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Autonomous vehicle vision edging closer to reality with verification by Israel’s Foretellix

Posted on Aug 19, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Twelve years after their revolutionary product changed the chip industry and resulted in a $315 million exit, the team that achieved...

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A move for driverless mass transit hits speed bumps

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Buses, Perspective

SHARAD AGARWAL HAS a prediction about driverless vehicles: “Autonomous public transportation is going to happen,” he says, “and it’s going...

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How self-driving systems are ushering in a new era of transportation

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Fueled by the need to improve road safety, consumer demand for smarter driving technologies has soared. Every year over one million people...

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Collecting crash data to help autonomous cars with rare events

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Crashes are rare events. Yes, there are nearly six million (6M) crashes every year in the United States alone. But in a non-coronavirus...

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Toyota and Amazon expand tie-up with eye on future car technology

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

NEW YORK/DETROIT/BANGALORE – Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it has agreed with an affiliate of Amazon.com to expand their collaboration as...

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Connected cars: First step toward autonomous driving

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Autonomous vehicle technology is expected to greatly impact connected cars, as much more data will come from an AV, and much more data and...

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Repurposed: the self-driving Linden LEAP shuttle

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 in Buses, Perspective

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, plans for the Linden LEAP autonomous shuttle have changed from transporting people to transporting...

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Why excessive AI politeness could be oddly inconsiderate, implications too for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Does it seem to you that civility and politeness are on the wane? Many would surely agree that politeness appears to have been placed on...

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How to make cities ready for autonomous vehicles, and AVs ready for cities

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

For any disruptive technology, targeted at any market, there must be a ‘killer app’: a concrete use-case with a well-defined ROI to...

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Drive-in theaters are coming back, but self-driving cars could be an outdoor movie spoilsport

Posted on Aug 15, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

One of the “new normal” predictions is that indoor movie theatre going will tend to gravitate toward attending outdoor drive-ins. That is...

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Pandemic will move autonomous vehicle development forward, J.D. Power says

Posted on Aug 14, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Automotive engineers and large elements of the automotive press are very excited about the idea of production vehicles that can operate...

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Urban autonomy: The next stage of self-driving

Posted on Aug 14, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

The auto industry is undergoing a major shift, from human-driven cars to autonomous vehicles (AV). Subsequently, the transportation...

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Mental wayfinding has unexpected AI importance, including for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 13, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Do you know where you are right now The odds are that you do. I don’t mean that you perhaps know that you are at a particular street...

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Nvidia’s self-driving vehicle approach — from Tesla to DHL to Mercedes

Posted on Aug 13, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

I dove into Waymo’s automotive partnerships and Mobile’s automotive partnerships this week, and I wanted to do the same with Nvidia....

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Baidu Apollo Robotaxi deployed in Changsha offers “considerate” riding experience

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese Internet giant Baidu recently invited a number of reporters from international media outlets to have test rides...

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FMCW LIDAR by Scantinel: Game changer for autonomous driving

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is considered to be the key technology for self-propelled vehicles. Frequency Modulated Continuous...

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How self-driving cars will reverse a 10,000 year trend

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

GöbekliTepe in Anatolia, Turkey is the world’s oldest known human settlement. At 11,500 years old, its founding marked the beginning of...

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The ‘Pod Up’ trend when applied to sharing self-driving cars might offer gainful income and achieve mobility for all

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

There is a trend called “Pod Up” that is taking place these days. Generally, the idea is to form small groups that share in some task or...

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Transportation official: Los Angeles is using driverless technology to improve pedestrian safety

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Pedestrian safety sits at the forefront of planning for the adoption of autonomous vehicles in Los Angeles, the city’s general...

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Expert: Policy for autonomous vehicle industry is “like the Wild West”

Posted on Aug 11, 2020 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

A lack of federal policy has hampered the autonomous car industry’s transparency with communities where the vehicles are tested,...

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