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Waabi’s new simulator could scale autonomous vehicle tech faster

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 in News, Technology

Testing autonomous vehicles on public roads is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor, and one that Raquel Urtasun, former chief...

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What’s the difference between autonomous vehicles and driver-assistance tech?

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Your new car is packed with a bunch of driver-assist features. But that doesn’t exactly make it an autonomous vehicle. So what’s the...

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Automation won’t eliminate truckers

Posted on Feb 8, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology, Trucks

Even though U.S. job openings are close to 11 million— including 580,000 openings in transportation, warehousing, and utilities—truckers...

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Musk looks increasingly isolated as automakers embrace lidar

Posted on Feb 8, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Elon Musk is skeptical of putting lidar sensors on vehicles, but a growing number of his competitors are quietly adding the technology to...

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Tesla cut a steering component from some cars to deal with chip shortage, sources say

Posted on Feb 8, 2022 in News, Technology

Under pressure to hit fourth-quarter sales goals while coping with widespread semiconductor shortages, Tesla decided to remove one of the...

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Automotive simulation platform Morai secures $20.8M Series B to expand its global footprint

Posted on Feb 8, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

Morai, which provides autonomous vehicle developers with automotive simulation tools to verify the safety and reliability of self-driving...

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Lucid’s LiDAR-based DreamDrive Pro is cheaper than Tesla FSD in the US, more expensive in Canada

Posted on Feb 7, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Semi-autonomous driving technology is a hot topic right now. Sadly, much of that attention has been less than positive but Lucid has just...

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How computer vision can create smart transportation systems

Posted on Feb 6, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

There are three attributes that every smart city—or any place of human settlement for that matter—must possess in abundance—livability,...

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Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta runs into a pole in what could be the first FSD accident caught on video

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

A Tesla vehicle using Full Self-Driving Beta has been caught on video running into a pole in what could be the first accident on the FSD...

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Strict literal interpretation is a hardheaded drawback of machine learning and likewise bad for AI self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Here’s an interesting thought experiment. Pretend that you took all words at their literal interpretation, all of the time, wherever you...

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Audi’s top lawyer says don’t expect to be sleeping while your autonomous car drives you

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

There’s a lot of talk about autonomous vehicles and the freedoms they will supposedly allow but at this point, it’s still hard to see with...

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This is not a self-driving car

Posted on Feb 4, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

The way we talk about cars and driving is changing — faster than most people can really keep up. Which is why we need to be periodically...

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Audi and Aptiv invest $285 million in ‘orchestral director’ for self-driving car data

Posted on Feb 3, 2022 in Cars, Finance, News, Technology

An automotive software firm little known outside the industry has raised $285 million in fresh funds to help realize carmakers’ ambitions...

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Baraja and Tier IV collaborate for autonomous vehicle sensing

Posted on Feb 3, 2022 in News, Technology

Baraja, creator of the breakthrough Spectrum-Scan™ LiDAR technology for autonomous vehicles, and Tier IV, an open-source autonomous...

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Annotell raises $24M for tech that tests autonomous vehicle perception systems to improve how they work

Posted on Feb 3, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

As the automotive industry inches slowly ahead on the road to self-driving vehicles, we’re seeing the emergence of startups aiming to fill...

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Annotell raises $24M for tech that tests autonomous vehicle perception systems to improve how they work

Posted on Feb 3, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

As the automotive industry inches slowly ahead on the road to self-driving vehicles, we’re seeing the emergence of startups aiming to fill...

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This is how GM’s Cruise plans to beat the competition

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

General Motors’ (NYSE:GM) Cruise is collecting data for its self-driving cars at any cost, using more sensors on its vehicles than...

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Level 4 platform built into fleet of Toyota Sienna robotaxis

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in Cars, Technology

Robotaxis—self-driving taxi services operated by ridesharing companies—are on their way to becoming a major mobility solution. Robotaxi...

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Self-driving car companies zoom ahead, leaving U.S. regulators behind

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) to General Motors Co’s...

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Toyota Research Institute programs the world’s first car that can ‘autonomously drift’ around obstacles to avoid accidents

Posted on Feb 2, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Could the act of drifting in a vehicle help prevent accidents? One day its might be possible, so engineers at the Toyota Research...

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