autonomous cars
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Autonomous Cars Are Not Really About Safety
Ever since General Motors rolled out the latest game plan for self-driving cars earlier this month, I haven’t been able to shake a line that CEO Mary Barra, among others, offered up: The carmaker’s vision of an autonomous future, she said, is for traffic crashes to be a thing of the past.
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Waymo Wants To Delay Its October 11th Court Date With Uber
Waymo, the self-driving car company spun off of Google’s parent company Alphabet in 2016, scored a major win earlier this month when a federal appeals court ordered Uber to hand over secret documentation related to the two company’s ongoing legal battle.
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The Fully-Autonomous Electric Smart ForTwo Concept Car Has A Grille That Will Greet You With ‘Hey’
Mercedes-Benz has received some shit lately over the new Smart ForTwo Electric Drive Cabrio, which doesn’t jibe well for the tiny car subsidiary, which intends to sell only electric vehicles starting in 2018. But electric Smart cars make perfect sense — they’re meant for cities after all — and a new autonomous all-electric Smart concept…
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Tesla Model 3 Production Will Actually, Amazingly Begin On Time
Tesla founder Elon Musk confirmed yesterday that production on the automaker’s less-expensive Model 3 sedan will begin on time, in what’s tantamount to a bizarre attaboy for the most valuable car company in the U.S.