self-driving cars
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Toyota to test self-driving, talking cars by about 2020
EghtesadOnline: Toyota Motor Corp on Monday said it would begin testing self-driving electric cars around 2020, which will use artificial intelligence (AI) to engage with drivers, as the company…
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Alphabet Finishes Reorganization With New XXVI Company
EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc. is forming a new holding company designed to finalize its evolution from Google, the web search giant, into a corporate parent with distinct arms that protects individual…
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Lyft’s Late Entry Into Self-Driving Cars Gives It Leverage
EghtesadOnline: Lyft Inc. is joining the self-driving car arms race in earnest. It’s all about leverage.
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Alphabet Driverless Ambitions Looked Stalled. Then It Sued Uber
EghtesadOnline: Not so long ago Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving ambitions seemed to have lost momentum despite the company being among the earliest to put experimental autonomous cars on the road.…
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Peugeot gears up with nuTonomy for self-driving car test
EghtesadOnline: French carmaker Peugeot is partnering with Boston, Massachusetts-based tech firm nuTonomy to test self-driving cars in Singapore.
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In self-driving car race, winners get all the way around track
EghtesadOnline: Nine self-driving cars did not quite zoom around a 2-mile (3.2-km) course in Northern California over the weekend in a race involving students and entrepreneurs from startup companies…
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Automaker Geely calls on China to relax mapping rules to speed self-drive development
EghtesadOnline: Chinese automaker Geely called on the government on Thursday to loosen strict controls on mapping, saying current rules in place for national security reasons risk inhibiting…
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Trump administration re-evaluating self-driving car guidance
EghtesadOnline: U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Sunday she was reviewing self-driving vehicle guidance issued by the Obama administration and urged companies to explain the…
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How Anthony Levandowski went from star of Google's self-driving car team to its greatest foe.
Ambitious Engineer at Center of Colossal Fight Between Google and Uber
EghtesadOnline: In 2013, Anthony Levandowski was the star of Google's self-driving car project. The tall, swaggering engineer was featured in a long New Yorker story about the search engine willing…
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New Drone Technology Backed by Bill Gates
EghtesadOnline: Echodyne, a radar array startup with investors including Bill Gates, his Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital, and Seattle’s own Madrona Ventures, just made what the…
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GM plans to build, test thousands of self-driving Bolts in 2018 - sources
EghtesadOnline: General Motors Co plans to deploy thousands of self-driving electric cars in test fleets in partnership with ride-sharing affiliate Lyft Inc, beginning in 2018, two sources familiar…
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Nissan picks London for first European on-road autonomous car tests
EghtesadOnline: Japanese carmaker Nissan said it will conduct its first European real-world trials of self-driving cars in London, choosing Britain just months after it said it would build two…
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Automakers, suppliers team up to share costs of self-driving cars
EghtesadOnline: Automotive suppliers and automakers are expanding alliances to develop self-driving car technology that can serve multiple automakers, as the race to put such vehicles on the…
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Google Pulls Out of Self-Driving Cars
EghtesadOnline: Google has reportedly shelved its long-standing plan to develop its own autonomous vehicle in favor of pursuing partnerships with existing carmakers.
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Apple shows ambition to get into self-driving car race
EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc is wading in to the debate over regulation of self-driving cars, declaring it is excited about the potential for automated transportation and calling on U.S. regulators…
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Autonomous cars to drive chip sector consolidation says NXP
EghtesadOnline: NXP Semiconductor, the world's largest chip supplier to the automotive industry, expects efforts to make self-driving cars will lead to more consolidation in its sector, the company's…
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California proposes giving more freedom to test self-driving cars
EghtesadOnline: California will allow companies more leeway in testing self-driving cars on public roads while restricting how the nascent technology is advertised under revised draft regulations…
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Silicon Valley online course to mint self-driving car engineers
EghtesadOnline: Silicon Valley is creating a crash course in self-driving car technology to address a shortage of engineers with help from a startup in a different field: online education.
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Nvidia shows off smaller artificial intelligence computer for Baidu car
EghtesadOnline: U.S. chipmaker Nvidia Corp showed off on Monday a smaller and more efficient artificial intelligence computer for self-driving cars, saying it would power Baidu's mapping and…
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Volvo and Uber team up to develop self-driving cars
EghtesadOnline: Volvo Car Group has agreed a $300 million alliance with Uber to develop self-driving cars, the latest move by traditional vehicle manufacturers to team up with Silicon Valley…