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Car Makers Warn US Over Rules for Self-Driving Tech
It looks like car makers are not exactly pleased with the pace used by US officials to craft regulations regarding self-driving technologies. Usually, manufacturers would be pleased with regulations being released as swiftly as possible, but this time around they are being quite cautious, which is understandable considering how new the…
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Toyota Hires Entire Staff of Autonomous Vehicle Company
Countless vehicle manufacturers are all racing to develop the newest and greatest self-driving cars. While they may spend large amounts of money and effort on a number of other great life-improving developments, Toyota shouldn’t be counted out of the competition yet. Taking them one step closer to their goal of…
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Jaguar Land Rover’s Self-Driving Cars Will Still Need Human Input
With so many other companies working on developing self-driving cars, it makes sense for Jaguar Land Rover to jump in and invest in this technology as well. To be more specific, JLR is looking to pour $7.9 million (£5.5 million) over three years into autonomous driving technology, but this is where things…
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White House Pledges $4b to Developing Self-Driving Cars
The Obama Administration has pledged to invest nearly $4 billion to accelerate the development of self-driving cars, and related infrastructure, in the US. The White House plans to support the burgeoning automated vehicle industry – which includes Google’s own endeavour (pictured above) – over the next ten years, according to…
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Toyota to Invest $1 Billion in AI and Robotics
Toyota have a history in investment in investing in research, investing $50 million already this year. Now Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp announced that the company would be setting aside $1 billion in order to establish a new R&D department, known as the Toyota Research Department. Based close…
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Nissan Self-Driving Cars Will Hit the Road by 2020
Japanese motorcar company Nissan will have cars with autonomous driving technology by 2020, according to the company’s CEO, Carlos Ghosn. He added that the availability of Nissan’s self-driving cars will depend on regulations particular to each country. “Starting from late next year, we plan to offer what internally we are…
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