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Why are people ‘blowing up’ driverless cars in San Francisco?
10 months ago

Why are people ‘blowing up’ driverless cars in San Francisco?

The Independent  

Last Saturday, a mob in San Francisco surrounded a driverless car, smashed its windows, placed fireworks inside, and torched it. Last week, a Waymo taxi collided with a cyclist in San Francisco, in what was the ninth autonomous vehicle collision in California since the start of the year, according to records kept by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. open …

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Driverless Cars Not Appropriate For India, Here’s Why
1 year ago

Driverless Cars Not Appropriate For India, Here’s Why

News 18  

As technology started taking over the country, a lot of car manufacturers began experimenting with new features in cars, trying to eliminate the physical appearance of drivers. As per the details shared by HT, the minister said he will not allow driverless cars in India. Here’s What Nitin Gadkari Says About Idea According to HT, the remark has been made …

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California Politics: Newsom welcomes Biden and Xi to San Francisco
1 year, 1 month ago

California Politics: Newsom welcomes Biden and Xi to San Francisco

LA Times  

Chinese President Xi Jinping is greeted Tuesday by California Gov. Also there: former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, current San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the Hollywood mogul and Democratic megadonor who is a co-chair of Biden’s reelection campaign. “With AI in particular aiding this advancement, I think it’s just going to explode and you’re going to start …

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The bumpy history of driverless cars and their AI brains - ABC listen
1 year, 1 month ago

The bumpy history of driverless cars and their AI brains - ABC listen

ABC  

When you think about a driverless car future, perhaps your mind goes to being driven around, watching movies from the backseat and drinking martinis. For over a decade, perfect driverless cars have seemed only a few years away. Now, driverless cars are finally being rolled out in some cities. Guests: Alex Purtill, San Francisco resident, brother of James Purtill Todd …

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California orders Cruise driverless cars off the roads because of safety concerns
1 year, 2 months ago

California orders Cruise driverless cars off the roads because of safety concerns

NPR  

California orders Cruise driverless cars off the roads because of safety concerns Enlarge this image toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images California has ordered the company Cruise to immediately stop operations of its driverless cars in the state. The move comes after one of Cruise's driverless cars struck a pedestrian in downtown San Francisco …

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Uber and Lyft Drivers Have Some Advice for Autonomous Vehicles Set to Swarm the Streets
1 year, 4 months ago

Uber and Lyft Drivers Have Some Advice for Autonomous Vehicles Set to Swarm the Streets

Wired  

Take a walk around San Francisco this summer and you’ll see something curious: Jaguar SUVs and Chevrolet hatchbacks driving around with no one inside. Sometimes You Gotta Bend the Rules Robotaxis are generally programmed to follow the letter of the law—Waymo spokesperson Julia Ilina says its cars are designed to display “polite, considerate, and defensive driving.” But ride-hail drivers say …

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Ford can’t afford other bets like driverless cars
2 years, 1 month ago

Ford can’t afford other bets like driverless cars

Live Mint  

Alongside third-quarter results published late Wednesday, Ford said it was shutting down Argo, the automated-driving business it controls jointly with Volkswagen. The U.S. auto maker will take a write-down of $2.7 billion and recruit several hundred Argo employees to its own driver-assistance and software teams, where it sees nearer-term prospects for developing services that might actually make money. The initial …

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What would a flying-free world look like?
2 years, 7 months ago

What would a flying-free world look like?

BBC  

What would a flying-free world look like? A world of no flights would present some serious logistical challenges, but could also open up the door to huge changes to other, lower-carbon forms of transport Demand management – essentially people flying less – is the most effective way to reduce these emissions this decade, according to a recent report from Transport …

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How driverless cars will change our world
3 years ago

How driverless cars will change our world

BBC  

How driverless cars will change our world Alamy Waymo is already offering driverless taxi service in San Francisco, California, and Pheonix, Arizona Self-driving vehicles are steadily becoming a reality despite the many hurdles still to be overcome – and they could change our world in some unexpected ways. "The whole insurance industry is looking into how they're going to deal …

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Driverless cars to be on UK roads? 英国或将批准无人驾驶汽车上路
4 years, 3 months ago

Driverless cars to be on UK roads? 英国或将批准无人驾驶汽车上路

China Daily  

Driverless cars to be on UK roads? 英国或将批准无人驾驶汽车上路 学习要点 有关 “driving（驾驶）” 的词汇 边看边答 How many lives could be saved by using driverless cars within the next ten years? 女司机 “是的，我信任这项技术。我用过大部分已经被发明的驾驶技术，但我不大认可不需要有人盯着这一点。” Male driver I think it’s crazy to be fair, driverless cars – well, it’s madness. 男司机 “平心而论，我觉得无人驾驶汽车这个概念太疯狂了，就是疯狂之举。” Ministers are not yet talking about entirely driverless cars, but if the UK …

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