Automotive
Ph.D. student Robbin van Hoek has designed a new platform for automated vehicles that integrates the benefits of cooperative and autonomous vehicles. The framework is an important step toward autonomous vehicles that are ...
Jul 13, 2021
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Computer Sciences
A predictability model built by an SMU research team can calculate the odds that certain variables—such as drunk driving or speeding 20 miles above the limit—will result in a severe car accident.
Apr 21, 2021
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Dubai said Monday that U.S. self-driving car company Cruise will become the first to operate autonomous taxis and ride-hailing services in the United Arab Emirates city of more than three million people.
Apr 12, 2021
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Automotive
As cars keep getting smarter, automation is taking many tricky tasks —from parallel parking to backing up —out of drivers' hands.
Dec 01, 2020
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Automotive
Honda on Wednesday won approval to sell Level 3 autonomous cars in Japan, in what the automaker and Japanese authorities said was a world-first.
Nov 11, 2020
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Automotive
Vehicle manufacturers offer smart features such as lane and braking assist to aid drivers in hazardous situations when human reflexes may not be fast enough. But most options only provide immediate benefits to a single vehicle.
Sep 29, 2020
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Other
Traffic accidents and crash-related injuries and deaths were reduced by half during the first three weeks of California's shelter-in-place order, which began March 20. The reductions save the state an estimated $40 million ...
Apr 17, 2020
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Automotive
Even before a sudden controversial ban on motorcycle taxis and tricycles in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, crippling traffic jams were a daily ordeal for its more than 20 million inhabitants.
Feb 09, 2020
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Automotive
Urban traffic roughly follows a periodic pattern associated with the typical 9-to-5 work schedule. However, when an accident happens, traffic patterns are disrupted. Designing accurate traffic flow models, for use during ...
Nov 05, 2019
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Automotive
Urban commuters may be less likely to encounter automobile accidents if they are willing to increase trip time, researchers report. A new study from the University of Illinois introduces a tool that helps quantify the connection ...
Oct 22, 2019
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