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Analysis: self-driving trucks will force consolidation of trucking market

Posted on Jul 1, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

Several of the nation’s largest fleets are investing in self-driving trucks. Ordering the trucks from a major original equipment...

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Why self-driving car companies need to focus on safety to succeed

Posted on Jul 1, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

When it comes to the autonomous automotive industry, consolidation is increasingly becoming the name of the game. As investors, consumers...

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Teleoperation over LTE is easy, right? Not quite.

Posted on Jul 1, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

What is stopping you As humans, the sense we rely on the most is sight. Of any sense impairment, blindness is considered the most...

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Pittsburgh’s Locomation puts a convoy twist on autonomous trucking

Posted on Jun 30, 2021 in Perspective, Trucks

The Pittsburgh Strip District, once home to Industrial Age giants Alcoa, Heinz, U.S. Steel and Westinghouse, has evolved over the past...

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Lip-reading by AI self-driving cars is either alarming or ingenious

Posted on Jun 30, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Spy movies used to include a pivotal moment involving a secret agent that would surreptitiously read the lips of someone seated at a table...

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Thermal cameras are the new eyes for automated driving features

Posted on Jun 30, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

New imaging technology is designed to address a dangerous blind spot when it comes to today’s assisted driving systems: they...

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Commentary: The great promise of self-driving cars that wasn’t

Posted on Jun 29, 2021 in Perspective

WINDSOR, Canada: Do you remember the time when self-driving cars were upon us? It was almost a decade ago when the Autonomous Vehicle...

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That hacked electronic roadside display in Brooklyn said cars are bad, which startlingly brings up questions about the advent of AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 28, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Right lane closed ahead. Or sometimes it is stated as RIGHT LANE CLOSED AHEAD. That’s what you often see displayed on those official...

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Trust in AV: are motorists ready to put their faith in automation?

Posted on Jun 28, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

The evolution of automated vehicle technology is radically changing the game for independent safety testers, so too the rules of...

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Hyperdrive Daily: A car prang made me reflect on self-driving

Posted on Jun 28, 2021 in Perspective

Thinking About Self-Driving After an Accident Autonomous driving requires a leap of faith, something that was brought home to me recently...

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NI seeks to accelerate autonomous vehicle development with monoDrive acquisition

Posted on Jun 27, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Autonomous driving and EVs are two of the main things on the collective mind of the tech industry. I’ve also long said that autonomous...

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How can we speed up autonomous vehicle deployment?

Posted on Jun 25, 2021 in Perspective

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) — which are already being deployed as robotaxis, trucks and delivery robots — are ushering in a revolution in...

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The absurdity and misleading baloney about AI self-driving cars that will be uncrashable

Posted on Jun 25, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Please cover your ears since I am about to tender some rather harsh language. Are you ready? For those vendors and pundits claiming that...

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Big tech’s car obsession is all about taking eyes off the road

Posted on Jun 24, 2021 in Perspective

(Bloomberg) — At first glance, the forays Apple Inc., Google and other technology giants are making into the world of cars don’t...

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Funding is pouring in to companies trying to crack self-driving tech

Posted on Jun 24, 2021 in Finance, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

The self-driving software firm Embark Trucks said Wednesday it plans to go public in a deal that would raise more than $600 million and...

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BMW R&D boss: “Level 3 autonomous driving will first come on highways”

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in Perspective

It’s no secret that one of the major driving advancements in the near future will come from autonomous driving. So far, BMW models are...

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Volkswagen CEO sees autonomy transforming cars more than electrification

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in Perspective

Volkswagen AG is undergoing the world’s largest industrial overhaul for the electric-vehicle age, plotting half a dozen battery plants...

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Autonomous vehicles as a “killer app” for AI

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in Perspective

Artificial intelligence (AI) is used in a wide variety of products and services, including maps embedded on our smart phones and “chat...

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Whether bicycle riders will still get conked by car doors being opened even in an era of AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 21, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

This happens in real life. A bike rider was cruising along on a nice sunny day. Riding a bicycle while in city traffic is always a dicey...

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Regulators know teleoperation is key for self-driving vehicles to succeed

Posted on Jun 18, 2021 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology

The first article in this series highlighted one of the biggest and most revolutionary changes ever to come our way — autonomous vehicles...

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