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San Francisco Mayor Says Driverless Cars Are ‘Future of the Streets’
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Days after a fatal self-driving-car collision in Arizona, six makers of driverless vehicles came to San Francisco on March 22 to demonstrate their technology — and emphasize its safety features — to city leaders and public-safety officers.
March 23, 2018After Uber Crash, Florida Still Welcomes Free-Range Robot Cars
Ford has chosen Miami-Dade to be the first large-scale test site of its self-driving vehicle fleet. (Ford)
The anything-goes approach meant to bring autonomous vehicles to Florida won’t change after the first fatal collision.
March 23, 2018Video From Self-Driving Uber Car Captures First Fatal Collision
A still photo from a dashcam video taken inside a self-driving Uber vehicle shows pedestrian appearing suddenly in a dark roadway moments before the collision. (Tempe, Ariz., police department via AP)
Police in Tempe, Ariz., on March 21 released dashcam videos of the fatal accident March 18 in which an Uber car operating in autonomous mode struck and killed a pedestrian, showing the car did not slow down or alter its course to avoid her.
March 21, 2018Trump Infrastructure Proposal Could Fund Self-Driving Truck Lanes, DOT Official Says
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Projects aimed at building dedicated lanes for self-driving trucks would qualify for funds under President Donald Trump’s infrastructure proposal unveiled last month, a top federal transportation official said March 16.
March 20, 2018Toyota Pauses Robot-Car Program Citing Drivers’ Emotional Toll
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Toyota Motor Corp. has halted tests of its “Chauffeur” autonomous driving system on U.S. public roads after a Uber Technologies Inc. vehicle operating in autonomous mode under the supervision of a human safety driver struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, on March 18.
March 20, 2018Uber Crash Is Nightmare Driverless World Feared but Expected
This March 19, 2018 still image taken from video provided by ABC-15, shows investigators at the scene of a fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber car on the street in Tempe, Ariz. (ABC-15.com via AP)
Waymo recently showed a video of people riding in its self-driving minivans. They thumbed their phones, yawned and one snoozed. he message: Driverless cars are so safe, they’re boring.
March 20, 2018Uber Death Elicits Warning From Teamsters Wary of Robo-Truckers
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The largest union for U.S. truck drivers, which has taken a cautious view of autonomous vehicles, called for stronger safeguards after a self-driving SUV operated by Uber Technologies Inc. killed a pedestrian in Phoenix on March 18.
March 20, 2018Uber Suspends Autonomous Truck Testing After Arizona Pedestrian Death Involving Car
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Uber is temporarily suspending its autonomous vehicle operations — including trucks — in the wake of an accident with one of its autonomous cars that resulted in a fatality, the company confirmed March 19 to Transport Topics.
March 19, 2018'Fast and Furious' Driverless Cars Aren’t as Crazy as They Sound
Employees wearing virtual reality headsets wheel controllers to perform maneuvers on virtual simulations on the Ascent Robotics Inc. Atlas software in Tokyo. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg News)
Self-driving cars will rarely have to deal with a pack of drivers who think they are in a “Fast and Furious” movie, but training them to do so might just be what it takes to reach true autonomy.
March 19, 2018Lyft, Auto Parts Maker Magna Partner on Autonomous Vehicles
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Ride-hailing company Lyft is joining with large Canadian auto parts supplier Magna to develop self-driving vehicles, sharing expenses on a multi-year project that could vault them onto the leader board in autonomous technology.
March 16, 2018