self-driving cars
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Electric cars will enable autonomous driving and sharing services, a new report says.
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GM commits to more efficient, electric, and autonomous cars
General Motors plans to add more hybrids and electric cars, despite missing its own goal for sales volume.
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Electric-car hopeful Faraday Future wants to test autonomous cars in Michigan
Faraday Future recently applied for special Michigan license plates to use on prototype self-driving cars.
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Let's be clear: Tesla's Autopilot is not a 'self-driving car'
Tesla's Autopilot system has clear limitations.
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Secret Tesla software updates simulate new Autopilot abilities on customers' cars
Tesla is secretly testing new Autopilot features on customer cars in the real world.
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Chevy Bolt EV electric car to be GM-Lyft self-driving car testbed
It's the season of autonomous-car announcements, apparently. This week Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced that the Silicon Valley giant would use the Detroit automaker's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for its self-driving car research. Now, General Motors has said that the Lyft...
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Elon Musk says Tesla's fourth-generation electric car will be more affordable than the Model 3.
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Tesla Model S, Model X owners get offer for free month of Autopilot
Tesla owners can try out Autopilot for a month for free.
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BMW marks 100th birthday with autonomous, zero-emission concept
BMW is now a century old. To celebrate, the brand has unveiled a concept car that emits nothing from its tailpipe and can drive itself. The automaker hasn't said just how the Vision Next 100 concept manages to go emission-free, but it did talk a lot about the car's exotic materials and...
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Tesla Says Autopilot Self-Driving Will 'Revolutionize Your Commute'
Tesla releases a video demonstrating its autonomous-driving features.
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Creeping Toward KITT? Now Tesla Can Be Summoned And Park Itself (Video)
Tesla Motors continue to add self-driving capabilities to its Model S electric car at a breathtaking pace, and the company announced yet more this past Sunday. This latest software upgrade, Version 7.1, has been eagerly awaited by Model S owners whose cars were built since August 2014. The new...
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Faraday Future Asks: How Would You Invent A Car With A Clean Sheet Of Paper?
Faraday Future hints at what its electric car might be like.
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In three tweets late Thursday, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said he’s on the lookout for “hardcore software engineers” to “achieve generalized full autonomy” for his line of electric cars. The latest addition to that lineup was the Model X unveiled at the end of September — around the same time that Musk told one publication, “If you don’t make it at Tesla, you go work at Apple.” Musk has made clear for a while that there will be a software switch he magically turns on that will release an update to existing vehicles, endowing them with...
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Will Nissan Leaf Offer Autonomous Driving Just Like A Tesla?
With the IDS Concept that Nissan showed at the recent Tokyo Motor Show, the automaker hinted that Nissan may be readying a suite of autonomous technologies—and a language through which the car will communicate with the driver and with its surroundings. And while it might be tempting to see...
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Nissan's Tokyo Autonomous Concept: Next Leaf Electric Car--Or Not?
As we head out to the Tokyo Motor Show, the teaser photos and previews are starting to come in thick and fast. One from late last week was a shadowy image issued by Nissan of an autonomous electric concept car, which is scheduled to debut Tuesday night at 8 pm Eastern (or 9 am the next day in...
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Autopilot drives Tesla Model S Electric Car Coast-To-Coast (More Or Less)
A team takes an Autopilot-equipped Tesla Model S on a cross-country drive.
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Tesla Autopilot: The 10 Most Important Things You Need To Know
Tesla Motors is now rolling out its much-awaited "Autopilot" software for the Model S electric car, and it has revealed a number of things about how the autonomous driving system is intended to work. While an explanatory conference call on Wednesday afternoon lasted less than an hour, Tesla CEO...
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Could Tesla Add Autonomous Electric Car-Sharing As New Business?
The quarterly earnings conference calls held by Tesla Motors are always intriguing, and so it was with last week's second-quarter update. Financial analysts focused on the company's numbers--it's still losing money as it invests, and a fresh capital raise seems inevitable--but another topic raised...
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A fleet of autonomous electric taxis could largely replace private cars, researchers argue.
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Uber CEO To Tesla: Sell Me Half A Million Autonomous Electric Cars In 2020
Uber is reportedly interested in Tesla autonomous-car development.
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Tesla Model X To Arrive In 'Three To Four Months,' Autopilot In Testing: CEO Musk
Whenever Tesla Motors holds a conference call to discuss its financial results, its webcast is mobbed by journalists, financial analysts, and fans. So it was yesterday, when the electric-car maker broadcast its 2015 annual shareholders meeting. As always, a few pieces of news emerged--the most...
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Tesla To Launch Automated Passing Function, Timing Still Uncertain
Tesla will launch an automated passing function activated by turn signals.
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CES 2015: 3 Things We Learned From Mercedes, Ford, Audi, Toyota & More
The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show took over Las Vegas this week, and more than ever, we’ve been given a glimpse into how the automotive industry may evolve and advance, technologically. We scoured the convention halls in Sin City—trust us, with all the techies in town, the biggest sin...
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Self-Driving Porsche Not Only More Fuel-Efficient, But Faster Than Humans Too
Porsche is testing a semi-autonomous system designed to maximize both efficiency and performance.
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