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COMMENT: How to get consumers ready for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 19, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Autonomous vehicles are the future of the automotive industry, with car companies from Tesla to Fiat Chrysler and Volkswagen developing...

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Chandler named to council for autonomous vehicle group; city official to appear in virtual panel

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

The city of Chandler was named to the Public Sector Advisory Council with the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education, according to a...

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Connected cars: First step toward autonomous driving

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Autonomous vehicle technology is expected to greatly impact connected cars, as much more data will come from an AV, and much more data and...

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How to make cities ready for autonomous vehicles, and AVs ready for cities

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

For any disruptive technology, targeted at any market, there must be a ‘killer app’: a concrete use-case with a well-defined ROI to...

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Pandemic will move autonomous vehicle development forward, J.D. Power says

Posted on Aug 14, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

Automotive engineers and large elements of the automotive press are very excited about the idea of production vehicles that can operate...

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Urban autonomy: The next stage of self-driving

Posted on Aug 14, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

The auto industry is undergoing a major shift, from human-driven cars to autonomous vehicles (AV). Subsequently, the transportation...

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Locomation completes public road trial of semi-autonomous truck convoy tech

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 in News, Trucks

Locomation, an autonomous trucking startup headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, today revealed it successfully completed its first...

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Opportunities and use cases for autonomous trucking, forecast to 2040

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Reports, Trucks

New York, Aug. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “Opportunities and Use Cases...

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FORU Trucking and Trunk establish a joint venture company to accelerate the commercial implementation of autonomous driving trucks

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 in News, Trucks

BEIJING, Aug. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On August 4, FORU Trucking, a technology logistics company, and Trunk, a service provider of...

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These Chinese autonomous vehicle start-ups are keeping their eye on the driverless road

Posted on Aug 8, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

In the auto industry, the dream of high-level automation free from human intervention is as strong as ever. The concept dates back eight...

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TuSimple steps up development of autonomous truck delivery

Posted on Aug 6, 2020 in News, Trucks

Autonomous driving technology company TuSimple has stepped up efforts to develop and commercialise its self-driving technology platform...

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Covid-19 puts autonomous vehicle vision on hold

Posted on Aug 4, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The joint announcement made by Mobileye and Ford two weeks ago sounded as if they were on the verge of a technological breakthrough....

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3 Questions: John Leonard on the future of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 4, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

As part of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future’s new series of research briefs, Professor John Leonard teamed with professor of...

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Exploring the three elephants in the autonomous vehicle room

Posted on Jul 27, 2020 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The expression “elephant in the room” refers to an important question that everyone knows about but no one wants to discuss...

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MIT task force predicts fully autonomous vehicles won’t arrive for ‘at least’ 10 years

Posted on Jul 22, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

Two years ago, MIT launched the Task Force on the Work of the Future, an “institute-wide” effort to study the evolution of jobs during...

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In an industry first, Plus.ai to submit their self-driving trucks to independent testing

Posted on Jul 21, 2020 in News, Trucks

Self-driving truck developer Plus.ai announced today they have finalized an agreement with the Transportation Research Center (TRC) in...

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Self-driving industry takes to the highway after robotaxi failure

Posted on Jul 20, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Trucks

When Sebastian Thrun was starting Google’s self-driving car project in 2009, commercialising the technology was not on anyone’s mind. “We...

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Aurora will test its fleet of self-driving cars and semi trucks in Texas

Posted on Jul 20, 2020 in Cars, News, Trucks

Aurora, the startup founded by former lead engineer for Google’s self-driving project Chris Urmson, is bringing its fleet of test vehicles...

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TuSimple finds a partner to help it build a fleet of robot semi trucks

Posted on Jul 15, 2020 in News, Trucks

US truck maker Navistar is joining forces with TuSimple, a leading autonomous vehicle startup, to build a self-driving semi truck that can...

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Singapore tops Autonomous Vehicle Readiness Index

Posted on Jul 13, 2020 in Buses, Cars, News, Trucks

Singapore has emerged as the country best prepared for the adoption and acceptance of autonomous vehicles (AV), as it ranked first in...

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