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GM Promises Semi-Autonomous Cars by 2015 and Render Drivers Obsolete by the End of the Decade
Carmakers are determined to put us, drivers, out of the equation of…actually driving their vehicles. Not forgetting Google's intensive lobbying, after VW and BMW, General Motors is the latest company to join the ranks of the autonomous vehicle pioneers. Alan Taub, GM’s vice president of global Research and Development, says that by 2015 cars that will be partially able to drive themselves, while by the end of the decade, more sophisticated system will enable them to be fully autonomous.
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Google Brings Its Self-driving Prototypes To Texas
Google is heading to Texas for further development of its autonomous vehicle, after years of tests on the California roads. Read more »...
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Hyundai Planning On Building Their First Autonomous Vehicle By 2020
Hyundai is looking to become one of the pioneers of the autonomous movement and have their first self-driving car ready by 2020 as a concept. Read more »...
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Toyota Vows To Keep Drivers In Final Control In Its Autonomous Vehicles
Toyota’s conclusion after more than two decades of research on autonomous and automated driving is that the driver must remain the most important decision-maker in the car. It’s an interesting point of view that leaves room for interpretation...
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Viva Las Vegas: Google Lobbies To Legalize Self-driving Cars In Nevada
Internet and software bigwig Google has begun lobbying the state of Nevada to legalize driverless cars. The move comes on the heels of some very promising results in California, where Google had mapped out the terrain and sent a couple of its autonomous...
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Autonomous Audi Tts Takes Driving Out Of The Equation [with Video And Photos]
This here is the Autonomous Audi TTS, a research model for a car that does away with the driver altogether in order to explore the best capabilities of current and future driver assistance technologies. The prototype car is the collaborative work of the...
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