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19th September 2023

EU Backed Autonomous City Shuttle Project Launched

An European Union funded autonomous driving pilot will run across three cities to trial driverless shuttles in inner city environments. The Living Lab for Autonomous Electric Vehicles with use...

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15th September 2023

Level 3 Handover Still Unsolved Challenge

The road to fully autonomous cars is littered with obstacles. The unleashing of Level 4 robo-taxis in San Francisco caused a bit of chaos and prompted local authorities to...

By Siegfried Mortkowitz

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30th August 2023

The Real Prospects of L4 Driverless Tech

The news about Level 4 autonomy has been mixed. In May, Waymo announced that it was doubling its robo-taxi service area in Phoenix to 180 square miles, with the...

By Siegfried Mortkowitz

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22nd August 2023

California Forces GM’s Cruise to Halve its ‘Frisco Robo-Taxi Fleet

Just a week after California’s regulators gave the green light to General Motors’ Cruise to run commercial robo-taxi services in San Francisco, another state body has told the company...

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14th August 2023

Green-Light for Robo-Taxi Services in San Francisco

Despite hearing six hours of objections from San Francisco residents associations, police and fire authorities, the US State of California has given the go ahead for commercial robo-taxi services...

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7th August 2023

Stepping Up to Level 3 without Mis-selling

Tesla has become a cautionary tale on what promises carmakers should not make about autonomous technology. Not only is its CEO Elon Musk being sued by the family of...

By Siegfried Mortkowitz

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1st August 2023

Russian AV Developers Focused on Self Promotion

This summer, three local AV developers announced the launch of commercial services using driverless vehicles. In June, Yandex began charging its robo-taxi users in Moscow. The paid trips are...

By Roma Nazarov

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28th July 2023

BMW Creates AV Test Track in Czechia

BMW has opened an autonomous driving and parking test track in Czechia in a bid to advance its ADAS technology. As the first development location of its kind in...

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28th July 2023

Waymo to Focus on Robo-Taxi Tech instead of Trucking

Waymo has decided to back away from trucking autonomous technology and focus most of its attention on future robo-taxi services. This week it announced its refocus away from heavy...

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21st July 2023

Chinese AV Tech could Pose Spying Risk, US Warns

Data collection potential of Chinese vehicles fitted with automated driving technology could pose spying risks for western societies. That’s the warning from the US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg who...

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20th June 2023

Baidu Granted Commercial Robo-Taxi License in Shenzen

Chinese digital giant Baidu has been granted a commercial license for its driverless ride-hailing service in parts of Shenzhen, known as the country’s technology center. Its fleet of driverless...

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8th June 2023

AV Companies Fear UK will Lose Out Because of Government Turmoil

Autonomous driving focused companies in the UK say their future is at risk from government delays in passing laws allowing on-road testing. Internal turmoil within the current government’s Conservative...

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