Sentences with phrase «new self driving cars»

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Blame the full - size sedan's slow demise on the national obsession with SUVs and Ford Motor Co.» s need to slash costs and remake itself for a new era of self - driving cars and shuttles.

The Taiwan - based firm's new Wisconsin manufacturing facility will make LCDs, which will «be used in everything from self - driving cars to aircraft systems and in the fields of education, entertainment, healthcare, safety and surveillance, advanced manufacturing systems and office automation, among others,» Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said in a statement.

A new study says a fleet of self - driving cars would be far more efficient than a bunch of error - prone humans.

So while the autonomous technology is still evolving, Ford wants to test its new business model centered around logistics so that it can lay the groundwork for a new era shaped by self - driving cars at the company.

The dispute creates a new complication for GM's acquisition, which is intended to help the auto giant compete in what many believe will be a future filled with self - driving cars.

Earlier this year the DMV proposed new restrictions on self - driving car tests, but companies like Apple, Tesla, Ford, and GM resisted this effort.

«In order for technology like Autopilot to be safe, all cars must be outfitted with a simple communication device — perhaps a combination of a camera or GPS at the front of the vehicle — even if they're not self - driving,» said Oren Abadi, CEO of Abadi Motors, a luxury car retailer in New Jersey.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The director of Google's self - driving car project wrote in a blog post Monday that development of the technology has entered a new stage: trying to master driving on city streets.

And he talked about the company's investments in self - driving cars, a new office in Silicon Valley, and transforming Ford into a «mobility» company that was thinking about a world where people might not own cars outright.

NVIDIA»S NEW COMPUTER FOR LEVEL 5 AUTONOMOUS CARS: Nvidia, one of the leading players in the self - driving space, announced a new computing system, dubbed Pegasus, which the company says could power a a Level 5 autonomous car, The Verge reporNEW COMPUTER FOR LEVEL 5 AUTONOMOUS CARS: Nvidia, one of the leading players in the self - driving space, announced a new computing system, dubbed Pegasus, which the company says could power a a Level 5 autonomous car, The Verge repornew computing system, dubbed Pegasus, which the company says could power a a Level 5 autonomous car, The Verge reports.

Driverless car software might not be an instant revenue driver given that the commercialization of self - driving cars might be some years away, but BlackBerry is hoping it will lay the groundwork for a future new revenue stream.

But 33 percent said they would trust a new autonomous specialist or company to make self - driving cars a reality.

All provincial and city governments in China are now authorised to allow testing of self - driving cars, according to new national guidelines released by the Chinese Ministry of Transport.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles had also recently proposed new rules for the self - driving car industry.

Like any new, transformative technology, self - driving cars have the potential to make people's lives easier and safer on a wide scale.

New money: Chris Urmson, former head of self - driving cars at Google (now Waymo), has revealed details about his stealthy startup, Aurora Innovation, to my colleague Kirsten Korosec.

Honda has already spelled out plans to market a vehicle which can drive itself on highways by 2020, and the new target for city - capable self - driving cars puts its progress slightly behind rivals like BMW.

On Friday, the New York Times reported that Apple has laid off dozens of employees on its self - driving car project, and closed down parts of the project entirely.

In October 2016, Elon Musk announced to the world that all new Tesla vehicles would include hardware that made them fully self - driving — in that, after a simple update, every car would be completely capable of driving itself.

The new Sidewalk project would make way for self - driving cars on its streets, more efficient electricity and water delivery systems, and high - tech housing units for tens of thousands of people and workers.

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Uber has been working on self - driving cars for a few years now and on Wednesday we got a look at its newest self - driving car, the Volvo XC90.

Not only could Uber take over the car manufacturing industry, but they believe that driverless cars could end the car insurance industry.Within the next several years, between ride sharing and self - driving cars, the millennial wave will bring in a new wave of transportation experience.

Bruce Aust highlighted self - driving cars as an example of companies utilizing AI technology to create an entirely new market.

The rise of self - driving cars will prompt us to adapt existing frameworks for new operators.

Musk also said at the Summit that he anticipated self - driving car technology would «happen much faster than people realize and it's going to be a great convenience,» but that there was a need to figure out new jobs for people who currently are employed to drive.

The company is trying to shake the image of being behind the recent trends in new mobility technologies such as self - driving cars.

It's only been a year since news broke about a new secretive, self - driving car startup called Aurora and the startup is already announcing two giant auto - maker as customers: Volkswagen and Hyundai.

Waymo — formerly the Google self - driving car project — stands for a new way forward in mobility.

Alphabet has accused Uber of using self - driving trade secrets and proprietary information that its former top self - driving cars engineer Anthony Levandowski allegedly stole before selling his new company to Uber.

The federal government is issuing new guidelines for self - driving cars telling automakers what to expect for developing automated vehicles.

I always considered myself lucky to be around to witness the start of new things — the first personal computers, modems, internet connections and mobile phones; the onset of text messaging and e-commerce; the first smartphones; social media; VR, AR and the internet of things; drones and self - driving cars — it goes on and on.

«We believe that, between now and 2023, a new wave of automation will ripple through the economy, driven by the diffusion of such major technologies as artificial intelligence, robotics, genomics, 3D printing, self - driving cars and the blockchain,» says Shalett.

Alphabet's self - driving car unit says that it recently acquired new evidence critical to the lawsuit, and as such, it needs more time to process the additional info.

TEMPE, Ariz. / DETROIT (Reuters)- Arizona officials said on Tuesday they saw no immediate need to tighten rules on the testing of self - driving cars in the state in reaction to a fatal accident involving an Uber autonomous vehicle that has focused attention on the safety of the new technology.

A new poll from AAA finds that Americans fear riding in a self - driving car, or even alongside one.

It has also taken strides in building partnerships with other companies, with the most recent deal being Lyft's new partnership with Waymo to have self - driving cars available under the service.

«On or around» Jan. 5, 2016: Levandowksi tells Waymo engineer Droz that he plans to «replicate» Waymo technology at a new self - driving car startup, according to testimony from Droz.

Car companies like GM, Volkswagen, Daimler and many others are putting billions of dollars towards backing a range of startups that are building technology and services for that brave new automotive future (a small handful of examples: GM investing $ 1 billion in Lyft, Volkswagen investing $ 180 million in smart car tech maker Mobvoi, and Ford pumping $ 1 billion into Argo AI for self - driving tecCar companies like GM, Volkswagen, Daimler and many others are putting billions of dollars towards backing a range of startups that are building technology and services for that brave new automotive future (a small handful of examples: GM investing $ 1 billion in Lyft, Volkswagen investing $ 180 million in smart car tech maker Mobvoi, and Ford pumping $ 1 billion into Argo AI for self - driving teccar tech maker Mobvoi, and Ford pumping $ 1 billion into Argo AI for self - driving tech).

«We were having dinner at a restaurant near the office, and [Levandowski] told me that it would be nice to create a new self - driving car startup and that Uber would be interested in buying the team responsible for the LiDAR we were developing at Google.»

In a report on artificial intelligence and the economy, the Obama White House suggested that automation might create jobs in supervising AI, repairing and maintaining new systems, and in reshaping infrastructure for developments like self - driving cars.

Nvidia's new DRIVE Constellation platform seeks to transform the way self - driving cars learn our roads.

Google and Ford are allegedly teaming up to build autonomous cars that will mark a new beginning in the burgeoning self - driving car market.

Megatrends like artificial intelligence, self - driving cars, biotechnology, and new drug discoveries are creating investment opportunities.

The new feature is first added to the top - of - the - line cars, as can be seen in the $ 10,000 additional cost for self - driving capabilities, and then eventually trickling down into being an option for more vehicles before becoming a standard among all products.

Google is hiring a new director for its self - driving car division, and it's none other than the former chief of Airbnb's vacation rental business Shaun Stewart.

Self - driving cars would almost certainly cause dramatic shifts in the business models traditional automakers have relied on for decades in other ways, bringing challenges but also new opportunities.

At the same time, new buyers could enter the ownership market, such as disabled people or elderly people whose driving lives might be extended with the help of a self - driving car.

These partners are Mercedes - Benz, which was recently reported to be preparing to unveil a fleet of electric vehicles based on a completely new architecture; Nvidia, which just launched the artificial intelligence - powered palm - sized Drive PX 2 computer for self - driving cars; Otto, an autonomous truck startup that was acquired by Uber last month; and Didi Chuxing, which recently bought out Uber's operations in China.

As part of the new partnership, the two will focus on developing a self - driving car system.