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CEO of Yandex Self Driving Group predicts that autonomous vehicles will roam freely around major cities within five years

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving cars are yet to become the everyday reality in Europe, but one European tech giant is racing to compete with Google’s...

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Self-driving cars being tailgated by obnoxious human drivers

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Let’s talk about those obnoxious people that insist on driving their car as though it is an extension of the rear bumper of your car....

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Self-driving cars need those ‘How am I driving’ bumper stickers

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Sometimes bumper stickers are notably helpful. While out driving, you are bound to see vehicles that have the legendary “How Am I...

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Magna camera system advances AV technology

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

When self-driving cars hit the road in large numbers, there’s a good chance some of Magna’s technology will be onboard....

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McKinsey & Company: Private autonomous vehicles: The other side of the robo-taxi story

Posted on Dec 1, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

In the past few years, autonomous driving (AD) has generated sizable interest. The buzz started with a wave of bold announcements by tech...

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Assembling the autonomous truck

Posted on Nov 30, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

Truck makers and tech startups continue to make progress in their pursuit of autonomous trucks, but moving this elusive technology past...

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Ride-hail companies are making life harder for scooters

Posted on Nov 30, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

ROBOTAXIS DON’T EXIST yet. Some experts suspect they won’t circulate widely for another decade. But earlier this month, the state of...

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The big ways Full Self Driving & machine learning differ from our brains

Posted on Nov 27, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

In a previous article, I discussed my long-term plan to learn more about machine learning, starting with the Elements of AI courses. While...

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta makes impressive ‘decisions’ in many cases

Posted on Nov 27, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

There’s a multitude of Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta testing videos online. While there are certainly many impressive moments and...

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The holidays – a time to be thankful for electric and autonomous vehicles

Posted on Nov 26, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Transportation is Mobility and Mobility is freedom. That is my thankful wish for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles and the future of...

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A peek at Freightliner’s Gen2 autonomous future

Posted on Nov 24, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

I’ve seen the future. I even got to touch it. It looks like it has a spinal injury … and braces. I didn’t get to drive it, but I’m not...

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Self-driving cars: A level-by-level explainer of the road to autonomy

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Self-driving cars have started to wear out their welcome, and they aren’t even here yet. Much of the promise and disappointment...

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Driverless trucks are already on Texas roads with more to come

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

(TNS) — The age of self-driving 18-wheelers traveling on U.S. highways may be much closer than many people realize, and North Texas is...

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Now an Amazon company, Zoox is ready to dial-up its robotaxi push

Posted on Nov 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Self-driving tech startup Zoox has gone through a big management shakeup and surprise sale to Amazon in the past two years. But with the...

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Self-driving cars could become your neighborhood ice cream truck

Posted on Nov 21, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

As a freezing cold winter begins to descend upon us, your thoughts undoubtedly turn toward a summertime pastime that will be sorely...

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‘Nobody knows if driverless vehicles will save lives, but they’re guaranteed to kill jobs’

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Lost your job? Suspect the industry that once employed you is dead? ‘Too old’ to retrain, or attend college? Desperate for something –...

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Self-driving cars are subject to being towed, just like the rest of us

Posted on Nov 19, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

One of the worst feelings when walking out to your parked car entails seeing a slip of paper and an ominous envelope sitting on the...

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From robotaxis to e-scooters, Covid is changing how people in China commute

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The need for social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic has boosted demand for “individual traveling devices,” according to Chinese...

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Inside the industry: Will insurers pay if self-driving cars cause crashes?

Posted on Nov 16, 2020 in Cars, Finance, Perspective

Until recently, I had few qualms about ranking car insurers alongside estate agents and traffic wardens in the pits of my estimation; they...

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Zipper merging is a frenzied traffic squeeze play on self-driving cars

Posted on Nov 14, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

You are driving along on the highway, minding your own business, when you spy up ahead an indication that your lane is being narrowed out...

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