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When AV software meets human driver…

Posted on Oct 6, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

A key question about autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is whether an AV software driver can match the capabilities of human drivers — and...

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Slow and steady wins the race: A case for driverless shuttles

Posted on Oct 6, 2020 in Buses, Perspective

Many driverless shuttles and delivery programs operate at no more than 25 mph on structured routes or within tightly fenced areas, and...

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Redefining LiDAR – Will perception software become the eyes of AVs?

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

California-based LiDAR specialist, AEye has developed iDAR (Intelligent Detection And Ranging), a perception system that acts as the eyes...

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Semi-autonomous vehicle brings future to Japanese mountain village

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

AKITA, Japan (Kyodo) — Asa Ishikami has seen much change in her 85 years of life, and now she is witnessing the future of travel...

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Self-driving cars could be operating daily in 1-2 years—just not in big cities

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

(Bloomberg) — Oliver Cameron co-founded the self-driving car start-up Voyage in 2017 on the theory that retirement communities are...

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Waymo and Cruise safety drivers face a bleak choice: Pandemic or pollution?

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Leo* stepped out of his house in Oakland recently to start his day as a backup driver for Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by...

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Ann Arbor startup develops autonomous robot to safely deliver meals, groceries in pandemic

Posted on Oct 3, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective

The COVID-19 crisis has affected Michigan companies big and small in all kinds of ways but for startups tied to robotics and mobility, the...

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Tire blowouts could cause self-driving cars to go astray

Posted on Oct 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Have you ever had a tire go bad on you? Sometimes, a tire can seemingly obliterate and become a tangled mess of rubber and threads....

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Tesla “Full Self Driving” will include pothole avoidance, vector-space bird’s eye view … & what else?

Posted on Oct 3, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

This evening on Twitter, after receiving the 4,200th request for bird’s eye view to be included in Tesla touchscreen visualizations, Tesla...

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Connected and autonomous mobility to rewrite data storage rules

Posted on Sep 30, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Data is becoming increasingly valuable to automotive players as connectivity makes its way into both vehicles and urban architecture....

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Uber self-driving car death ruling sets a scary precedent

Posted on Sep 29, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Recently we learned that someone will face charges, after all, in the death of Elaine Herzberg, the first person killed by a self-driving...

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Our self-driving business in Austin, one year later

Posted on Sep 29, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

We stood in Austin one year ago with optimism for the journey ahead — launching a self-driving service that can be a part of the city’s...

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Self-driving cars are still going to take a long time, people

Posted on Sep 29, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

A few years ago, I visited a super promising company called Luminar, which makes LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, technology that...

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10 unexpected places taking on the driverless challenge

Posted on Sep 28, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Infrastructure, Perspective

The driverless dream is quickly becoming closer to reality, and not just in Silicon Valley. Here we take a look at a few of the more...

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They promised us driverless cars. What happened?: Don Pittis

Posted on Sep 28, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The name of the Scottish indie band We Were Promised Jetpacks alludes to disappointment that the future isn’t all it was cracked up...

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New York City truck accident lawyer update: Autonomous trucks are here. Are they safe?

Posted on Sep 28, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

New York City, NY , Sept. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New York City Truck Accident Lawyer Jonathan C. Reiter Update: As children,...

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Driverless cars come with legal risks as ‘it remains to be seen’ who to blame in crashes

Posted on Sep 27, 2020 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

DRIVERLESS car technology could raise a series of legal issues in the event of car crashes with road users themselves possibly found at...

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AI is increasingly being designed to apologize, but self-driving cars are not hip to the idea

Posted on Sep 27, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

They say that love means never having to say that you are sorry. When does it make sense though to proffer being sorry and offer someone...

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Race to deliver autonomous vehicle peps up: 5 biggies in focus

Posted on Sep 25, 2020 in Finance, Perspective, Technology

The rapid development in the self-driving vehicle space can primarily be attributed to breakthroughs in technology, with the integration...

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SPAC fever, transportation sanitation and the impossibility of Level 5 autonomy

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 in Finance, Perspective, Trucks

(Bloomberg) — As a founding partner at the San Francisco venture capital fund Trucks, Reilly Brennan has met with thousands of...

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