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Tesla: King of self-driving cars? Unbelievable

Posted on Jul 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Tesla, king of cars, how? Here’s the thing: the primary function of cars is to drive. Tesla’s focus on self-driving while some others are...

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Autonomous delivery will reduce the cost of residential package delivery

Posted on Jul 3, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

On Tuesday’s quarterly earnings call, FedEx FDX Executive Vice President Brie Carere shared that the 72% of its recent US deliveries have...

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Roadway self-driving cars to get blindsided by this year’s July 4th fireworks curbside celebrations

Posted on Jul 2, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

People are itching to use fireworks for this July 4th. According to the latest reported sales figures, fireworks are selling like...

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Seven mind-bending reasons why a Tesla car was seen sporting heaven-forbid LIDAR sensors on its rooftop

Posted on Jul 1, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Adding to how much the world has become topsy-turvy, an actual and official Tesla car was recently spotted wearing LIDAR sensor technology...

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Amazon can benefit from its Zoox acquisition better than anyone else

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

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced it’s agreed to acquire Zoox, a company building autonomous vehicles from the ground up with a...

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Q&A: The masterminds behind Toyota’s self-driving cars say AI still has a way to go

Posted on Jun 29, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Getting a car to drive itself is undoubtedly the most ambitious commercial application of artificial intelligence (AI). The research...

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Autonomous parking: around the corner or distant fantasy?

Posted on Jun 29, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Parking has never been the simplest task, but choose the wrong time or a busy place and it becomes a nightmare. Could autonomous driving...

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Why Elon Musk taunted Bezos for being a copycat in Amazon’s buyout of Zoox, an Autopilot-like self-driving car stalwart

Posted on Jun 28, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

It is time to blare the trumpets and roll out the red carpet for some good old-fashioned maxims that explain the recent announcement of...

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Christopher Columbus and evaluating autonomous vehicles as an investor

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 in Finance, Perspective

In recent times, the news surrounding Autonomous Vehicles has been quite active. Examples include Amazon AMZN acquiring Zoox for over a...

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Autonomous taxi firms can’t afford to forget about disabled passengers

Posted on Jun 24, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Autonomous vehicles (AVs), like self-driving taxis, continue to garner media attention as industry and political stakeholders claim that...

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Starsky Robotics founder discusses future of autonomous trucking

Posted on Jun 24, 2020 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Automated technology developers are shooting for the moon when they could instead be implementing ground-level initiatives in trucking...

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Mighty dust storm drifting toward southeastern U.S., even self-driving cars to be flummoxed

Posted on Jun 24, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Meteorologists are closely following some mega-sized dust plumes that are slowly drifting from the Sahara Desert and for which those murky...

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Autonomous driving business models: Part one

Posted on Jun 24, 2020 in Finance, Perspective

Autonomous driving is one of the most disruptive developments witnessed. It will change the way we think of cities, roads, parking,...

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Life at the sensor edge: The increasing demands of autonomy

Posted on Jun 23, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

As the automotive industry rapidly evolves its autonomous-driving capabilities, some interesting trends are emerging that help propel the...

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Oh, the places we’ll go: Why education is pivotal for launching a self-driving service

Posted on Jun 23, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Self-driving vehicles will change how we view and utilize mobility services, from the seamless experiences that take people and packages...

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The political economy of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jun 23, 2020 in Finance, Perspective

In the 1960s flying cars, moving walkways, smart homes, smart watches, talking robots, video conferencing even tanning beds were things of...

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Autonomous vehicle pioneer Urmsontalks about safety and risks

Posted on Jun 22, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Chris Urmson is a robot scientist really into cars, having earned a Ph.D. in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University after writing a thesis...

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AI ethics ‘tuning knobs’ a questionable mesh, including for self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

AI systems are being churned out at quite a rapid pace, meanwhile, there are considerable qualms about whether such AI will exhibit...

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COVID-19 to climate change: How zero-emission AVs could help respond to our next global crisis

Posted on Jun 21, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed hardship on multiple fronts, from public health to a looming economic crisis. What’s more, wildfire...

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Have some dad fun: Tell him that self-driving cars on Earth might discover intelligent life on other planets and see what he says

Posted on Jun 20, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Dad’s know everything. Well, almost. Ask him if there is intelligent life beyond our planet. Nobody yet knows, though there are plenty of...

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