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All the data self-driving cars take in from cameras looks like this

Posted on Jun 18, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Self-driving cars are almost too observant, taking in information from light-emitting LiDAR sensors, radar equipment, microphones, and...

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Startups working on HD maps to make autonomous cars a reality

Posted on Jun 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

With modern technology witnessing exponential growth, the day isn’t too far when commuters will have to barely do backseat driving to...

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GM’s race to outflank Tesla may be stalling out

Posted on Jun 17, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Back in 2017, General Motors CEO Mary Barra painted a future in which America’s largest carmaker would prosper by phasing out the American...

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NVIDIA unveils a ‘supercomputer’ to speed development of self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 17, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Self-driving cars require an entire suite of robust hardware and software to safely navigate on the road. Technologies such as robotics,...

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ZF showcases steering assistance as next advance in truck safety

Posted on Jun 17, 2019 in News, Technology, Trucks

ZF Group recently showcased its latest automated steering technology, offering a preview of the next advances in driver assistance that...

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Huawei AI could power self-driving cars in Europe and China by 2021

Posted on Jun 13, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

“There’s a saying in Huawei, the company spends the first decade of the century on base stations, the second decade on mobile phones, and...

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How China’s first autonomous driving unicorn Momenta hunts for data

Posted on Jun 13, 2019 in Cars, Technology

ao Xudong turned up on the side of the road in jeans and a black T-shirt printed with the word “Momenta,” the name of his startup. Before...

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UL acquires kVA for autonomous vehicle safety biz

Posted on Jun 13, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Global safety science company UL completed the acquisition of US based technical and management consulting company kVA on Thursday. kVA...

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Waymo doesn’t want its self-driving cars to annoy the hell out of you

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Cars, Technology

It’s all about balance when it comes to riding in self-driving cars. The sensor-loaded cars pick up so much more information than a...

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Cheaper sensors could speed more self-driving cars to market by 2022

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The first heavily automated mass-market vehicles for consumers could go on sale as soon as 2022, if one or more vehicle manufacturers...

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Uber unveils next-generation Volvo self-driving car

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Uber Technologies Inc unveiled its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington on Wednesday as it works to eventually deploy vehicles...

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Hyundai Motor invests in Aurora, which is helping it create self-driving hydrogen SUVs

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Hyundai Motor and its Kia division are investing in self-driving tech firm Aurora, which is working with the Korean auto giant to create...

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Self-driving urban vehicle transports people by day, collects trash by night

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Swedish startup Scania is developing a self-driving urban concept vehicle that is designed on a modular system that could allow it to...

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Don’t tell lidar foe Elon Musk but this maker of the robo-car vision tech just raised $170 million

Posted on Jun 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Innoviz Technologies, a maker of laser lidar sensors for self-driving and highly automated cars, just closed a $170 million funding round,...

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How Bosch maintains record pace despite multiple global challenges

Posted on Jun 10, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Some of the biggest European auto suppliers have seen their profits slump over the past year, but Robert Bosch — the largest of them...

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Tesla Autopilot safety stats said imbued with statistical fallacies, interpret cautiously

Posted on Jun 9, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

As I’ve mentioned in my column posts, Tesla and Elon Musk’s vision for the realization of semi-autonomous and fully autonomous cars is...

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TNO and Siemens put connected and automated driving in the fast lane

Posted on Jun 7, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

At the ITS European Conference in Eindhoven, June 3 -6, 2019, TNO and Siemens announced that Streetwise, TNO’s real-world scenario...

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Bans on facial recognition will impact self-driving cars, reciprocally so

Posted on Jun 6, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Recent headlines have made well-known the ban that San Francisco has enacted on facial recognition within its borders, becoming the first...

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Bosch demos new systems to improve autonomous vehicle safety, performance

Posted on Jun 6, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Remember that old Saturday Night Live bit where the best way to improve almost anything is “more cowbell?” Based on a series of...

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Tesla now offers early software updates to Full Self-Driving buyers, report says

Posted on Jun 5, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla has been offering an option called Full Self-Driving option on its cars for years now, despite the FSD technology not being ready...

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