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Self-driving cars and the Polanyi paradox of knowing versus telling

Posted on Dec 20, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

We can know more than we can tell. That’s an assertion made by philosopher Michael Polanyi in his 1966 book entitled The Tacit Dimension....

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Walmart says “Game on” for driverless freight

Posted on Dec 20, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

Walmart has announced the start of truly driverless operations in their hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas beginning next year. This marks...

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COMMENT: The future of self-driving lies in open source

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The UK government’s announcement earlier in the year that all mobile network operators need to remove all Huawei technology from their...

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LiDAR vision – Helping bring autonomous trucks to your neighborhood

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

“Truck-truckin’ down the highway Sittin’ in the cab of A ten ton machine” The rock group, Bread, came up with this song 7...

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Regulating autonomous vehicles and ridesharing: Lessons from California

Posted on Dec 17, 2020 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

Sanjay Patnaik, director of the Center on Regulation and Markets and Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development in Economic...

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Sustainable and attainable: Zoox unveils autonomous robotaxi powered by NVIDIA

Posted on Dec 17, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

When it comes to future mobility, you may not have to pave as many paradises for personal car parking lots. This week, autonomous mobility...

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Your car buying experience in an era of self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 17, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Many people liken the act of buying a car to the same agony as going to the dentist for a root canal. Well, maybe car buying is even worse...

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Building a self-driving car that people can trust

Posted on Dec 16, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Over the past year, we’ve seen a rise in robotaxis and autonomous vehicle use. Companies such as Waymo, Cruise, and Baidu have all made...

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In self-driving, Amazon invests while Walmart partners

Posted on Dec 16, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Amazo AMZN +2.4%n and Walmart WMT -0.1%, two of the largest retailers in the world, each have a presence in the autonomous vehicle...

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Why do many self-driving cars look like toasters on wheels?

Posted on Dec 15, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

On Monday, the autonomous vehicle company Zoox—acquired by Amazon over the summer for a reported $1.2 billion—rolled out its robotaxi. The...

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China Focus: Self-driving service helps forge “City of Intelligent Driving”

Posted on Dec 14, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective

CHANGSHA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — A white car parked on a wide street in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province,...

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Barking commands at a self-driving car won’t do you any good

Posted on Dec 13, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The powerful impact of the spoken word. I was in a local park the other day and someone had let their dog off its leash, allowing the...

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Elon Musk promised 1 million Tesla robotaxis by the end of 2020. Where are they?

Posted on Dec 12, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Elon Musk is the master of hype, notorious for using phrases like “the prophecy will be fulfilled”. No one should be surprised that he...

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Driving into the future from autonomous to AI

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

With new connective technology, autonomous systems, and innovative business models, the transportation industry is on the cusp of a...

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Here’s how you’ll get paid to ride in a self-driving car

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving cars are gradually getting ready for prime time. To-date, the public roadway tryouts of self-driving cars have primarily...

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This guy is taking viewers along for his driverless rides

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

WAYMO HAS LONG kept details about its industry-leading self-driving technology under wraps. The company has done millions of miles of...

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Amazon/Zoox custom vehicle design revealed early and leaks some details

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 in Cars, News, Perspective

Zoox, the self-driving robotaxi startup acquired for over $1B earlier this year by Amazon AMZN -0.1%, has promised a big reveal for Dec...

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Elon Musk makes clear his stance on self-driving cars, AI oversight, and his ‘ad for Mars’

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

In an interview with Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Axel Springer, Business Insider’s parent company, Elon Musk revealed his thoughts...

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Autonomous vehicle: How safe is safe enough?

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

How safe is safe enough? This is a question which has perplexed the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry since its inception. Every time I...

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The impassioned debate: Self-driving cars parking head-in versus nose out

Posted on Dec 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

A parking lot can become a feuding landscape akin to the Old West and the infamous rivalry between the Hatfields and the McCoys....

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