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Hidden secrets that the Burger King ‘Autopilot Whopper’ teaches us about Tesla and self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

What do AI, self-driving cars, Tesla, Autopilot, and hamburgers such as the infamous Burger King Whopper all have in common? Well, a...

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what3words: the future of driverless navigation?

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

One year ago, we spoke to Giles Rhys Jones, what3words’ Chief Marketing Officer, to better understand how navigation and navigation tech,...

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How May Mobility’s autonomous shuttle ambitions backfired

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Buses, Perspective

By all appearances, May Mobility was a scrappy success story. The autonomous transportation startup made its debut at Y Combinator’s demo...

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Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi’s self-driving push

Posted on Jul 6, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Videos & Podcasts

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, which is backed by companies including Apple Inc. and SoftBank Group Corp., began a self-driving...

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Is Recognithe next hot autonomous vehicle startup?

Posted on Jul 5, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

In CleanTechnica‘s exclusive, in-depth interview with Peter Mertens, former board member of Audi, Volkswagen Group, Volvo, & Jaguar...

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Can Argo.AI make Ford & Volkswagen self-driving leaders?

Posted on Jul 5, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The self-driving car race seems like it’s been going on forever, but also at times seems like it has no ending — since it’s so hard to get...

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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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