self driving cars
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News Featured Stories News Releases- August 10, 2021 91
IT’S A GAME CHANGER.
Ready or not, the future of the trucking industry may have just seismically shifted!
In what’s possibly the greatest single milestone achieved by a self-driving truck thus far, California’s autonomous driving technology company Plus.ai just completed the very first demonstration of Level 4 truck automation on a highway.
For reference, the levels of vehicle automation range from 0-6, with 0 being no automation at all (most vehicles on the road today), 2 being ADAS (vehicle steers & accelerates with a human monitor who’s able to take control anytime), and 5 being full on...
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News Featured Stories Tyler's Take- August 12, 2019 111
New York City's first autonomous shuttle service opened this week.
For this young man, it was quite a momentous occasion.I've been reading about autonomous vehicles for years. There's been testing in many places around the country including California, Arizona, and Boston, but nothing in New York. I wanted to experience this for myself. In fact, I've been chomping at the bit to give it a try. Was I was going to wake up at 5 AM and give it a shot before work? Absolutely.
I live in New Jersey, so it took me nearly two hours to arrive at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Is it ironic I took a 2 hour trip that...
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News Featured Stories- December 05, 2018 186
Video system requirements will soon change for non-emergency transportation (NET) vehicles carrying Medicaid Beneficiaries in Arkansas. NET Contract (IFB 710-18-1025) states the following minimum requirements for video recording in NET vehicles, effective January 1st, 2019.
• HD 720 p camera
• Minimum 45-day playback/viewing (all footage must be retrievable)
• GPS required on camera
• Interior Recording (The camera must be positioned so all passenger activity is recorded)
• Audio recording is not necessaryNew Requirements
Theses video systems must be in good working order each day the transportation...
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Featured Stories- June 06, 2018 102The trucking business moves nearly 71% of cargo in the US, an industry experiencing new challenges as technological advancements and self-driving vehicles appear on the scene. In an ideal world, these automated trucks will take over driving on the roads under safe and efficient conditions. Highway accidents and fatalities are expected to be reduced drastically and at the same time, load movement becomes cost-effective. The question remains whether self-driving trucks are safer and efficient in hauling goods from one point to another. How automation of truck driving affects the livelihood...
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News- May 10, 2018 95
Ford's newest idea sounds straight out of a superhero or futuristic spy movie. It's an autonomous motorcycle that pops out of a car for final mile journeys. A patent from October reads that the “'multimodal transportation apparatus' is intended to include, in particular, at least driving a vehicle to a location at which the vehicle can be parked, and then riding/driving away from the vehicle to a final destination using further transportation."
Inspired by Parking Problems and Carbon Emissions
The idea is inspired by spaces where engines may be restricted or areas with limited available and...
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News Featured Stories- May 19, 2017 48
According to the recent report "Will autonomous vehicles put the brakes on the collision parts business?," from from the KPMG U.S Manufacturing Institute Automotive Center, self-driving vehicles will greatly reduce OEM collision repair in the not so distant furniture. The report claims that OEM collision repair revenue, which was 5.6 billion in 2015, could drop to 2.7 billion by 2030 and go as low as 1.4 billion by 2040.
"OEMs have already begun to deal with the design and engineering challenges related to autonomous vehicles," said Gary Silberg KPMG's U.S. Automotive leader in a press...
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News- September 13, 2016 48
Google has had some interesting patents when it comes to self-driving technology. Remember the human flypaper? A patent filed back in 2014 and confirmed earlier this month is a little more realistic. The new technology allows the vehicles to distinguish and interact with emergency vehicles based on their unique flashing lights.
“In one aspect, one or more computing devices may identify a set of light sources from an image based at least in part on one or more templates, and may filter the set of light sources in order to identify one or more light sources corresponding to a potential emergency...
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News News Releases- September 07, 2016 76
There are new stories about semi-autonomous technology every day. Many companies are throwing their hat into this ring, but what do consumers look for when buying a new car? Though the average consumer is highly motivated by tech options when purchasing a new car, many are still unfamiliar with the latest features.
The 2016 Nielsen AutoTECHCAST Report, an annual study highlighting consumer preference on advanced vehicle technologies, reports that only 25% of the nearly 12,000 U.S of new car buyers surveyed are familiar with 44 vehicle-related technologies.
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News News Releases- July 01, 2016 69
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S cruising on autopilot mode. This is the first fatal crash in a semi-autonomous car.
The Verge reports that Joshua Brown, a 40-year-old Ohio resident and Navy SEAL was killed when neither he nor the Tesla’s sensors saw a tractor trailer pulling in front of the car on a Florida highway. The driver of the other vehicle was not injured. Brown’s obituary can be found here. The crash occurred on May 7th.
“We learned yesterday evening that NHTSA is opening a preliminary evaluation into the...
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News Featured Stories Safety Community- November 18, 2015 83
We couldn't help ourselves with this post, what are your thoughts on Google's Self-Driving Cars?
"Driving too slowly? Bet humans don’t get pulled over for that too often.
We’ve capped the speed of our prototype vehicles at 25mph for safety reasons. We want them to feel friendly and approachable, rather than zooming scarily through neighborhood streets.
Like this officer, people sometimes flag us down when they want to know more about our project. After 1.2 million miles of autonomous driving (that’s the human equivalent of 90 years of driving experience), we’re proud to say we’ve never been...
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News Featured Stories Safety Community- July 28, 2015 303
When it comes to the future of transportation, the first thing that comes to mind is the possibility of flying cars. It's easy to imagine an urban utopia with vehicles that float through the air, swerving around buildings, reaching toward the heavens.
While Back to the Future: Part II wrongly predicted that we would have this technology in 2015, autonomous vehicles—which are currently being tested—may just be the stepping stone to making this a reality. Who would've thought robot cars would be our present?
No matter what side you stand on in the safety debate, even those who have concerns still...
