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Velodyne adds a high-res version of its LiDAR sensor for autonomous driving
Oct 21, 2016 6:08 PM WSTThe autonomous driving company on which both Ford and Baidu are betting $150 million has a new version of its LiDAR sensor.
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Tesla announces new ‘mobile design studios’ using Airstream trailers towed by the Model X
Oct 14, 2016 2:33 PM WSTYou want to see a Tesla store but they are too far away from where you live? Tesla has a solution.
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Baidu gets the green light to test self-driving cars on Google’s turf
Oct 09, 2016 2:50 AM WSTBaidu announced Thursday that it has received an autonomous vehicle testing permit from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles, bringing the Chinese search giant one step closer to testing its self-driving cars on Google’s home turf.
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Uber turns on electric vehicles in the UK, starting with 50 cars in London
Oct 07, 2016 10:49 AM WSTThe race for who will take the lead in the next generation of automotive technology is on, and today Uber is kicking off a program that it hopes will help put it in pole position.
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Get ready to share the road with cars that have no one behind the wheel
Oct 07, 2016 10:46 AM WSTThe day when you pull up next to a car in traffic and find no one sitting at the steering wheel is probably closer than you think.
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Tesla enters car insurance business as self-driving cars prepare to disrupt the industry
Oct 06, 2016 11:50 AM WSTSelf-driving cars will almost completely eliminate the occurrence of car accidents caused by humans, which represents about 90% of all car accidents in the U.S. according to NHTSA.
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Lyft reportedly declined GM’s $6 billion acquisition offer
Oct 06, 2016 11:43 AM WSTRecent reports have suggested that Lyft was involved in acquisition discussions with a variety of companies, including Apple, Google, Uber, and Didi Chuxing.
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Electric-car range anxiety exists, but it's overblown, says MIT study
Oct 05, 2016 3:54 PM WSTElectric cars available today could replace 87 percent of current personal vehicles, MIT professor Jessika Trancik and her colleagues concluded.
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Tesla is reportedly heavily discounting inventory Model S P90D’s now that P100D is out
Oct 05, 2016 3:12 PM WSTTesla is reportedly heavily discounting inventory Model S P90D’s now that P100D is out.
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Spiri’s on-demand carpooling service will use custom EVs and let drivers ride free
Oct 03, 2016 12:30 AM WSTDanish startup Spiri believes urban transportation is still massively inefficient, and it’s setting out to tackle the problem from a few different directions.