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Self driving Electric cars won’t solve traffic nor climate change, here’s why

Posted on Oct 3, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Elon musk, the CEO of tesla, has had his fair share of traction for talking about things like “self driving electric cars” or “underground...

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Why don’t you have a self-driving car yet? Part two outlines some social problems

Posted on Oct 3, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Many people are disappointed they don’t have or ride in a self-driving car yet, expecting it sooner. In part-one of this two part series...

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Mobileye files for an IPO (again!)- How will other autonomy companies react?

Posted on Oct 2, 2022 in Markets, Perspective

Mobileye started a computer vision revolution in 1999 when Amnon Shashua, a leading AI researcher at Hebrew University, founded the...

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AI ethics and AI laws reveal troubling concerns from Tesla’s AI Day showcase and the ever expanding AI ambitions of Elon Musk

Posted on Oct 2, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Tesla AI Day 2022 has now come and gone, settling down into the history books for all to reexamine and analyze to their heart’s...

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How Volvo is leaning on software to drive its next great safety revolution

Posted on Oct 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Volvo is one of those brands with a core identity so firmly cemented that no amount of marketing can counter it. Volvo is safety first....

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How Cruise (not Tesla) is leading the way in autonomous driving

Posted on Sep 29, 2022 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

General Motors (NYSE: GM)-owned Cruise is launching its autonomous ride sharing service in Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas by the end...

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Waymo claims superhuman ability to dodge accidents, so why aren’t they launched?

Posted on Sep 29, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Waymo today announced the results of a new study where they claim their Waymo driver system outperformed a model of an idealized top-grade...

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When will AVs actually start to smooth traffic flows?

Posted on Sep 28, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Autonomous vehicles have the ability to make traffic move smoother. But first, they need to be more widely deployed. And that means...

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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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