Post Tagged with: "vehicles"
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Google self-driving spinoff Waymo: Humans can’t be trusted for backup, they nap, put on makeup
Even Google spin-off Waymo’s own self-driving car backup drivers couldn’t keep themselves prepared to take over in an emergency: report.
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Google patents system to reduce injuries to pedestrians, cyclists when self-driving cars hit them
The patent modifies the concept of the “crumple zone” built into many vehicles.
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Google’s self-driving car plans revealed in patent applications
Several patent applications from Google made public Dec. 22 provide a window into the secretive self-driving car program the firm just spun off as a separate business called Waymo.
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Self-driving cars: Feds release long-awaited rules
The U.S. government on Tuesday released new rules for the fast-growing, high-profile world of self-driving cars, touting the technology’s possible safety benefits and potential. “Automated vehicles have the potential to […]
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Survey: People still wary of self-driving cars
U.S. drivers still aren’t quite as excited about self-driving vehicles as tech and car companies are, according to a new study released Monday. Nearly half of respondents to an April […]
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Autonomous cars decades away from full deployment: Moody’s report
An array of companies has sparked plenty of hoopla regarding projects to develop and launch self-driving vehicles, but widespread adoption isn’t likely to happen until well after the halfway mark […]
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Tesla plunges after Consumer Reports casts doubts on Model S reliability
Shares of Palo Alto-based Tesla Motors plummeted Tuesday after Consumer Reports raised doubts about the company’s Model S electric vehicle. Consumer Reports praised the Model S highly for performance, but […]
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Cars and tech: Chrysler recall over hacking concerns, plus Tesla, Honda and more
We have developments at the corner of Cars and Tech. Showing that carmakers’ embrace of connected technology in their vehicles can be costly, Chrysler today announced a recall of 1.4 million […]
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Quoted: on proposal to equip vehicles with black boxes
“Will devices serve the consumer/owner, or some other powerful interest such as the government or big companies?” — Jay Stanley, a policy analyst for the American Civil Liberties Union, on […]
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Tech and policy: Lofgren’s Internet bills, Do Not Track, driverless cars
We’re once again at the corner of tech and policy, talking privacy, free speech and other rights in the age of the Internet. And yes, driverless cars (which come with […]
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