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Tesla’s Musk Predicts Fully Self-Driving Vehicle in 2022, Humanoid Robot Next Year
Tesla's most important products this year and next will not be cars, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a humanoid robot. The audacious ...
How to Compute Car Insurance Discounts for Automated Safety: Enter Swiss Re
A car owner should be able to pay lower insurance premiums for driving a car with safety features, such as automated braking that stops the car when the driver is distracted or lane keep assist ...
Kingdollar Comments: Emerging Risk Issues Left Out of Algorithms
Emerging issues occur far more frequently than "black swans" and include more than just "casualty catastrophes." Still, such issues have, and will continue to, cost the property/casualty insurance ...
Why We Should Train Drivers Using Cars With Autonomous Features
Should drivers using vehicles with autonomous features be trained on those features before they get behind the wheel? A new paper, "What Do We Tell the Drivers? Toward Minimum Driver Training ...
Canadian Insurer Intact Financial Backs Autonomous Car Startup Geared to Florida Retirees
There's a village in Florida where self-driving cars rule the road, and a Canadian insurance firm wants to come along for the ride. Toronto-based Intact Financial Corp. is investing $3 million in ...
Tesla Autopilot Chief Departs After Two Years on the Job
Tesla Inc.'s Autopilot chief Jim Keller has left the company, the latest in a rash of executive departures at the electric-car maker led by Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk. Keller, who joined the ...
March 1 Autonomous Car Summit Planned by U.S. Transportation Dept.
Auto manufacturers, technology companies, road safety advocates and policy makers will attend a March 1 conference over potential government actions that could speed the rollout of autonomous cars, ...
Does Consumer Watchdog Founder Want Asimov-like Rules for Robot Cars?
A virtual grin arose on the face of Harvey Rosenfield with the mention of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. The mention was made during a phone call, but the overwhelming satisfaction of a smile ...