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Carmakers push forward on EVs as self-driving hits pandemic speed bumps

Posted on May 25, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Detroit — The coronavirus pandemic is proving to be yet another obstacle for the self-driving and ride-sharing movement, delaying the...

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How will Waymo monetize autonomy?

Posted on May 22, 2020 in Finance, Perspective

Autonomous driving will be huge a beneficiary of the lingering effects of social distancing. Just as with e-Commerce for grocery,...

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Carmakers won’t be the ones steering the development of driverless vehicles

Posted on May 22, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Futurists have been predicting the coming of autonomous driving for many decades now. But while billions of dollars have been invested in...

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Self-driving cars are being trained in virtual worlds while the real one is in chaos

Posted on May 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Brandon Moak felt as if a freight train had hit him. It was mid-March, and the cofounder and CTO of the autonomous- trucking startup...

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Here’s why Elon Musk keeps raising the price of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ option

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

Tesla is raising the price of the top tier “Full Self-Driving” version of its Autopilot driver assistance package by around $1,000 on July...

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Autonomous vehicles: Who needs ’em?

Posted on May 19, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

To develop autonomous vehicles (AVs) capable of handling almost every corner case is cruelly hard. Equally tough and yet less often...

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The People’s Vote: your six most discussed topics

Posted on May 19, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

If there’s one thing that new autonomous technologies never fail to deliver, it’s debate. We’re taking a deep dive into your comments...

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CEO of Intel-owned Mobileye expects a big consolidation of autonomous driving technology

Posted on May 19, 2020 in News, Perspective, Technology

In the race to develop autonomous driving technology, it might be more beneficial if companies collaborate, instead of trying to compete...

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The PEUGEOT steering wheel: from the simple handlebar to the multifunctional steering wheel

Posted on May 19, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

At first glance, since the birth of the car, the steering wheel has been the mechanical organ that has evolved the least in both form and...

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How coronavirus is accelerating a future with autonomous vehicles

Posted on May 18, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Countries around the world have responded to the Covid-19 coronavirus with lockdowns, restrictions, and technology solutions that use...

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Sunday’s NASCAR racing results if there were self-driving cars included

Posted on May 18, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

“Drivers, start your engines” was the battle cry this weekend. NASCAR racing is back underway after a ten-week halt due to the pandemic,...

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Automated delivery cashes in on pandemic-driven demand

Posted on May 18, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

(Reuters) – The coronavirus crisis is accelerating a shift in the world of autonomous cars toward delivering packages instead of...

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Tesla lawsuit over autopilot-engaged pedestrian death could disrupt automated driving progress

Posted on May 16, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

A recently filed lawsuit against Tesla in the U.S. District Court of Northern California where Tesla is headquartered alleges that a Tesla...

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The state of the self-driving car race 2020

Posted on May 15, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

It turns out self-driving cars aren’t dissimilar from self-driving humans: It takes about 16 years for them to be ready for the road....

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Tesla fast tracking full self-driving development with advanced neural net training techniques

Posted on May 15, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Autonomous driving has been one of the fundamental pillars of Tesla’s push to electrify transport, and by all accounts, the California...

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Patent office declares AI cannot be an inventor, stuns AI devotees, has impacts for self-driving cars

Posted on May 14, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Can AI be an inventor? According to a recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the answer seems to be no....

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This was supposed to be the year driverless cars went mainstream

Posted on May 13, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

Tech companies once promised that fully functional, self-driving cars would be on the road by 2020 and on the path to remaking...

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Berkeley Simons Institute launches online video shorts with an eye-opening look at perception

Posted on May 13, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at the University of California Berkeley is a highly regarded venue that was established...

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Cyber feasibility studies: theBeARCAT Project

Posted on May 13, 2020 in News, Perspective, Technology

On Wednesday 13 May, we will be presenting the results of the Baselining, Automation and Response for CAV Testbed Cyber Security, BeARCAT....

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Should Intel spend $900 million chasing driverless cars during a crisis?

Posted on May 12, 2020 in Finance, Perspective, Technology

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) recently agreed to buy Moovit, an Israeli MaaS (mobility as a service) solutions company, for $900 million to...

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