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Self-Driving Truck Startup Embark Releases Performance Data
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Self-driving truck startup Embark has issued a voluntary report on the performance of its automated trucks, providing a more detailed look at its testing process and the current capabilities of its technology.
January 30, 2019Simulators Provide Virtual Scenarios for Real-World Autonomous Driving
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Self-driving cars virtually have made every mistake imaginable inside the office of Applied Intuition. But that's a good thing, according to the autonomous technology company.
September 12, 2018Lyft Driverless Cars Top 5,000 Rides in Las Vegas
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Lyft driverless cars have provided more than 5,000 rides to passengers on the Las Vegas Strip since May.
August 22, 2018Why Future Vehicles Are More Likely to Be Painted Light Colors
A white Google autonomous car. (Getty Images)
Henry Ford famously said a customer can have a car in “any color that he wants, as long as it is black.” But black on self-driving cars could be deadly.
August 21, 2018Kroger Selects Arizona for Self-Driving Grocery Delivery Pilot
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Kroger Co. is bringing self-driving grocery delivery to Arizona.
August 16, 2018Ford Announces Reshuffling, New Self-Driving Vehicle Unit
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A day ahead of announcing second-quarter earnings, Ford Motor Co. unveiled organizational changes that it says will improve its operations and grow profits.
July 25, 2018Chinese Startups Floor the Pedal in Driverless Car Race
Baidu Inc.'s autonomous car at the company's headquarters in Beijing. Wang Jing, the executive in charge of Baidu's autonomous driving efforts, is on a mission: To push China to the forefront of the coming driverless-car era. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News)
A group of Chinese startups is accelerating efforts to get autonomous vehicles onto roads in the world’s biggest auto market, a country its American peers from Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo to General Motors Co.’s Cruise may find tough to crack.
July 25, 2018How General Motors Became a Force in Autonomous Sector
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GM Cruise is running neck-and-neck with Waymo, a subsidiary of Google, to be first to bring fully autonomous cars to market. The two companies are considered the leaders in a crowded field, and San Francisco is the proving grounds to refine the technology.
July 19, 2018Ex-Apple Employee Stole Secrets for Chinese Firm, US Says
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A former Apple Inc. engineer was arrested on charges of stealing driverless car secrets for a Chinese startup after he passed through the security checkpoint at San Jose International Airport to board a flight to China.
July 11, 2018Daimler, Bosch to Launch Self-Driving Car Service in Silicon Valley
A Robert Bosch GmbH parking sensor column stands on display during an Automated Valet Parking demonstration at the Mercedes-Benz TecDay event in Stuttgart, Germany. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
As self-driving vehicle experiments are launched in a few cities around the United States, Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler AG and a prominent auto supplier are launching a new one in the place that would seem most receptive: Silicon Valley.
July 11, 2018