Roads should have lanes for autonomous vehicles
While we may have to wait a little longer for fully automated flying cars, the future of automated vehicles is not far away.
Nov 1, 2021
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Automotive
While we may have to wait a little longer for fully automated flying cars, the future of automated vehicles is not far away.
Nov 1, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Fully automated vehicles (AVs), or driverless cars, will be commonplace sooner than we may think. Right now, car makers and transportation network companies—also known as ridesharing companies—are steering AV development. ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Automotive
Akin to when Model Ts traveled alongside horses and buggies, autonomous vehicles (AVs) and human-driven vehicles (HVs) will someday share road. How to best manage the rise of AVs is the topic of a new Carnegie Mellon policy ...
Oct 3, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Widespread use of autonomous vehicles (AVs) could either massively increase or drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions depending, in large part, on public policy, according to new research from Princeton University.
Mar 12, 2019
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Engineering
If you live on the East Coast, you may have driven through roundabouts in your neighborhood countless times. Or maybe, if you're in some parts farther west, you've never encountered one of these intersections. But roundabouts, ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Business
The COVID-19 pandemic saw a marked surge of e-commerce and online grocery delivery services that persisted past lockdown conditions.
Jul 14, 2023
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Automotive
Traffic congestion is a serious problem in the United States, but a new analysis shows that interactive technology—ranging from 511 traffic information systems and roadside cameras to traffic apps like Waze and Google Maps—is ...
May 26, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Transportation systems in urban settings are vulnerable to a variety of factors including weather, traffic congestion, and special events. Bottlenecks, in particular, can cause major problems and lead to cascading failure ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Automotive
Just as drivers in Brazil can be warned of traffic congestion ahead or a vehicle parked on the hard shoulder, notifications may soon pop up on their smartphone or on their car's computer screen to warn them in real time that ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Automotive
If air taxis become a viable mode of transportation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have estimated they could reduce fuel consumption significantly while alleviating traffic congestion.
Dec 2, 2020
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