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When a ghost seemingly has taken your AI self-driving car

Posted on Oct 25, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Hey, dude, where’s my car? That was the question on my mind when I walked out to the parking lot to get into my car and it was not there....

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Freeway phobia seriously scares some human drivers which possibly can startle AI self-driving cars too

Posted on Oct 22, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The joys of riding in a car. When I was a youngster, my grandparents delighted in taking me for a trek in their car, especially on the...

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What’s it like from the pilot seat of a driverless truck?

Posted on Oct 21, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

Self-driving tech companies have collectively logged millions of miles in either controlled or real-world testing, but just about every...

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How long will cars have steering wheels?

Posted on Oct 21, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

The short answer is never say never, but it will be quite some time before drivers (especially those who enjoy it) are willing to give up...

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Aurora accelerates its AV deployment roadmap

Posted on Oct 21, 2021 in Perspective

This post looks at Aurora Innovations’ autonomous vehicle activities with perspectives on the self-driving specialist’s strategy, business...

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Realtimecampaign.com discusses autonomous trucks: Changing the world of logistics

Posted on Oct 20, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

Not very long ago, autonomous vehicles were nothing more than figments of science fiction works. Cartoons routinely made jokes about how...

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Is a malicious mass control takeover of self-driving cars whilst on our roadways really possible?

Posted on Oct 19, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

There are a lot of movies and TV shows that depict a mass control takeover of self-driving cars. This seems to be on our minds. For quite...

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Where are all the robotaxis and autonomous cars we were promised?

Posted on Oct 18, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

We’re a couple weeks away from All Hallows Eve and there are plenty of things that go bump in the night for us to fear this year. Things...

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7 Universities that are pushing the boundaries of autonomous driving

Posted on Oct 18, 2021 in Perspective

Big companies and cutting-edge start-ups often dominate the driverless car headlines. But the rapid acceleration of the technology would...

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Your deep dive into those Waymo self-driving cars in San Francisco that went headstrong up a dead-end street like floundering fish going upstream

Posted on Oct 17, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Readers have implored me to do a deep dive into the maelstrom of news reports this week about Waymo self-driving cars that seemed to have...

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Making sense of Apple’s self-driving car that recently struck a curb in California and owned up to it

Posted on Oct 14, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Have you ever been driving and perchance struck a curb? I’m sure that you’ve experienced that gut-wrenching sorrowful moment. So did an...

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Analyzing General Motors’ (GM) Cruise: A front-runner in AV space

Posted on Oct 13, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicle (“AV”) technology is a breakthrough in the automotive industry. The AVs are no longer a figment of imagination in the...

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Guess who’s the biggest investor in self-driving tech? It rhymes with Bambung

Posted on Oct 12, 2021 in Finance, Perspective

Every year, more and more money is being poured into driverless car tech, with car makers and other huge corporations betting that this’ll...

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Worries that AI self-driving cars will charge sky-high monopolistic prices

Posted on Oct 12, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

I had both Park Place and Boardwalk in my gleeful hands. Yes, in the venerated game of Monopoly, you can be darned happy when you manage...

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The dangerous promise of the self-driving car

Posted on Oct 12, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Has the U.S. enjoyed a century-long “love affair” with the automobile, as Groucho Marx memorably put it in a 1961 television show? Or has...

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A government’s struggle: How hands-off to regulate handsfree vehicles

Posted on Oct 12, 2021 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

Per Charles Dickens’ 1859 classic A Tale of Two Cities, our best-of-time-worst-of-times society seems to fit the second, less-famous...

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China’s robotaxis hit the road

Posted on Oct 11, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

China continues to lead in the development of robotaxis. This post will explore the status of robotaxis in China. A future column will...

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New LIDARs from Waymo and others produce amazing results

Posted on Oct 11, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

A recent clip of Waymo’s perception stack shows both good perception, but also the quality of Waymo’s latest LIDAR. We also saw impressive...

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Playing the persuasion game: Convincing passengers that autonomous equals safe

Posted on Oct 11, 2021 in Perspective

Though autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, to many, feels like something from the future, it is far closer to being a part of everyday...

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Bothering and even spying on your neighbors via an AI self-driving car

Posted on Oct 10, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

One of the most famous TV show songs of all time urges you to sit right back and hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip that takes place...

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