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Home to around a0 million people, and now it is one of a handful of cities in china running large—scale trails of self—driving cars on public streets. this is pony.ai. you may not have heard of them, but here their cars have become a common sight in the area around their head office. over the last year they have been running an autonomous taxi service in the city. at the moment, the trial is only open to selected family and friends of pony.ai employees. pretty good deal though if you can get...

By the end of next year, there will be self—driving buses on a spectacular route, shuttling across the forth road bridge every 20 minutes and carrying half a million passengers annually between the scottish capital and the ancient kingdom of fife. but to comply with safety laws, each vehicle will have a driver on board. by 2022, dubais burj al khalifa could be deposed as the tallest building in the world. thejeddah tower on saudi arabias red sea coast is expected to stand at least one kilometr...

This is the south of china. about 75 miles upriver from hong kong. it is one of chinas biggest and most developed cities. home to around a0 million people, and now it is one of a handful of cities in china running large—scale trails of self—driving cars on public street. this is pony ai. you may not have heard of them but here because have site in the area around their head office. —— heartheircars —— hear their cars have become a common sight. over the last year they have been runni...

Provide the most favourable regulations. the big rivals here, you probably guessed it... the us and china. the us was initially quicker to grant licenses companies, but its superpower rival has also woken up with big deregulation plans of its own. the huge corporations on the frontline, alibaba, google, ford, and more are now battling to capitalise, to hone their algorithms and create the first truly autonomous road vehicle. stephen beckett visited one of the global leaders and autonomous vehicl...

It is all about data from testing, testing, and more testing. which is why, although private companies are at the vanguard, behind—the—scenes, the big nations are facing off to provide the most favourable regulations. the big rivals here, you probably guessed it... the us and china. the us was initially quicker to grant licenses to companies, but its superpower rival has also woken up with big deregulation plans of its own. the huge corporations on the front line, alibaba, google, ford, and ...

It is always fun to make some travel plans for the coming 12 months. but the beginning of 2020 gives an excuse to extend that horizon for a full decade. so this week im picking some of my travel highlights for the next ten years. 2020, of course, is an olympic year and tokyo picks up the baton from rio. i am planning to be in the japanese capital for the games, but i wont be buying any flights or hotels until a few weeks before the opening ceremony, which is on the 24th ofjuly. i have observed a...

Opening ceremony, which is on the 24th of july. i opening ceremony, which is on the 24th ofjuly. i have observed a pattern emerging from all the summer 0lympics pattern emerging from all the summer olympics in sydney 20 years ago. initially, prices are high. but as the extravaganza approaches, it becomes clear that supply is outstripping demand and rates begin to fall. in 2021, ill be heading for scotland for a transport revolution. by the end of next year there will be self—driving buses on a...

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Today donald trump was mad about impeachment, but hes also mad about something else. not enough praise for his china announcement. "years from now when we look back at this day, nobodys going to remember nancys cheap theatrics. they will remember, though, how president trump brought the chinese to the bargaining table and delivered achievements few ever thought were possible." but it turns out by many metrics the deal isnt worth celebrating. according to fred hochberg, the former president and c...

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