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UCI researchers: Autonomous vehicles can be tricked into dangerous driving behavior

Posted on May 30, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

When a driverless car is in motion, one faulty decision by its collision-avoidance system can lead to disaster, but researchers at the...

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The big new idea for making self-driving cars that can go anywhere

Posted on May 27, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Four years ago, Alex Kendall sat in a car on a small road in the British countryside and took his hands off the wheel. The car, equipped...

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GM autonomous car blocked a fire truck in San Francisco that was responding to an emergency

Posted on May 27, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Early last month, a fire truck on its way to an emergency was prevented from moving forward, in part, by a Cruise AV test vehicle. This is...

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PGT Trucking, Locomation, and Nikola Corporation present Innovation Showcase

Posted on May 26, 2022 in News, Technology, Trucks

ALIQUIPPA, Pa., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — PGT Trucking Inc., a multi-service transportation firm offering flatbed, dedicated,...

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Tesla Full Self Driving (Beta) performance in rural Northern Wisconsin

Posted on May 26, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

I’ve been testing Tesla’s FSD Beta obsessively for 175 days in Utah and California metropolitan areas, and now in rural Northern Wisconsin...

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Williams Advanced Engineering’s investment fund takes stake in autonomous vehicle training company

Posted on May 26, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

Foresight Williams Technology (FWT) has announced a £1m (US$1.25m) investment in dRISK, an autonomous vehicle testing and training...

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EFF: Don’t let police turn our cars into surveillance platforms

Posted on May 25, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an important warning for us about autonomous vehicles, as well as other vehicles with...

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Baidu-backed automotive startup JiDU prepares for mass production

Posted on May 25, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Joe Xia, CEO of JiDU, announced through Chinese social media on Wednesday that the firm has started body mold casting for its first...

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AI ethics and the quagmire of whether you have a legal right to know of AI inferences about you, including those via AI-based self-driving cars

Posted on May 25, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Inferences, love them or hate them. You decide. One thing that seems abundantly clear is that we cannot live without inferences. As...

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How can driving dynamics keep up with the autonomous, electric revolution?

Posted on May 24, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Many of the greatest innovations and advancements in the automotive sector in the 21st century have been about improving performance and...

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WeRide received strategic investment from Bosch to jointly develop the auto grade and mass production of advanced driving solution in China

Posted on May 24, 2022 in News, Technology

GUANGZHOU, China and SHANGHAI, China, May 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WeRide, a global leading Level 4 autonomous driving technology...

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Michigan plans special robocar/ADAS smart highway on I-94; a dumb highway is better

Posted on May 23, 2022 in Infrastructure, Perspective, Technology

A recent announcement from the state of Michigan and the Cavnue consortium (Pronounced “cavenue”) outlines how it has raised $130M and...

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Self-driving buses, shuttles and delivery vans could soon hit UK roads thanks to £40 million government-funded competition

Posted on May 23, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

A new £40 million competition to kick-start commercial self-driving services, such as delivery vehicles and passenger shuttles, has been...

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And now (drum roll) the swivelling autonomous vehicle cockpit display

Posted on May 23, 2022 in News, Technology

Hyundai Mobis has developed what it claims it the world’s first adjustable display technology for integrated automotive cockpit systems....

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AI ethics unnervingly asking whether AI biases are insidiously hiding societal power dynamics, including for AI self-driving cars

Posted on May 22, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Hiding in plain sight. Have you ever heard that line before? Probably so. It can have various meanings, though the most common...

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Hyundai plans $5 billion investment in U.S. on mobility technology such as autonomous driving and robotics

Posted on May 22, 2022 in Cars, Finance, News, Technology

Hyundai Motor said on Sunday it plans to invest $5 billion in the U.S. by 2025 to further develop mobility technologies in areas like...

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Elon Musk says Tesla will have self-driving cars without the need for human drivers this time next year

Posted on May 22, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Elon Musk told reporters in Brazil that Tesla will have self-driving cars without the need for human drivers behind the wheel for...

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Einride teases a sleek new trailer at inaugural Mesh conference

Posted on May 21, 2022 in News, Technology, Trucks

During its inaugural Einride Mesh technology conference, autonomous EV freight company Einride introduced new software and hardware...

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Where the billions spent on autonomous vehicles by U.S. and Chinese giants is heading

Posted on May 21, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

For years, Alphabet’s Waymo and others leaders have promised autonomous vehicles are just around the bend. But that future has not arrived...

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Luminar’s Austin Russell: ‘We probably shouldn’t have existed’ but lidar will drive next-gen safety anyway

Posted on May 20, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

At TC Sessions: Mobility, Luminar founder and CEO Austin Russell admitted that his now successful company was founded in hubris, but that...

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