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By David Shepardson on Apr 23, 2021 6:45AM Call for greater exemptions from human safety standards. Two US senators are working to attach legislation to allow automakers to deploy tens of thousands of self-driving vehicles on US roads to a bipartisan China bill, a significant reform that could help speed the commercial use of automated vehicles. Senators Gary Peters, a Democrat, and John Thune, a Republican, have circulated a draft amendment seen by Reu...

Apr 21, 2021 BERKELEY, California – The fatal crash of a Tesla with no one apparently behind the wheel has cast a new light on the safety of semiautonomous vehicles and the nebulous U.S. regulatory terrain they navigate. Police in Harris County, Texas, said a Tesla Model S smashed into a tree on Saturday at high speed after failing to negotiate a bend and burst into flames, killing one occupant found in the front passenger seat and the owner in the back seat. Tesla Chief Executive El...

Luminar, a newly public maker of laser lidar sensors that help self-driving cars see their surroundings, has hired Tesla’s acting general counsel Alan Prescott as chief legal officer.

Posted : 2021-04-16 17:44 Updated : 2021-04-16 17:44 Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki, left, waves his hand, while riding in a self-driving vehicle at the Future Mobility Center in Seoul, Friday. Yonhap Korea said Friday it plans to increase investment in research & development (R&D) on key technologies for next-generation vehicles in a bid to help local automakers take the lead in the market. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said the government will spend 367.9 billion won ...

Chinese Startup WeRide to Begin Self-Driving Car Testing in the U.S. 14 Apr 2021, 9:07 UTC · by 1 photo The California Department of Motor Vehicles recently authorized Chinese startup WeRide Corp. to test two autonomous cars, with no safety driver, in San Jose. Just a few years back, the thought of any type of vehicle with no driver in it riding alongside traditional cars in everyday traffic seemed to be something far away. Yet, the fully autonomous vehicle trend is growing fast, with m...

The Globe and Mail How startups are trying to solve the notorious ‘last mile’ challenges of home deliveries Many companies have been looking to automation and remote-controlled vehicles as a solution to the costly challenges of residential delivery Emily Atkins Published April 13, 2021 Courtesy of manufacturer Fast, free delivery has become table stakes for e-commerce success, but it comes at a price. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began driving the boom in e-commerce, logistics-servi...

Dubai to become first city outside US to operate driverless vehicles Web report/Dubai Photo: HamdanMohammed/Twitter The plan is to have 4,000 self-driving vehicles by 2030. Dubai will become the first city outside the US to operate driverless vehicles, the Emirates Crown Prince has said. ALSO READ: The plan is to have the first few self-driving vehicles by 2023, which will go up to 4,000 by 2030. This came as Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, met Jeff Blei...

Self-driving truck tech firm Plus raises $220m By Cheng Yu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-01 17:02 File photo of self-driving truck from Plus. [Photo/plus.ai/cn] Plus, a leading provider of self-driving truck technology, announced on Wednesday that it has raised another $220 million in its latest fundraising round co-led by FountainVest Partners and ClearVue Partners. The investment is an extension of the $200 million round announced last month, which ...

Runaway Tesla Smashes Into Michigan State Police Cruiser Near Lansing Apparently, self-driving cars are as erratic as humans. A case in point is this story of a Tesla on autopilot gone rogue. This incident occurred at the site of car-deer crash near Lansing early Wednesday morning. A Tesla on autopilot smacked into a Michigan State Police Cruiser that was investigating the earlier accident. According to WLNS-TV in Lansing, the Tesla hit the MSP vehicle at 1:10am Wednesday in Eaton County. The T...

Runaway Tesla Smashes Into State Police Cruiser Apparently self driving cars are as erratic as humans. A case in point is this story of a Tesla on autopilot gone rogue. This incident occurred at the site of car-deer crash near Lansing early Wednesday morning. A Tesla on autopilot smacked into a Michigan State Police Cruiser that was investigating the earlier accident. According to WLNS-TV in Lansing, the Tesla hit the MSP vehicle at 1:10am Wednesday in Eaton County. The Tesla failed to yield to...