonomous vehicles anytime soon, company co-founder and president John...

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