Sentences with phrase «allow driverless cars»

Now, a Stanford team is developing a laser - based system that may allow driverless cars to see around blind corners.

Now, California's motor vehicles officials face an end - of - year deadline to write regulations that will allow driverless cars to go from testing to use by the public in June 2015.

In a first step toward possibly allowing driverless cars in New York, the state is seeking applications from companies interested in testing the vehicles on public roads.

Regulators in California are moving closer to allowing driverless cars to carry passengers, even without a backup driver present.

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The move comes a week after the California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposal that would change industry rules, allowing self - driving car companies to begin using driverless cars to transport passengers.

Last week, Musk said cars currently in production — which include the Model S, Model X, and future Model 3 — will be built with new hardware to allow them to be fully driverless, pending further software validation and regulatory approval.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would allow for the testing and commercialization of driverless cars, and a similar bill has been marked up by the Senate.

Also Thursday, de Blasio called a plan to allow tests by General Motors of driverless cars on city streets «a mistake» and a «danger.»

Should driverless cars be allowed on the roads?

Driverless cars could reduce insurance costs, says Paul Newman of the University of Oxford, by allowing the car to add to its own insurance as road conditions change.

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Then you'll decide what you think and convince the National Transportation Safety Board whether driverless cars should be allowed on the road or not.

Ultimately, a driverless car system is fuelled by data to allow it to work.

Meanwhile, in Ontario, the provincial government just announced on Nov. 8 that it was launching and heavily investing ($ 80 million over five years) in the Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network, a demonstration zone located in Stratford that will allow researchers to hone their technology and test driverless cars in a wide range of realistic traffic and weather conditions.

Starting on January 1, 2016, Ontario will allow testing of driverless cars on provincial roads, but there still needs to be a human operator with a valid driver's licence who can take over in case of problems.

In early April, California's new rules that allow automakers, tech giants and just about anybody to test fully driverless cars on its roads finally took effect.

Hoheisel also said driverless cars would usher in better traffic management on the roads, greater fuel efficiency due to vehicles being driven optimally, and an obvious driver benefit — allowing you to be more mobile and productive while you drive, even reading the newspaper or checking your e-mail.