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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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German 3D mapping company Atlatec is so confident, competitors can access its data

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

A small German tech company sent a briefcase-sized box to a college student with the instructions to mount it on top of his car and drive...

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Mobileye’s partnerships with BMW, Ford, NIO, Nissan, Volkswagen, & WILLER

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Following up on my article about Waymo’s automotive connections, here’s a piece briefly diving into who Mobileye/Intel has automotive...

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Waymo has partnerships with Fiat Chrysler, Volvo, Jaguar, Magna, &maybe Honda

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

There’s a race to full self-driving vehicles, and along the way also a competition for who has the best driver-assist systems. The latter...

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Five reasons why your driverless car hasn’t arrived yet

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Driverless technology has advanced more in the past five years than the previous 50. It’s true that we’ve never been closer to a...

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An autonomous vehicle is a new medium

Posted on Aug 9, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

“You can have many views of what a computer is. My particular view is that a computer is a new medium. (…) A computer will be in the...

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Maybe Baby Yoda ought to be adorned on the hood of every self-driving car

Posted on Aug 8, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Baby Yoda has taken the world by storm. Headlines have blared that resistance is futile when trying to defy the mind-force allure of Baby...

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These Chinese autonomous vehicle start-ups are keeping their eye on the driverless road

Posted on Aug 8, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

In the auto industry, the dream of high-level automation free from human intervention is as strong as ever. The concept dates back eight...

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Driverless cars gain speed, despite global slowdown

Posted on Aug 7, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Automakers Volkswagen, Ford, and General Motors are betting billions that autonomous driving will get us moving again....

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Video of man on hood of a semi-truck barreling down a Florida highway has insights for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Multiple videos captured an unlikely scene on Saturday when a semi-truck was spotted barreling along a Florida highway with a man clinging...

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Q&A: DeepRoute works toward an easier, safer way to develop self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 5, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused governments, manufacturers, schools and consumer businesses to close up shop for a long...

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Self-driving cars can be a boon for those with disabilities

Posted on Aug 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

A new study has begun in Pittsburgh to study the impact of self-driving cars on those with disabilities. I’m going to skip to the end and...

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Will camera startupLight give autonomous vehicles better vision than Lidar?

Posted on Aug 5, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

In 2013, Rajiv Laroia and Dave Grannan started Light, a company that aimed to disrupt the tiny camera market. The ultimate goal was to...

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AI needs to gain famed MacGyver shrewdness, including for AI self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 4, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

MacGyver solved it again! Who or what is a MacGyver, you might wonder? Well, most people have heard of MacGyver, the TV series and main...

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Covid-19 puts autonomous vehicle vision on hold

Posted on Aug 4, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The joint announcement made by Mobileye and Ford two weeks ago sounded as if they were on the verge of a technological breakthrough....

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