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Is progress in autonomous technology gated by research in animal communication?

Posted on Apr 11, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Research in animal communications conjures up images of Jane Goodall studying the great apes in Tanzania.  Indeed, a great deal of...

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Karma debuts Level 4 autonomous all-electric (E-Flex) van

Posted on Apr 9, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Karma Automotive does not waste time during the coronavirus slowdown and today unveiled an all-new vehicle built on the Karma E-Flex...

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Flexibility, platform-agnostic approach key to mainstream autonomous mobility

Posted on Apr 9, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

HD mapping will do to manual navigation what smartphones did to cordless phones, blueray did to cassettes, and Cloud did to CDs ­—...

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Electric performance brand Polestar shares new details of its ‘Precept’ sedan

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Now that Tesla has become a formidable force in the auto industry, the company has opened the doors for legacy automakers and new electric...

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Tesla is hiking the price of its semi-autonomous ‘Full Self-Driving’ package soon in anticipation of new over-the-air updates

Posted on Apr 8, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla plans to increase the price for its “Full Self-Driving” driver-assistance feature on July 1, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in...

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Urban Computing Foundation to host the Mapzen project

Posted on Apr 7, 2020 in News, Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Urban Computing Foundation (UCF), a forum for developers to collaborate on and build...

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Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) sensors will be useful for AI self-driving cars, but not likely to strike gold

Posted on Apr 6, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Recent news reports have heralded the latest research on Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) sensors and suggested that such devices will...

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Introduction to Collective Perception: how V2X is setting the scene for autonomous driving

Posted on Apr 6, 2020 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Webinars

When we talk about it, we frequently use the term “the self-driving car” as a singular object – however, the autonomous technology will...

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Why you should wait to buy Tesla’s full self-driving option

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

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving capability has the potential to change the automotive industry as we know it. However, it’s taking...

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Will a small open-source effort from Japan disrupt the autonomous space?

Posted on Apr 4, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The article “Linux Beat IBM, will open-source software beat Waymo and Tesla ?” introduced the  power of the open-source organizational...

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General Motors applies for decentralized blockchain map patent

Posted on Apr 3, 2020 in News, Technology

The vehicle manufacturing sector is no stranger to blockchain technology and its many applications within the space. Now, General Motors —...

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An autonomous trucking startup stays the (very long) course

Posted on Apr 3, 2020 in Technology, Trucks

(Bloomberg) — Nancy Sun, 37, is chief engineer at Ike, the autonomous-trucking startup named for President Eisenhower and his...

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Qcraft raises over $24 million to train autonomous vehicle systems in simulation

Posted on Apr 3, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

Qcraft, a robotics startup focused on autonomous vehicle (AV) development, this morning announced it has raised over $24 million in seed...

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Veoneer and Volvo Cars to split Zenuity software joint venture

Posted on Apr 2, 2020 in News, Technology

STOCKHOLM :Geely-owned Volvo Cars and auto tech supplier Veoneer will split their jointly owned software venture Zenuity to pursue...

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New gyroscope design will help autonomous cars and robots map the world

Posted on Apr 2, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

As useful as GPS is, it’s not a system that we can rely on all the time. There are many situations in which GPS might not be available,...

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Phantom AI raises $22 million to develop ADAS products

Posted on Apr 2, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News, Technology

Phantom AI, a startup developing advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) for cars and trucks, today announced that it has raised $22...

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Waymo’s AI improves autonomous vehicle performance while saving costs

Posted on Apr 2, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving vehicle research division, today detailed a system — Progressive Population Based Augmentation (PPBA) — it...

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Autonomous vehicles precision navigation solution at a USD 150 price tag

Posted on Apr 1, 2020 in News, Technology

Aceinna announced it has greatly reduced the cost for developers creating mission critical guidance and navigation systems for autonomous...

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LILEE Systems releases first radio technology delivering ultra-reliable, low-latency communications

Posted on Mar 31, 2020 in Buses, News, Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — LILEE Systems is pleased to announce the immediate availability of TransAir™...

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Connected vehicle project could ‘end motorway pile-ups’

Posted on Mar 30, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Around 4,500 accidents still happen on UK motorways each year, contributing to 1,700 annual deaths and over 22,000 serious injuries, and...

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