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When will we have widespread autonomous vehicles?

Posted on Nov 1, 2021 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

How far away are autonomous cars? On this episode of “The 5,” recorded on Oct. 21, Fool contributors Travis Hoium, Jason Hall,...

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Why do Tesla fans say they don’t experience drowsiness & distraction on Autopilot?

Posted on Nov 1, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

As a Tesla driver who has used Autopilot plenty (for years) and has had FSD Beta for a few weeks, let me try to answer this question...

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The world is square

Posted on Oct 31, 2021 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

How we choose to describe something very often constrains how we think about it. For example, placing the adjective “flat” in front of...

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What do SAE automated driving levels mean anyway?

Posted on Oct 27, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Social media hyperbole has combined with somewhat opaque industry standards to create a level of misunderstanding about nascent autonomous...

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Robo-taxis are headed for a street near you

Posted on Oct 27, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

In the coming years, mobility solutions—or how we get from point A to point B—will bridge the gap between ground and air...

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Advent of self-driving cars calls for update of laws and research

Posted on Oct 26, 2021 in Cars, Perspective, Policy & Regulation

Self-driving cars are becoming a reality because of the rapid advancement of computing power and neural networks. In Hong Kong, the...

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Wall Street quant talent makes leap to self-driving startups

Posted on Oct 26, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Wall Street giants like Citadel and D.E. Shaw & Co. are becoming a stealth talent pipeline for autonomous-vehicle startups, according...

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Some say self-driving robotaxi isn’t a business; billions are being bet that it is

Posted on Oct 25, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Most of the biggest names in self-driving cars are aiming to make money selling Robotaxi service — most quickly described as a...

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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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