Autonomous vehicles

A self-driving car, also known as an autonomous vehicle (AV), connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV), driverless car, robo-car, or robotic car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving safely with little or no human input.

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VW To Test Robotic Chargers For Self-Driving Electric Cars
VW To Test Robotic Chargers For Self-Driving Electric Cars
August 05, 2019  |  Innovation

Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, has announced a pilot project to test the viability of robotic fast-charging systems for self-driving electric...

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Self-Driving Vehicles — And All Their Retail Benefits — Hit Speed Bumps
Self-Driving Vehicles — And All Their Retail Benefits — Hit Speed Bumps
August 05, 2019  |  Retail

Connected and self-driving cars and truck stand as some of the next big frontiers when it comes to retail and retail innovation, but challenges to...

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Elon Musk Says Next Teslas Will Have Netflix, YouTube
Elon Musk Says Next Teslas Will Have Netflix, YouTube
July 29, 2019  |  Innovation

Tesla is adding to its in-car entertainment features and will soon offer Netflix and YouTube streaming on its vehicles’ multimedia screens, Tesla CEO Elon Musk...

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Alphabet’s Waymo, DeepMind Team For More Sophisticated Self-Driving Tech
Alphabet’s Waymo, DeepMind Team For More Sophisticated Self-Driving Tech
July 25, 2019  |  Innovation

Waymo, a self-driving and robotaxi company, and DeepMind, an AI company, have teamed up to better train self-driving software in a way that mimics Darwinian...

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Autonomous Vehicles Run Into Serious Roadblocks
Autonomous Vehicles Run Into Serious Roadblocks
July 22, 2019  |  Innovation

Sometimes, when an idea – especially one that has long stewed in popular imagination – makes serious and well-funded moves toward becoming reality, the excitement...

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Fleet Payments Explore The Connected Car Opportunity
Fleet Payments Explore The Connected Car Opportunity
July 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

As financial service conglomerates and innovators move deeper into the B2B payments field, they’re finding a field of opportunity to disrupt clunky manual and legacy...

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Waymo Brings Self-Driving Vehicles To Lyft Passengers
Waymo Brings Self-Driving Vehicles To Lyft Passengers
June 27, 2019  |  Retail

To make autonomous vehicles available to ridesharing passengers, Alphabet subsidiary Waymo is teaming up with ride-hailing firm Lyft. The trips are limited to a certain...

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Ford-Backed Argo AI Spends $15M On Autonomous Vehicle Research
Ford-Backed Argo AI Spends $15M On Autonomous Vehicle Research
June 25, 2019  |  Investments

Argo AI announced that it has pledged $15 million over five years to fund the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Argo AI Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research....

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China’s AutoX, Pony.ai First To Offer Robotaxis In US
China’s AutoX, Pony.ai First To Offer Robotaxis In US
June 21, 2019  |  International

AutoX and Pony.ai are now the first Chinese companies allowed to offer self-driving robotaxis in the state of California. The California Public Utilities Commission posted...

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