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The Nuro EC-1

Posted on Aug 16, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Six years ago, I sat in the Google self-driving project’s Firefly vehicle — which I described, at the time, as a “little gumdrop on...

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True Level 5 autonomy isn’t possible, & nobody really even wants that

Posted on Aug 15, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

I know that headline alone is going to give a few people on here an aneurysm, but before you get mad enough to fall over dead (or faint...

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Using AI self-driving cars to detect and help curtail eyesore graffiti around us

Posted on Aug 15, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Graffiti can invoke quite heated debates. Some assert that graffiti is a blight, a blemish, altogether offensive, and ought to be...

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Here’s why a mouse brain might just be the right solution for attaining full-blown AI self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 13, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Mighty mouse. I’m referring to the aspect that mice can be amazingly smart, mightily so. We already all would likely agree that mice are...

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Congestion-free roads might be a self-driving car pipe dream

Posted on Aug 11, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Traffic snarls are everywhere and seemingly endless. Most major cities throughout the nation endure adverse congestion on their public...

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Why sensor technology is the key to autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 10, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

We still have a long way to go to achieve roadways filled with self-driving vehicles. The current capabilities of sensors, while helpful,...

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Driverless cars are proving to be job creators, at least so far

Posted on Aug 10, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

When self-driving car hype peaked a few years ago, so did fears of job destruction that would ensue as the technology took hold. One...

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A new era of connected vehicle cloud platforms approaches

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

The automotive industry is on the cusp of immense change. Products are becoming more software-based, customers have new expectations on...

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Using artificial intelligence to create aperture radar

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Carmakers are seeking to balance cost with capability as they increase the advanced driver assistance capabilities of their cars. Tesla,...

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There is increasingly mounting AI technical debt that is going to inevitably sink some self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Getting in over your head. That’s what often happens when people take on debt. Shakespeare famously warned us about the dangers of going...

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Robo-vans could start delivering profits and not just pizza

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

There are executives across the globe trying to figure out how to profit from autonomous driving technology. For Yu Enyuan, it’s been a...

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This parking garage is a high-tech research lab

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 in Infrastructure, Perspective, Technology

An urban laboratory is opening inside a Detroit garage to let researchers test new parking technologies for cities coping with shifting...

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Self-driving cars would be nowhere without HD maps

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Self-driving vehicles may be loaded with sensors and artificial intelligence, but they’re limited without a really good map....

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How much more can autonomous cars improve? Waymo!

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

The rush toward autonomous vehicles once made them seem imminent. But progress has slowed so dramatically that to some observers, autonomy...

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Autonomous-vehicle demo rides proposed to shape public opinion

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 in Perspective

How does the auto industry get people to warm up today to the prospect of riding in self-driving cars tomorrow? One way to stoke public...

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How should autonomous cars make life-or-death decisions? In the best of worlds, they won’t.

Posted on Aug 6, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

When serial entrepreneur Barry Lunn decided to start a driving software business, he attended several industry insider events where he...

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China targets the robotaxi industry

Posted on Aug 5, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Chinese tech giant Baidu opened a 2.5-acre test track and operations base for autonomous vehicles last week, its third such site in the...

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China targets the robotaxi industry

Posted on Aug 5, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Chinese tech giant Baidu opened a 2.5-acre test track and operations base for autonomous vehicles last week, its third such site in the...

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Word to the wise: Do not try asking an AI self-driving car to park in the red

Posted on Aug 4, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

You are giving a friend a lift in your car and as you approach their desired drop-off there is no apparent place to idle or park to allow...

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AutoX robotaxis now using NVIDIA DRIVE, NVIDIA acquiring DeepMap, & DiDi booming on NVIDIA DRIVE’s back

Posted on Aug 4, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Five years ago, in a blogging competition about “what will be the most important technological development over the next 10 years that...

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