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How flash LiDAR is supporting software-defined vehicles

Posted on Sep 28, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

To learn more about software-defined vehicles and how flash LiDAR will be a key part of making that a reality, Matthew Beecham caught up...

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Why don’t you have a self-driving car yet? This 2-part series explains the big remaining problems

Posted on Sep 27, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

People often ask, “Where’s my self-driving car?” “Why don’t I have one and when will it come?” A lot of people feel they were promised a...

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AVs need oversight to realize societal benefits, experts say

Posted on Sep 26, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology

Autonomous vehicles (AV) have the potential to reduce crashes, improve transportation equity and grow transit ridership — if all levels of...

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Clearer terms required in driverless tech

Posted on Sep 26, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

After a string of vehicular accidents involving autonomous driving technology occurred in both China and abroad, experts have called for...

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We replaced a bus service with an autonomous shuttle

Posted on Sep 26, 2022 in Buses, Perspective, Technology

The latest deployment by Pendel Mobility connected a tram stop to a university campus with an autonomous shuttle....

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A visual guide to the software architecture of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Sep 26, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

This article provides a high-level overview of common AV software architecture design in late-2022....

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Investors bank on China’s alternatives to Nvidia’s auto chips

Posted on Sep 26, 2022 in Finance, Perspective, Technology

In China, a crop of homegrown chip companies has popped up as Beijing strives to decouple from America’s advanced technology and manage...

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The future of autonomous delivery bots

Posted on Sep 23, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

This article comes from a recent Forbes Futures In Focus podcast interview with Alastair Westgarth, CEO of Starship Technologies, an...

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Safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF) for autonomous driving

Posted on Sep 23, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

The automotive industry is a 100-year-old industry where safety has been taken extremely seriously. In the past decade, we have...

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Ford & T-Mobile test autonomous tech that works with smartphones to protect pedestrians & cyclists

Posted on Sep 22, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

I’ve never struck a pedestrian, largely because I try to slow down in places where I’m likely to encounter them when driving. That slower...

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Q&A: Lennart Asbach, head of department, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Posted on Sep 21, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Here Asbach discusses the refinements needed in the application of AI in testing, the essentials of an effective simulation program and...

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Autonomous vehicles require autonomous roads

Posted on Sep 20, 2022 in Infrastructure, Perspective

Whether it’s barrels blocking lanes or paint lines that aren’t visible, we’ve been building and managing roads for humans who can guess...

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Cruise plans to expand driverless ride service: Lower prices key to driving demand

Posted on Sep 20, 2022 in Cars, Perspective

Cruise plans to expand its driverless ride service to Austin and Phoenix before the end of the year, the company’s chief executive Kyle...

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State—not federal—policy guides US autonomous driving

Posted on Sep 19, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

In April, US federal legislation was introduced that would expand the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s regulatory...

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AI ethics and the quest for self-awareness in AI

Posted on Sep 18, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Are you self-aware? I’d bet that you believe you are. The thing is, supposedly, few of us are especially self-aware. There is a range or...

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As companies pursue autonomous trucks, a key question remains

Posted on Sep 18, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Everything was going along just fine–and then it wasn’t. On April 6, a tractor trailer fitted with autonomous driving...

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Chinese cities race to experiment autonomous driving, ready to accelerate commercial use

Posted on Sep 18, 2022 in Markets, Perspective, Technology

Don’t get surprised if a visitor board a taxi or bus in Shenzhen, a tech hub in South China’s Guangdong Province, and...

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My Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69 first drive was a fail

Posted on Sep 16, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

I went on my first test drive of Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69.2, the latest big FSD software update, and unfortunately, it was a...

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Mono-camera object-pose estimation in autonomous driving systems

Posted on Sep 15, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Autonomous vehicles must operate safely on the road and select optimal routes. Overall safety and efficiency are established through the...

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Carmakers play numbers game in $53 billion self-driving splurge

Posted on Sep 15, 2022 in Finance, Perspective, Technology

In BloombergNEF’s latest road transport outlook report, we see autonomous vehicles accounting for roughly 8% of the kilometers that...

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