Sentences with phrase «autonomous vehicles move»

As zero - emission and fully autonomous vehicles move closer to reality — not to mention Toyota's two patents related to flying cars — liability and regulatory issues abound.

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That move came despite evidence of deep problems with Uber's autonomous vehicle efforts, dating back as far as December of 2016.

Toyota, the world's largest automaker, is sending 5,000 connected cars that can wirelessly communicate with other vehicles and infrastructure onto the streets of Ann Arbor, Mich., in a real - world experiment designed to move autonomous driving closer to reality.

Both moves are designed to keep the U.K. from falling behind in the development and commercialization of autonomous vehicles.

After a week - long standoff with regulators last December when Uber argued that its cars do not meet the state's definition of an autonomous vehicle because they require constant monitoring by a person, Uber moved its self - driving cars from San Francisco to Arizona, a state with fewer regulations for autonomous vehicles.

CNBC's Phil LeBeau goes behind the wheel of several autonomous vehicles at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to demonstrate how Delphi's new V2E (vehicle to everything) technology allows cars to communicate with each other and avoid accidents, while moving through traffic with greater ease.

Founded by former Alphabet Inc. executive Bryan Salesky and Peter Rander, formerly of Uber Technologies Inc., Argo AI could be a strategic and valuable move for Ford to secure its place in the autonomous vehicle race.

Waymo, originally Google's autonomous vehicle division, has accused one of the best engineers in the field, Anthony Levandowski, of stealing 14,000 documents from it and then moving on to Uber when the ride - hailing company bought Levandowski's new self - driving truck company, Otto, last summer.

Ford, which has been criticized by Wall Street for moving too slowly on the development of self - driving cars and trucks, plans to have a fully autonomous vehicle on the streets by 2021.

Those moves are the most recent indications of Uber's ambitions for autonomous vehicles that can provide services to both consumers and businesses.

Police say a video from the Uber self - driving car that struck and killed a woman on Sunday shows her moving in front of it suddenly, a factor that investigators are likely to focus on as they assess the performance of the technology in the first pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.

Increasing use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Once regulatory hurdles for the use of autonomous air vehicles are cleared, UAS developments could give logistics companies the opportunity to move freight away from central hubs to dispersed regional airfields and change how we transport goods by air.

To win the Ocean Discovery X Prize, researchers will need to develop an autonomous, relatively fast - moving vehicle that can be launched from the air or shoreline.

Breaking new technologies for autonomous, connected and electrified vehicles dominated the 2018 Automotive News PACE Awards Monday night, as 14 suppliers were recognized for moving the industry forward.

Ford Motor Co. is moving planned production of an electric crossover with a 300 - mile range to Mexico from Michigan to make way for additional investment on autonomous vehicles in its home state.

After this transition, the testing program will move again next year, this time to the American Center for Mobility, a facility dedicated to the testing and development of autonomous vehicle technologies.

In an effort to move closer to a fully autonomous vehicle, the 2017 Mercedes - Benz E-Class will have the DRIVE PILOT advanced safety system available.

As we move toward a world with autonomous cars, as you've seen from the likes of the Mercedes - Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion and Future Truck 2025, these type of technological advancements will give drivers the enjoyment of driving with some of the great safety assets of autonomous vehicles.

«Ford EV moving to Mexico to make room for autonomous vehicles in Mich.» originally appeared in Automotive News on 12/6/2017

Instead of being lifted by cables, in a MULTI, each cab is moved by its own linear induction motor, making it an autonomous vehicle running on rails, capable of going up and down as well as horizontally.

That data will increase dramatically as we move to autonomous vehicles — and with more data comes more ways to use it.

For motor carriers, private equity is lining up to acquire majority stakes in well - established trucking companies, Silicon Valley is engaged in a high - stake race to perfect driverless trucks and autonomous vehicles, UBER and Amazon have entered the freight moving industry and NAFTA is being renegotiated.

As the model moves from multi-vehicle ownership to single - vehicle with the increased use of autonomous transport, it seems inevitable that people will look to brands so they can travel (particularly longer distances) in comfort.

[19] Currently, human beings remotely operate unmanned vehicles and directly control their actions; moving forward, humans will transition to a supervisory role, monitoring autonomous technologies out in the field, but not immediately directing their every activity.

Despite that, Uber has been pressing hard to advance its autonomous vehicle operation and move toward completely driverless vehicles, The Times reported.

The move to introduce self - driving cars will see Uber grow its own fleet to a certain extent and also develop autonomous vehicle kits for other cars.

While tech companies like Google are moving aggressively to develop autonomous vehicles, traditional automakers are moving just as fast to add technology that allows cars to brake and steer themselves independently.

California's move to allow empty self - driving vehicles on its roads demonstrates the state's determination to be at the forefront of autonomous - car development in the U.S..

As the industry moves towards autonomous vehicles, Metro Detroit will serve as a hub for a transient and highly skilled technology workforce.