Google patent talk: How a sticky situation may protect a pedestrian
What if? That is the nagging question surrounding self-driving cars which may be caught up in an accident and which may even take a pedestrian's life.
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Ex-Google self-driving car project picks up new investors
Google's former autonomous vehicle project is becoming a more autonomous business by bringing it in its first investors besides its corporate parent.
Mar 3, 2020
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Driverless cars: What we've learned from experiments in San Francisco and Phoenix
Residents of San Francisco and Phoenix have grown used to witnessing something that, a decade ago, would have seemed magical. In some parts of these cities, at certain times, cars drive by with nobody behind the wheel.
Feb 28, 2023
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Commentary: Companies oversell the self-driving capabilities of their cars, with horrific outcomes
In mid-February, Tesla announced the recall of over 350,000 vehicles—more than 20,000 in Canada —due to a problem with its "Full Self-Driving Capability" system. This self-driving feature was found to possibly cause vehicles ...
Feb 27, 2023
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GM's Cruise to deploy fully driverless cars in San Francisco
General Motors' self-driving car company is sending vehicles without anybody behind the wheel in San Francisco as it navigates its way toward launching a robotic taxi service that would compete against Uber and Lyft in the ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Who's to blame when a self-driving car has an accident?
With self-driving cars gaining traction in today's automobile landscape, the issue of legal liability in the case of an accident has become more relevant.
Dec 1, 2020
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How automated vehicles can impede driver performance, and what to do about it
As cars keep getting smarter, automation is taking many tricky tasks —from parallel parking to backing up —out of drivers' hands.
Dec 1, 2020
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US agency eyes fatal crash involving self-driving car
The National Transportation Safety Board is moving to determine the probable cause of the first fatal crash involving a self-driving vehicle.
Oct 18, 2019
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Amazon's Zoox robotaxis take to California roads
The Amazon subsidiary Zoox on Monday said its self-driving vehicles with no manual controls took to California public roads over the weekend, calling it a major breakthrough for the robotaxi industry.
Feb 14, 2023
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Self-driving cars will be part of the future, but researchers fear we are leaving the disabled behind
Self-driving cars will be part of the future, but researchers fear people with disabilities are being left behind in the development of the technology.
Sep 22, 2023
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