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Eyes-on, hands-off for Nissan’s ProPILOT 2.0 rouses level 3 self-driving tech misgivings

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

We are entering into a murky driving era involving semi-autonomous cars, ones that are not yet proficient at true self-driving and are...

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VW wants to test robotic EV chargers for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The cars of the future will be electric and robotic, so why not use robots to charge their batteries, too? Volkswagen announced a pilot...

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Electrify America is deploying an autonomous fast-charging station with robot arms for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Electrify America announced that it is deploying what will likely be the first autonomous fast-charging station for electric vehicles and...

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Measuring real-world fuel economy in autonomous cars

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Automated control of cars may let “drivers” rack up more fuel savings than if they were completely in charge, according to a new study...

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Getting infrastructure ready for the rising generation of vehicles means rethinking from the ground up

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Fifty years ago, a bright, shiny spacecraft delivered humans to the moon for the first time. That breathtaking achievement captured the...

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Robosense and Controlworks will provide smart LiDAR sensor systems to Korean automotive industry

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Targeted to Level 3+ mass production passenger cars, RoboSense provides advanced Smart Sensors based on the RS-LiDAR-M1, a revolutionary...

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Virtual car sharing combines telepresence robots and autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jul 30, 2019 in Cars, Technology

One of the remaining challenges for autonomous cars is figuring out a way to handle that long tail of weird edge cases that can randomly...

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StradVision unveils autonomous vehicle camera tech

Posted on Jul 30, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Deep learning-based software provider StradVision has unveiled its advanced autonomous vehicle camera technology at an expo. The company...

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Nvidia’s autonomous robocar replaces the combustion engine for good

Posted on Jul 30, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

In July 2019, the first racing competition for self-driving cars -Roborace – took place at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The race...

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Startup prepares for production of lidar at scale

Posted on Jul 29, 2019 in Cars, Technology

In some respects, Austin Russell personifies a stereotypical Silicon Valley wunderkind. He dropped out of Stanford University at age 18 to...

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Tesla Semi electric motorhome concept: a zero-emission and self-driving home

Posted on Jul 29, 2019 in Cars, Technology

As Tesla is preparing to launch its ‘Tesla Semi’ electric truck next year, some are starting to imagine other possible applications than...

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Military working to make its autonomous technology smarter

Posted on Jul 29, 2019 in Technology, Trucks

Keeping soldiers safe continues to be the main reason the military enlists unmanned vehicles into its ranks, especially for resupply...

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Google’s DeepMind is using StarCraft II to help train self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 28, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Finding new ways to train neural networks is becoming more important all the time, especially as the race to develop autonomous cars heats...

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Waymo uses evolutionary competition to improve its self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 28, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The process of training self-driving car AI is seldom efficient when you need to either use a massive amount of computing power to train...

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How HD Maps work in self-driving cars

Posted on Jul 25, 2019 in Cars, Technology

HD maps are essential for self-driving cars. They have a high accuracy of object locations, up to 10 cm. Self-driving cars use HD maps for...

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Keys to get Tesla revving? Navigating battery and self-driving tech

Posted on Jul 25, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Tesla (TSLA) has long been a battleground stock, as evidenced by its extremely volatile share action in recent years. But a breakthrough...

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DeepMind is helping Waymo evolve better self-driving AI algorithms

Posted on Jul 25, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Waymo’s self-driving cars now have something in common with the brains that guide regular vehicles: their intelligence comes partly from...

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New “automated following” tech lets one driver control two trucks

Posted on Jul 25, 2019 in Technology, Trucks

Peloton Technology’s vision of the future of truck automation includes trucks that aren’t autonomous at all. At the recent Automated...

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This mini chip-sized LiDAR can fit on your fingertip!

Posted on Jul 24, 2019 in Cars, Technology

LIDAR, which stands for Light Detection and Ranging, is a surveying method that measures distance to a target by illuminating the target...

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AV war heats up as Nissan launches revolutionary self-driving tech

Posted on Jul 24, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Since 2016, Nissan has offered its autonomous drive tech ProPilot on a variety of models including the Rogue. This Advanced Driver Assist...

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