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Scania's Advanced Emergency Braking System Stopped Truck Used In Berlin Attack
Scania's Advanced Emergency Braking System Stopped Truck Used In Berlin Attack

29 Dec 2016, 09:11 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Investigators have found that the Scania R450 truck used in the Berlin attack had an advanced emergency braking system that saved numerous lives.

 
Ford Reveals Next-Generation Autonomous Driving Technology on Fusion Hybrid
Ford Reveals Next-Generation Autonomous Driving Technology on Fusion Hybrid

28 Dec 2016, 12:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ford will showcase its next-generation autonomous driving tech at the 2017 Detroit Motor Show. It is still fitted to the Fusion Hybrid, but it's way better

 
Honda Will Get Google-Developed Tech For Autonomous Car With Waymo Partnership
Honda Will Get Google-Developed Tech For Autonomous Car With Waymo Partnership

22 Dec 2016, 09:08 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Waymo, the self-driving car division of Alphabet, has signed a partnership with Honda. The Japanese brand could get self-driving technology made by Google

 
Porsche Boss Isn't Against Autonomous Cars, Just Don't Expect One From Them Soon
Porsche Boss Isn't Against Autonomous Cars, Just Don't Expect One From Them Soon

23 Nov 2016, 17:45 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Oliver Blume, the CEO of Porsche, has made a few remarks in an interview regarding self-driving cars. He's not against them, but not planning one either

 
California's Proposed Rules For Self-Driving Cars Could Rename Tesla's Autopilot
California's Proposed Rules For Self-Driving Cars Could Rename Tesla's Autopilot

3 Oct 2016, 13:11 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Tesla's Autopilot stirs controversy once again, as the system's name might be considered unapproved by the regulators that are focusing on self-driving cars

 
Pittsburgh Is the First City to Have Self-Driving Cars From Uber
Pittsburgh Is the First City to Have Self-Driving Cars From Uber

14 Sep 2016, 17:33 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Uber has announced that its users in Pittsburgh will be able to hail a self-driving car for their UberX fares. This marks an important milestone in the field

 
Walmart Patented A Self-Driving Shopping Cart
Walmart Patented A Self-Driving Shopping Cart

14 Sep 2016, 13:12 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Walmart has patented a system that would make shopping carts autonomous. The definition of laziness or maximum convenience? We are not sure yet

 
Ford Wants To Offer Autonomous Car Service For Its Employees In 2018
Ford Wants To Offer Autonomous Car Service For Its Employees In 2018

12 Sep 2016, 18:10 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ford's employees in Dearborn, Michigan, will be offered an autonomous car service in 2018. The pilot program pursues the goal of launching a driverless car

 
Japan Will Develop 3D Maps For Self-Driving Cars To Use in 2020
Japan Will Develop 3D Maps For Self-Driving Cars To Use in 2020

6 Sep 2016, 12:16 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Japan has ambitious plans for the future, and one of them involves self-driving cars on its roads by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A 3D mapping project has begun

 
Volvo And Uber Sign Partnership For Autonomous Cars For Ride-Sharing & More
Volvo And Uber Sign Partnership For Autonomous Cars For Ride-Sharing & More

18 Aug 2016, 14:29 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volvo and Uber have signed a partenership for the development of self-driving cars. Uber will have a fleet of self-driving Volvo cars in Pittsburgh

 
Ford Wants To Launch A Fully Autonomous Car By 2021, It's For Ride-Sharing
Ford Wants To Launch A Fully Autonomous Car By 2021, It's For Ride-Sharing

17 Aug 2016, 10:06 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ford has doubled its Silicon Valley research team and has invested in tech companies to enable it to launch a self-driving car by 2021

 
Google Self-Driving Car Project's CTO Leaves Company
Google Self-Driving Car Project's CTO Leaves Company

8 Aug 2016, 09:33 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Chris Urmson, one of Google's robotics specialists, has decided to leave the company. Urmson was the Chief Technical Officer of the self-driving car project

 
UAE Sees Driverless Cars As Solution To Reducing Traffic Accidents
UAE Sees Driverless Cars As Solution To Reducing Traffic Accidents

25 Jul 2016, 11:36 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The United Arab Emirates are beginning to see autonomous cars as the solution to reducing the number of car accidents that occur on its roads

 
Autonomous Cars Could Lead To Traffic Congestion, Study Warns
Autonomous Cars Could Lead To Traffic Congestion, Study Warns

20 Jul 2016, 09:50 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A recent study has shown that self-driving cars could benefit traffic conditions in certain conditions, but there is a strong risk of causing road congestion

 
Volvo Doesn't Plan to Deploy Fully Autonomous Cars In Urban Areas
Volvo Doesn't Plan to Deploy Fully Autonomous Cars In Urban Areas

15 Jul 2016, 11:47 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volvo representatives have announced they do not intend to make their self-driving system operate in urban areas. They have other ideas in mind

 
Nissan Introduces Japan' First Autonomous Drive Feature On Serena Minivan
Nissan Introduces Japan' First Autonomous Drive Feature On Serena Minivan

13 Jul 2016, 15:10 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Nissan will be the first Japanese automaker to introduce an autonomous drive feature on one of the models it sells in the domestic market, the Serena Minivan

 
Jaguar Land Rover Shows Off-Road Capable Self-Driving Cars
Jaguar Land Rover Shows Off-Road Capable Self-Driving Cars

12 Jul 2016, 11:27 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Jaguar Land Rover wants to take self-driving cars to a new level, and has begun testing autonomous vehicles in off-road action. Here's a demonstration

 
Victim of Fatal Tesla Model S Crash Was Frequent User of Autopilot Feature
Victim of Fatal Tesla Model S Crash Was Frequent User of Autopilot Feature

1 Jul 2016, 13:21 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Yesterday, the world found out that a Tesla Model S customer died following a car accident. He used to film videos of his car while driving on Autopilot

 
Volvo Will Start UK's Largest Self-Driving Car Trial Next Year
Volvo Will Start UK's Largest Self-Driving Car Trial Next Year

28 Apr 2016, 09:25 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volvo has announced one of Europe's largest self-driving car trials. They will have 100 autonomous vehicles on the roads in London by 2018