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Looking Ahead: What Smart Cars of the Future Will Look Like
Much of the talk surrounding autonomous cars these days is centered on testing and regulations and not on what the car of the future might look like. A 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics ...
Move Over Uber Drivers: Autonomous Taxis Offer Green Benefits
According to a new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), a system of driverless taxi fleets would both be cost-effective and greatly reduce per-mile emissions of greenhouse ...
Near Collision for Two Self-Driving Cars, Passenger Says
Two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google Inc. and the other by Delphi Automotive Plc, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week, a Delphi executive told Reuters ...
Toyota Supplier: Autonomous Car Tech 15 Years From Full Launch
The technology to make cars fully autonomous probably won't be established until at least 2030, according to the top supplier for the world's biggest automaker. The auto industry will take ...
Why Your Self-Driving Car May Be Programmed to Kill You
Imagine being in charge of the switch on a trolley track. The express is due any minute; but as you glance down the line you see a school bus, filled with children, stalled at the level crossing. No ...
Might Human Drivers Be Outlawed?
Tesla Motors co-founder and CEO Elon Musk thinks that human-driven cars could eventually be outlawed as computers show they can do a more efficient and safer job of driving. "In the distant future, ...
Businesses Already Using, Testing Autonomous Vehicles
While private passenger autonomous vehicles are still being tested by Google and other car manufacturers and state legislators mull rules governing driverless vehicles on roadways, their commercial ...
Progressive at PCI: Telematics Will Become Ubiquitous Underwriting Tool
A Progressive Insurance Group executive asserts that automated automobile technology won't become ubiquitous for years. On the other hand, he predicts, the equally transformative use of telematics ...