Items tagged with self-driving car
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Mar 01, 2023
Ford is attempting to patent a computer system that would lock delinquent drivers out of their vehicles if late payments are not submitted "within a reasonable period of time." Additionally, the patent application describes next steps...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Apr 13, 2022
Police in San Francisco got the surprise of their lives when a car they were attempting to pull over had no driver. The driverless taxi owned by Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, was lurking in the night without its headlights...
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Brittany Goetting - Sat, Jan 26, 2019
The release of Tesla’s Autopilot Hardware 3.0 is just around the corner and the automotive firm has made a number of significant changes with this upgrade. A series of recent patents have confirmed that Tesla will utilize a new artificial...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, May 24, 2018
We're now getting some official details on a fatal crash that occurred back in March between an Uber self-driving Volvo XC90 and a woman walking a bicycle across the street. Preliminary findings that were leaked earlier this month claimed...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, May 07, 2018
It looks as though we're now receiving some preliminary findings on what went terribly wrong when a self-driving Uber Volvo XC90 failed to identify a pedestrian walking across a road at night, striking her at full speed. The impact killed...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Jul 11, 2017
When it comes to flagship luxury sedans, vehicles that often come to mind include the BMW 7-Series, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi A8 and Lexus LS. Today, it is Audi’s time to shine, as the German automaker just pulled the wraps off its...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Sep 25, 2016
Google's been lucky in that it's avoided any major collisions involving its fleet of self-driving cars up to this point, though that changed heading into the weekend when an autonomous Lexus RX sustained significant damage from a...
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Brandon Hill - Sun, Aug 07, 2016
When it comes to fully autonomous vehicles, no other company comes close to Google’s prowess or its commendable safety record (after millions of miles of driving, only one accident has been proven to be the fault of a Google car, and even...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Jul 06, 2016
While Tesla Motors has been in the news recently for self-driving Autopilot hijinks for all the wrong reasons, Google is chalking up another positive aspect of its fully autonomous driving fleet. Google’s self-driving vehicles have racked...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Jun 24, 2016
We talk about self-driving cars and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) on an regular basis here at HotHardware. At this stage in the game, self-driving cars are in fact a reality and currently roaming streets in and around Silicon...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Jun 16, 2016
Google’s self-driving cars have largely been a west coast affair (save for a pilot program in Austin, Texas), but those on the east coast looking to catch a glimpse at a computer-driven vehicle on public roads will soon have their chance...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, May 19, 2016
Google's taken contingencies for the inevitable day when a self-driving car mows down a pedestrian. To keep injuries to a minimum, Google filed for and was granted a patent for a sort of sticky hood that would grip people who've been hit...
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Joshua Gulick - Mon, Sep 14, 2015
Google’s Self-Driving Car Project appears to be picking up steam. The company has put more cars on the streets in recent months and has been finding ways to introduce its autonomous cars to the public. In another signal that the...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, May 12, 2015
There was a lot of buzz in the media yesterday when it was revealed that four of the 50 self-driving cars deployed in California had been involved in accidents since hitting the streets last September. Three of those automobiles were using...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, May 28, 2014
Perhaps some day in the far off future, we'll all own self-driving cars that get us from Point A to Point B with no fuss. We're nowhere near that point yet, but we are at the beginning stages. Google is especially pushing the concept and...
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