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Fisker bets its self-driving shuttles will ferry future commuters

Fisker has announced that is working on an autonomous vehicle called the Orbit, a driverless shuttle that will soon ferry commuters around. Fisker teamed up with Protean to equip the Orbit with in-wheel electric motors, a layout that maximizes interior space. The first prototypes will begin testing in late 2018.
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Ford’s driverless delivery vehicle actually has a driver

Ford has a plan to launch a meal-delivery service within the next few years using autonomous cars that it's developing. But a pilot scheme currently underway in Miami is using a driver to control the car, allowing researchers to instead focus on developing the system for dispatching and collecting ordered meals.
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Tesla says driver ignored warnings from Autopilot in fatal California crash

Tesla reported that repeated Autopilot warnings were ignored prior to a fatal crash in a Tesla Model X in Mountain View, California. The National Transportation Safety Board has released its own preliminary report about the crash, noting that the driver did not have his hands on the wheel before impact.
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Waymo autonomous vehicles will reach 7 million test miles this week

Waymo just keeps burning up the pavement. On Tuesday, the company's chief business development officer announced that its fleet of autonomous vehicles will reach 7 million test miles driven by the end of this week. That means that Waymo's testing pace has accelerated significantly in the last month.
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California snips legal red tape for robot taxis

Fancy a free ride in a driverless car? California is now allowing autonomous-vehicle companies to offer rides to regular folks, and they're not allowed to charge for the journey. The move follows in the footsteps of Arizona and comes as the state explores the viability of robot taxi services.
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Waymo orders a huge number of self-driving cars for robot taxi services

Waymo has ordered a huge number of self-driving cars for its planned robot taxi service. It currently has 600 autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans on the road, but it's just ordered another 62,000. Yes, you read that right: 62,000. It's not clear when they'll be ready, or how it plans to deploy all of them.
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We may be ready for autonomous cars, but how about self-driving bikes?

A U.K.-based company, AB Dynamics, has created a self-driving motorbike. The reason? To help simulate real world driving conditions on test tracks which could help make future autonomous or semi-autonomous cars smarter. Check it out in all its amazing self-balancing glory.
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Could fleets of self-driving cars become a public health concern?

Could self-driving and autonomous vehicles being used as public transportation be considered a public health concern? Who will keep things clean for driver-less vehicles if there's no driver to maintain it? Taxis, Ubers, and even Lyfts, have questionable levels of cleanliness already.
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Uber faces obstacles as it seeks to resume autonomous car tests in Pennsylvania

Uber recently shut down its autonomous car testing program in the Phoenix area, but it wants to resume testing prototypes in Pennsylvania and California in the not-too-distant future. The mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, won't welcome the company with open arms. He wants Uber to observe stricter guidelines.
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See what it’s like to take a ride in Drive.ai’s self-driving taxi

Drive.ai is weeks away from launching a self-driving taxi trial in Frisco, Texas. But to give us all a glimpse into what it will be like to ride in one of its autonomous cars along public roads and in traffic, the Silicon Valley-based company has released a video showing its technology in action.
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Apple expands autonomous car fleet as major Chinese player comes to town

Apple now has the second-largest fleet of self-driving cars on the streets of California. It's just added 10 more, so it's now licensed to test 55 of its high-tech vehicles in the state. The news comes as Chinese ridesharing giant Didi Chuxing received a license to start testing its own autonomous cars in California.
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Ohio governor says you ‘have to take risks’ as state welcomes driverless cars

The governor of Ohio has given permission for driverless-car tests in the state. While acknowledging the awfulness of the recent tragedy in Arizona when an autonomous Uber car struck and killed a pedestrian, Governor Kasich said it was nevertheless right to "take risks" when developing new technologies.
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Toyota research arm to construct new test track for automated vehicles

Tests deemed too dangerous for self-driving vehicles to perform on public roadways will now be relegated to a new facility, courtesy of TRI. The carmaker's research arm has announced the construction of a new closed-course test facility that will help Toyota continue to develop its autonomous car technology.
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World’s first highway test facility for autonomous vehicles opens in Michigan

Th e American Center for Mobility has opened its new highway testing division at its facility in Michigan, enabling the testing of semiautonomous and autonomous driving technology in high-speed situations.
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Autonomous-car firms in no rush to get unmanned vehicles onto California roads

California is now welcoming autonomous-car companies to take unmanned vehicles onto its roads, but so far only one has applied.
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8 things kids born in 2018 will never experience, thanks to technology

Here are our predictions for eight things that the class of 2036 (that’s today’s kids at 18) won’t experience.
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Toyota halts autonomous car tests on public roads following Uber crash

Toyota has suspended public tests of its autonomous cars, citing the emotional toll Sunday's fatal Uber accident may have had on its own test drivers.
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A self-driving car in every driveway? Solid-state lidar is the key

Your car needs lidar to drive itself, but these sensors often cost more than a car. Cheap solid-state technology promises to unlock a self-driving revolution.
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Rolls-Royce thinks autonomy could take us back to the good ol’ days of design

Rolls-Royce is preparing to introduce its second bespoke project, and it sees a growing number of opportunities for the future.
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Toyota dedicates a new research company to autonomous tech

Meet Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, a brand new company which will focus on advancing the development of self-driving technology.
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Autonomous cars with remote operators to hit California streets in April

Autonomous cars operated via remote drivers may soon hit the road in California.The state DMV has said that it expects to approve the plan within a few days.
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Tesla revives its plan for a coast-to-coast autonomous drive

Tesla boss Elon Musk said on Wednesday, February 7 that he's still up for the coast-to-coast drive using a fully autonomous Tesla car, and he has given a time frame for it, too.
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Daimler and Robert Bosch are teaming up to bring autonomous taxis to the road

Daimler will soon begin testing robo-taxis "in the next few months" alongside automotive supplier Robert Bosch.
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Nuro wants to make pizza delivery guys a thing of the past

We learn about Nuro's newest approach to the autonomous car trend. It created a driverless car designed specifically for last-mile deliveries, potentially rendering awkward pizza delivery guys and Amazon couriers a thing of the past.
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Good luck getting out of a ticket with Ford’s A.I.-enabled police car

If built, Ford's autonomous police cruiser would recognize vehicles violating the law and use car-to-car communication to obtain the driver's license information and issue a ticket.
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Voyage finds the perfect place to test autonomous cars — a retirement village

The golden years are looking brighter than ever now that self-driving cars are involved. Voyage is testing autonomous cars in The Village.
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At CES 2018, autonomous cars took the wheel and drove into the future

Autonomous cars had a huge showing at CES 2018, with astounding concepts on display from Toyota, Nvidia, and more.
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At CES, Harman shows how it’s fighting cyberattacks on autonomous vehicles

At CES, Harman is showcasing its latest Shield Solution to combat cyberattacks and sensor spoofing on autonomous vehicles.
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What happens when Detroit and Silicon Valley meet? Automotive-grade magic

On Tuesday at CES 2018, Hyundai and Cisco revealed a tech road map to reinvent in-vehicle networking with 1Gbps Ethernet, Automotive Linux, and the ability to roll out new features throughout the vehicle at the push of a button.
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Amazon, Google integration helps Panasonic make inroads into your dashboard

Panasonic is working with Google and Amazon to make your car as convenient and user-friendly as your house.
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Nissan’s Brain-to-Vehicle tech lets you control your car with your thoughts

Nissan is experimenting with technology that reads brain activity in real time in order to improve automated systems.
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New Lidar tech uses 128 lasers to help self-driving cars see in high resolution

unveiled this week, Velodyne’s new VLS-128 Lidar sensor doubles the number of lasers in smarter self-driving cars.
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Waymo officially clocks 4 million self-driven miles on the road

Self-driving technology has come a long way in the last several years -- four million miles, to be exact, if we're talking about Waymo.
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Porsche promises it will be one of the last brands to ditch the steering wheel

Some tech features will become must-haves, but Porsche is committed to keeping the steering wheel in its cars for as long as possible.