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Self-driving cars rolled out at CES 2019

Posted on Jan 8, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Julia Boorstin reports from the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas to bring “Squawk Box” the latest prototypes of...

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The future of autonomous cars may involve facial sensors

Posted on Jan 8, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

We’ve come a long way since Henry Ford first rolled out the Model T in 1908, and car companies have ensured that the future is autonomous...

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Flir’s Automotive Development Kit taps thermal imaging to improve driverless cars

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

Lidar — sensors that measure the distance to objects by illuminating them with light and measuring the reflected pulses — are the...

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Toyota’s Guardian system aims to help human drivers, not replace them

Posted on Jan 7, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Among companies developing self-driving cars, Toyota is unusual in that it’s taking a two-pronged approach to the technology. The Japanese...

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ZF says NVIDIA partnership signals lead on artificial intelligence

Posted on Jan 7, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology

Top executives at German auto supplier ZF say the company has jumped to the front of the pack when it comes to development of a...

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CES 2019 has begun: Here’s how to see it as it happens

Posted on Jan 6, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

CES 2019, the annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, has a show floor that spans at least three venues and runs from Tuesday, Jan....

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TomTom debuts end-to-end autonomous driving system at CES 2019

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

CES 2019 isn’t officially starting until Tuesday, January 8, but there’s already news about some of the innovations that we can expect to...

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Toyota’s latest self-driving test car is smarter than ever

Posted on Jan 4, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

We got a look at Toyota’s first self-driving research vehicle way back during CES 2013, and now the company will introduce the...

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Tesla leaks info about new self-driving computer in latest software update

Posted on Jan 4, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla is working on its new Autopilot Hardware 3, which consists of a new neural net computer that they claimed will be the ‘world’s most...

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Aptiv wants to use AI software to read vehicle occupants’ moods

Posted on Jan 3, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Self-driving cars use an array of sensors to “see” the world around them, but those sensors may also soon point inward....

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Hyundai wants its cars to park and hook up to EV chargers on their own in the future

Posted on Jan 3, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Hyundai and Kia are the latest automakers to demonstrate how future autonomous cars could eliminate one of the most annoying aspects of...

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Kia to showcase new autonomous driving technologies at CES 2019

Posted on Jan 3, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology

Kia Motors is previewing a range of new technologies developed for the post-autonomous driving era at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019,...

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11 big autonomous vehicle & AI stories — #NewsBonanza

Posted on Jan 2, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Technology

Following up on EV battery and EV charging #NewsBonanza posts, here’s one on 11 autonomous vehicle & AI stories from the past couple...

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Engineer who spurred court battle over autonomous tech forms new self-driving truck biz

Posted on Jan 2, 2019 in News, Technology, Trucks

Anthony Levandowski, the autonomous tech engineer who was at the center of a prominent court battle between Google‘s self-driving venture...

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The most amazing artificial intelligence milestones so far

Posted on Dec 31, 2018 in Cars, Technology

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hot topic of the moment in technology, and the driving force behind most of the big technological...

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5 profound lessons in the mobility space in 2018

Posted on Dec 31, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Looking back, like so many of us are wont to do at the end of the Gregorian calendar year, 2018 was a year like so many: ups, downs,...

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Kroger — not Uber, Google or Cruise — may be on the leading edge of driverless adoption

Posted on Dec 31, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

For all the multi-billion-dollar investments by automakers and Silicon Valley, regulatory hand-wringing around the globe, and geeky...

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5 transportation technologies that will boom or bust in 2019

Posted on Dec 31, 2018 in Cars, Technology

As we enter 2019, we wanted to take a moment to discuss some of the hottest transportation technologies and assess their prospects for the...

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Tesla wants more employees to participate in Autopilot Hardware 3 testing

Posted on Dec 30, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is calling for more employees to participate in the testing of Autopilot Hardware 3, with offers of discounts on the...

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CES is apparently going to be everything to everyone when it comes to mobility

Posted on Dec 30, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Technology, Trucks

Having signed up to attend CES as a media representative, my inbox has turned into the fertile ground for some of the most vague, most...

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