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NXP Semiconductors buttresses automotive ethernet bet

Posted on Sep 5, 2018 in Cars, Technology

No one knows what it will take to build the autonomous car of the future. But almost everyone knows that it will require many cameras,...

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Waymo, Uber driverless projects make scanning sensors cheaper

Posted on Sep 5, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Google’s Waymo, Uber and carmakers GM and Mercedes-Benz are among the companies working to put driverless vehicles in showrooms. That...

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A major push to use blockchain to link autonomous vehicle development on open-source network

Posted on Sep 5, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

“There is no central administrator to approve the transactions, no middle man linking the participants of the network (e.g. a charging...

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Mando acquires California autonomous vehicle testing permit

Posted on Sep 4, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Mando, a global auto parts manufacturer of the Halla Group (CEO Chung Mong-won), announced on August 30 that it acquired the autonomous...

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Taking autonomous driving to the next level with HD maps

Posted on Sep 4, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Trucks, Webinars

In this 60-minute webinar, Christian Hering, Product Manager EB robinos at Elektrobit and Frans de Rooij, Regional Director, Product...

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Autonomous driving: BMW Group focuses on Level 3 and 4

Posted on Sep 4, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The levels of autonomous driving are representative of an ever greater autonomy of the car and reduced reliance on the active cooperation...

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Assessing technology, liability, safety and public acceptance in the autonomous future

Posted on Sep 3, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology

Carol Schweiger, President of Schweiger Consulting and Chairperson of the New England Intelligent Transportation Society, discusses...

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The CEO of OTTO Motors has some intriguing ideas

Posted on Sep 1, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

I am in the middle of a market study on the autonomous mobile robot market. When doing this kind of study, you talk to as many executives...

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Autonomous home delivery: Last-mile logistics

Posted on Sep 1, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

The impact of autonomous (driverless) vehicles on home delivery has been a hot topic over the past few years, mostly because of the...

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Volvo teases potentially self-driving 360c concept in videos

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

Is Volvo preparing to show its vision for self-driving cars to the world? New teaser videos that highlight an upcoming concept called the...

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A first ride in Waymo’s self-driving car prototype: Google plays it safe, and smart

Posted on Aug 30, 2018 in Cars, Technology

On Thursday morning, Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Waymo—both of which can be colloquially lumped together as part of Google,...

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Knorr-Bremse: Future concepts for automated commercial vehicles

Posted on Aug 30, 2018 in News, Technology, Trucks

At the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Knorr- Bremse, the global market leader for braking systems and a leading supplier of...

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Tesla patents technology to automate turn signals to improve safety, reduce idiot factor

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

Tesla has filed for a new patent that describes a technology to automate turn signals. Surprisingly, it sounds like the technology is...

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Are we ready for the digital tsunami?

Posted on Aug 30, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

How do we prepare for and manage what’s known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution? A technological metamorphosis is upon us, and we...

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Renault Samsung granted permit to test autonomous cars in South Korea

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

Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) Corp. said Thursday that it has received temporary approval from the country’s transportation ministry...

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Blickfeld wants to give AVs better, more affordable vision

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

Blickfeld wants to give autonomous vehicles the gift of sight. Using cheaper components and deploying micromechanics to reduce size and...

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Taking Tesla’s 14-day Autopilot trial for a spin

Posted on Aug 29, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Tesla opened up its 14-day Enhanced Autopilot (EAP) trial for some Model 3 owners over the weekend and we were included in the update. We...

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Miniature Lidar

Posted on Aug 29, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

The Micro-Motion Technology (MMT) platform of miniature lidar solutions from Cepton Technologies Inc. are designed for autonomous driving....

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Baidu researchers develop a new auto-tuning framework for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 29, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Researchers at Chinese multinational tech company Baidu have recently developed a data-driven auto-tuning framework for self-driving...

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How do you get people to trust autonomous vehicles? This company is giving them ‘virtual eyes.’

Posted on Aug 29, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

One of the biggest challenges facing car companies developing driverless vehicles has little do with sophisticated robotics or laser...

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