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self-driving vehicles
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InnovationFederal Government Is ‘All In’ For Autonomous Vehicles
As it rolled out new federal agency guidance at the annual CES event, the Trump administration showed strong support for autonomous vehicles....
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RetailJapanese Truck Designs Aim For New Delivery Frontiers
With a design that would let vehicles be customized for parcel delivery or serve as mini-hotels, trucks are being designed in Japan...
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RegulationCar Companies Call For Softer Self-Driving Regulations
As federal regulators are rewriting rules for autonomous cars, and around 90 organizations have offered up public comments about proposed regulation, according...
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RetailVW And Ford Pulling Into A Self-Driving Car Deal
The race to put the first autonomous vehicles on the road has yielded a variety of unexpected partnerships and pair-ups. And, as...
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InnovationFord To Integrate Walking Robots Into Self-Driving Vans
Ford has announced it is partnering with walking robots maker Agility Robotics for its fleet of self-driving delivery vans. The two will work...
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EcosystemsBoeing Crash Chills Consumer Interest In Self-Driving Cars
There comes a point with new technology when the ideal – the science fiction or research paper’s promise of a new device...
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InnovationKroger, Nuro Bringing Self-Driving Delivery To Houston
Kroger Co., the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank-backed robotics company, announced on Thursday (March 14) the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service...
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InnovationFord To Test Self-Driving Vehicles In Austin
Ford is gearing up to test its self-driving vehicles in another U.S. city, according to reports stating that a testing program in...
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InvestmentsAutonomous Trucking Co TuSimple Becomes Unicorn With $95M Fundraise
TuSimple, a driverless truck startup in California, has achieved unicorn status — a valuation of $1 billion— after a series D funding...
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Intelligence of ThingsEnvisioning Self-Driving Cars: From Grocery Retail To Ride-Hailing
Offering convenience-expecting consumers smooth delivery services is expensive for merchants, particularly when it means paying drivers to work odd hours. The solution,...
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NewsFive At Five: Uber Tests Memberships
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payment and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest retail program...
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RidesharingUber Mulls Bringing On Minority Investor For Self-Driving Unit
Uber, the ride-hailing company, is reportedly mulling bringing on a minority investor to help it bankroll its self-driving unit. Financial Times, citing...
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InnovationWaymo Logs 10 Million Miles Driven On Public Roads
Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by Alphabet, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 10) that its self-driving vehicles have surpassed 10 million miles...
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InnovationWhat, Now, Of The Used Car In An Autonomous Future?
Let us now praise the used car. Let us praise the used automobile, even as self-driving cars and trucks promise to disrupt...
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InternationalBaidu Eyes International Market For AI, Self-Driving Tech
As one of the world’s biggest internet companies, Baidu is homing in on autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI). The tech company...
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RetailNuro’s New Idea For Autonomous Delivery
Founded by two ex-Googlers, autonomous transportation firm Nuro has driven a road less traveled when figuring out how to properly create a...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsToyota Invests $500 Million In Uber As Part Of New Partnership
Toyota Motor is gearing up to invest $500 million in ride-hailing company Uber Technologies as part of a deal to work on...
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EcosystemsBig Players In Connected Vehicles Pick Sides In Standards Battles
The world of connected vehicles is a fragmented one when it comes to standards regarding safety, technology and other areas, but the...
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InnovationWhy Does Arizona Get All Those Self-Driving Tests?
When writers get around to penning the history of autonomous vehicles, Arizona likely will gain mention in the early chapters of those...
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InnovationSelf-Driving Vehicles Face New Speed Bumps
Uber continues to bleed money, and that’s raising fresh questions about whether those losses might lead the company to abandon its efforts...
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Artificial IntelligenceThe Rumor-Filled Race For The Connected Car Future
Americans do a lot of driving. According to the latest edition of the American Driving Survey, each Americans spends about 290 hours a...
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DeliveryFord, Postmates Team Up For Self-Driving Delivery Service
Ford announced on Monday (June 11) that it has teamed up with Postmates, the same-day delivery service, to operate a self-driving delivery...
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InnovationWho Will Control Data Sharing In Web-Connected Vehicles?
When a driver takes delivery of a new car, the relationship with the manufacturer is only getting started. Not only might that...
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DeliverySelf-Driving Delivery Robot Startup Nuro Raises $92M
Nuro, the robot delivery startup created by two former self-driving car engineers for Google, Dave Ferguson and Jiajun “JZ” Zhu, have raised...
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Safety and SecurityBlackBerry’s Jarvis Pitched To Auto OEMs As Cybersecurity Savior
BlackBerry is looking to boost business through the release of new cybersecurity software specifically designed for self-driving cars. According to Reuters, the...
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Mobile Order AheadThe Connected Car Race Kicks Into High Gear At CES
It’s hard to look at the explosion of order-ahead capabilities for coffee, food and even groceries, and to think, “Now that is a concept...
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Intelligence of ThingsNEW REPORT: Connected Cars Drive $212B Annually In Commerce Spend
The right connections can open up plenty of opportunities. And, in the automotive world, connectivity is helping automakers find new opportunities to...
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Merchant InnovationSelf-Driving Vehicle Tech In Store For Lyft?
San Francisco-based ride hailing outfit Lyft is gearing up to bring self-driving vehicle technology to market. But, as the AP reports, the...
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RidesharingArizona Trouble Leads Uber To Scale Back On Self-Driving Vehicles
As of Saturday (March 26), Uber confirmed that it will be suspending testing of its self-driving vehicle program. The announcement came after...
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RetailMichigan Passes Self-Driving Regulations
On Friday of last week (Dec. 9), Michigan became the first state in the union to pass statewide, comprehensive self-driving vehicle regulations...
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MIT’s Underground Delivery Solution
In a quest to solve the logistics challenges of competitive retail delivery, a group of scientists at MIT are taking the low...
