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Why I'm Not Buying A Model 3
Forbes - Chuck Jones
I waited in line on March 31, 2016, to put down $1,000 for a Model 3 reservation. Besides doing it for the experience, knowing that the car wouldn’t be available for a couple of years meant that my Prius
The Drive
Autos
Self-Driving-Car Tech Startup Aptiv Debuts Command Center in Las Vegas
The Drive - By Stephen Edelstein
The company deployed a fleet of 75 test cars in Sin City. Aptiv Stephen EdelsteinView Stephen Edelstein's Articles twitter.com/SAEdelstein Aptiv opened a …
Cycling Weekly
Bicycle Racing
Uber warned of self-driving car dangers days before cyclist’s death
cyclingweekly.com - Michelle Arthurs-Brennan
Former manager said 'we shouldn't be hitting things every 15,000 miles' Senior executives at Uber were warned of the dangers of its self-driving cars …
DW News
Flying
Are flying cars the next big thing?
DW News - Chiponda Chimbelu
The future of urban mobility goes beyond the streets where self-driving cars may revolutionize how people travel. Cities are increasingly looking to …
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South Korea
KT develops C-V2X reader for self-driving cars
ZDNet - Cho Mu-Hyun
KT has developed a reader for cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) that will allow autonomous vehicles to detect passersby and traffic …
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China
A short drive across the Pacific
MIT Technology Review - by Jeff Ding
Self-driving cars need the US and China to just get along already. The relationship between the US and China has been chilly lately. After credible …
Seeking Alpha
Windows 10
Apple hires Tesla senior designer
Seeking Alpha - Brandy Betz
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) hires designer Andrew Kim from Tesla, where he served as a senior designer, fueling more speculation about Apple's self-driving …
WIRED
Autonomous Tech
Self-Driving Cars: The Complete Guide
WIRED - Wired
In the past five years, autonomous driving has gone from “maybe possible” to “definitely possible” to “inevitable” to “how did anyone ever think this …
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Autonomous Tech
Demand For Electric And Autonomous Cars In Doubt Despite Huge Investments: AlixPartners
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Nobody will buy an electric vehicle unless it’s loaded with government subsidies and the computer driven car is a solution to a problem that doesn’t …
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Electric Motorcycles
Inside Elon Musk’s Production Hell and More This Week in Cars
WIRED - Aarian Marshall
Today’s troll is tomorrow’s business model. Burger King released an in-app promotion that will let you buy a whopper for 1 measly cent—provided …
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Waymo
Self-Driving Cars Will Hit the Road in a Few Weeks. Are We Ready?
hubspot.com - Amanda Zantal-Wiener
A recent Bloomberg report says that self-driving car maker Waymo is planning to launch a driverless car-hailing service imminently. In as little as a …
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Tesla
Auto-assist devices are a hit and miss with drivers: Roadshow
The Mercury News - Gary Richards
Q: All these articles about cars with autopilot and the drivers who overly rely on the system remind me of a similar issue the aviation industry had …
The Drive
Autos
Proposed Self-Driving Car Legislation Now a 'Long Shot,' According to Republican Senator
The Drive - By Marco Margaritoff
Efforts to pass a bill that would speed up adoption of self-driving cars are likely to be thwarted before Congress adjourns, per Sen. John Thune. Al …
Techmeme
Autonomous Tech
The recklessness of Uber and Tesla in their development of autonomous cars risks alienating a public already wary of self-driving
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Autonomous Vehicle
Are Self-Driving Cars The Future of Transportation? [Infographic]
interestingengineering.com - Jessica Miley
There is no doubt self-driving cars are going to make a major impact on our lives in the coming years..
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Innovation
2019 Tech Predictions: An Autonomous Car Travels Across the United States
Inverse - Mike Brown
The cars are getting more experienced. Despite many setbacks, autonomous cars could finally have their moment in 2019. Specifically, we predict …
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Tech Trends
New Technologies Are Combining to Change Our World
Forbes - James McCann
When I envision fully self-driving vehicles taking over our roads by the mid-2020s, I don’t see that as a specific new technology revolutionizing transportation. I see a combination of technologies, one
CNBC
Border Security
Tech from self-driving cars could solve border security without Trump's $5 billion wall
CNBC - Jeniece Pettitt
The U.S.-Mexico border stretches 1,954 miles. About 700 of those miles have some sort of barricade or fence. The rest of the border is rugged …
Buffalo
WATCH: Teen quits Walmart job with F-bomb laden rant over loud speaker
wivb.com - WFLA
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - A Canadian teen who wanted to have the last word when he quit his job at Walmart is going viral after he posted video of his …
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Travel
Analysts Expect Increased Interest in Flying Cars
skift.com - Esha Dey
Flying cars, long a staple of science fiction, may be landing in the real world sooner than you think. Sleek vehicles floating above their more …
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Augmented Reality
Augmented reality and machine empathy: another great sf story from Sarah Gailey
boingboing.net - Cory Doctorow
Sarah Gailey (who wrote a brilliant, wrenching short story about empathy and self-driving cars) has just published a new story about wearable …
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Autonomous Tech
Video shows man waving gun at Waymo self-driving van in Chandler
azcentral.com - Arizona Republic
Chandler Police released a video of a man waving a gun at a Waymo van, part of a spate of animosity shown to the self-driving program.
Western Massachusetts
From climate change to congestion, Massachusetts has a new transportation plan
masslive.com - By Shira Schoenberg | sschoenberg@repub.com sschoenberg@repub.com
Traffic. Climate change. Autonomous vehicles. Ride-sharing services. The future of transportation in Massachusetts is challenging and uncertain. On …
Autonomous Tech
The Revolution Will Be Driverless: Autonomous Cars Usher In Big Changes
wamu.org
Driverless vehicles could be the "most disruptive technology to hit society worldwide since the advent of the motor car," says former New York City …
Autonomous Tech
The Information’s 411 — Uber, Take the Wheel
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Amir explains how a whistleblower at Uber warned about the problems with their self-driving cars before the deadly collision in Arizona. Priya talks …
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CES
What’s next for in-car entertainment? Audi believes it knows
Digital Trends - Ronan Glon
When they merge into the mainstream, autonomous cars will need to offer ways to keep the passenger formerly in charge of driving entertained. An …
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Volvo
Why LiDAR might have prevented the Tesla Autopilot firetruck crash
Wired UK - Jack Stewart
On Monday, A Tesla Model S slammed into the back of a stopped firetruck on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles County. The driver apparently told the fire …
Pierre Frederic Mombeleuradded this to Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous Tech
Why Retirement Communities Are Perfect for Self-Driving Cars
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How Voyage is deploying autonomous ride-sharing in a unique way Oliver CameronBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Dec 13 At Voyage, we believe that retirement …
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Panasonic
Panasonic is making a massive bet on electric cars — here’s why the US CEO says it’s a ‘slam dunk’ investment
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Panasonic, like many companies today, is betting big on auto tech becoming a massive cash cow in the next decade. New alliances are forming almost …
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Waymo
People keep attacking Waymo’s autonomous cars
Fast Company - By Mark Wilson
So is it everyday troublemaking, or is this a meaningful protest to automation? When I landed in Phoenix, Arizona, last month, to be one of the first members of the public to ride in a Waymo One driverless