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Jul 11, 2017

Forget Waymo, Uber, Tesla, and other other heavily mediatized driverless contenders — German premium carmaker Audi AG has become the first OEM to introduce a Level 3 car sold in retail channels.With t ...

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Jul 10, 2017

Volvo Cars' "all-electric" announcement last week was seen as a direct threat to Tesla's electric vehicle (EV) and driverless lead, but German auto giant Volkswagen (VW) says it is in a better positio ...

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Jul 7, 2017

The auto industry continues to shift into high gear to lay the groundwork for driverless cars with an electric vehicle (EV) emphasis.In the latest high-profile move by a carmaker to gain an edge in se ...

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Jul 6, 2017

A vulnerability in the design of LiDAR components in driverless cars is far worse than anything we've seen yet outside of the CAN bus sphere — with a potentially deadly consequence if exploited.The ha ...

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Jul 6, 2017

China's Baidu, the Chinese equivalent of Google, live streamed a video yesterday of CEO Robin Li riding a self-drive vehicle along the streets and highways of Beijing.Since it's illegal to even test d ...

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Jul 6, 2017

Google quickly learned over five years ago electric vehicles (EVs) were the powertrain of choice for its then fledging driverless car program and the industry has since followed its lead.Now, every ma ...

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Jul 4, 2017

Volvo Cars' claims it will offer Level 4 models by 2021 means the premium carmaker will likely have to finalize the driverless design to meet the aggressive timeline by next year at the latest.But in ...

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Jul 3, 2017

The automotive industry is traditionally very conservative, so when a carmaker says it will launch a particular model or feature by a certain date, it means a lot.Flashback to how carmakers have large ...

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Jun 30, 2017

Many wonder how driverless cars will ever be able to navigate through any driving condition imaginable — but the point is self-taught machines, in theory, have the innate ability to adapt to chaotic a ...

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Jun 30, 2017

Most carmakers now agree with Waymo that piloting driverless cars is best left to the machine — with no meddling from the human.In Waymo's case, this assumption dates back years ago. More recently in ...