Ontario is set to become the first Canadian state to allow testing of self driving cars on public roads, starting January 1st 2016. The Canadian Ministry of Transportation said that at present around 100 companies and institutions are ...
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Toyota said that it is testing a new automated driving vehicle called Highway Teammate and is expected to launch similar products by 2020. Highway Teammate is a modified Lexus GS test vehicle that has already been tested on Tokyo's Shuto ...
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Automotive safety system maker Autoliv has joined the Drive Me project under which the company will work with Volvo to accelerate the autonomous driving (AD) initiative. Drive Me project was established in 2013, and it is a joint ...
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Volvo Cars has revealed one of the industry’s most advanced and easy-to-use interfaces to oversee how drivers will transfer control to a car’s autonomous driving (AD) mode in its forthcoming cars. The advent of autonomous ...
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Daimler has successfully tested the world's first automated truck under real traffic conditions on A8 motorway between Denkendorf and Stuttgart airport in Germany. The Mercedes-Benz Actros truck is equipped with intelligent Highway Pilot ...
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Google has hired former Hyundai boss John Krafcik to spearhead its self-driving car project. He has been working as the president of online car shopping service TrueCar since April 2014 and earlier held management position in Ford. ...
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Tesla pushes into self-driving cars is garnering attention because of its reputation — deserved or not — as being the most technologically advanced car maker on the planet. Conventional all wheel drive vehicles distribute ...
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Communications and information technology company Nokia has signed a deal to sell its HERE digital mapping and location services unit to a consortium comprising Audi, BMW Group and Daimler in a deal worth €2.8bn. The transaction, ...
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US automobile major Ford takes the big leap forward for developing self-driving cars, partnering with firms in Silicon Valley and translating its research initiatives to an advanced engineering level. With 29-year Ford veteran Randy ...
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Don't panic if you see a driver in a moving car with no hands on the wheel because chances are the vehicle is self-driving. Such scenes, previously only found in fiction, are likely to be reality very soon. In late March, Volvo ...
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Nissan is planning to introduce its self-driving cars in Japan by next year, which will be able to navigate on its own on the highway. By 2020, the company aims to further advance the technology and make the car ready to navigate on busy ...
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Astro Teller explained the company’s decision to remove the steering wheel and brakes from the early prototypes of its 'driverless' vehicles. Google’s vision was short lived thanks to the California department of motor ...
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Renault Nissan Alliance CEO Carlos Ghosn has announced at the Mobile World Congress 2015 that company’s autonomous drive technology could be introduced by 2016. According to Ghosn, the first wave of autonomous drive technology will ...
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Apple is reportedly planning to venture into self driving car market and holding talks with car makers and automotive suppliers in this regard. Reuters cited sources familiar with the mater as saying that the iPhone maker is looking to ...
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Volvo Cars introduced a system designed to integrate self-driving cars into real traffic, with ordinary people behind the wheels. Volvo's new production-viable autonomous driving system uses cloud-based positioning systems, intelligent ...
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