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Israeli tech firms revving up engines for self driving cars

March 17, 2017 Josef Federman - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM – As the world moves toward an era of self-driving cars, Israel is positioning itself to be the Detroit of the future. The country has emerged as a global leader in the fast-growing field of driverless cars, as illustrated

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Uber self-driving cars are coming back to California roads

March 10, 2017 The Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Uber’s self-driving cars will return to California’s streets, though the ride-hailing company doesn’t immediately plan to pick up passengers. Uber received a permit Wednesday to test two Volvo SUVs on public roads, the California Department of Motor

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Global consumers skeptical about safety of fully autonomous vehicles: Deloitte study

January 18, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Consumers around the world remain skeptical about the safety of fully autonomous vehicles and hold widely divergent views on who they trust to bring autonomous vehicles to market, according to a new study from Deloitte. The study, What’s ahead for

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Uber pulls self-driving cars from California roads

December 22, 2016 Sudhin Thanawala - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO – Uber pulled its self-driving cars from California roads after state regulators moved to revoke their registrations, officials said Wednesday. The move comes after a week of talks between the ride-hailing company and state regulators failed. Hours after

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California, Uber in legal showdown over self-driving cars

December 15, 2016 Justin Pritchard and Michael Liedtke - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO – Uber is riding its self-driving cars into a legal showdown with California regulators. The ride-hailing company is refusing to obey demands by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles that it immediately stop picking up San Francisco passengers

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U.S. government to require cars to be able to talk to each other

December 13, 2016 Joan Lowy - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a proposal released Tuesday by the Department of Transportation. Officials say the technology holds

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Tesla equipping cars to drive completely on their own

October 20, 2016 Michael Liedtke - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO – Tesla Motors is starting to build its electric cars with all the sensors, cameras and other gear needed to drive completely on their own when regulations allow the technology to take over that responsibility. The announcement made

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U.S. government previews rules of the road for self-driving cars

September 20, 2016 Joan Lowy and Justin Pritchard - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – Obama administration officials previewed long-awaited guidance Monday that attempts to bring self-driving cars to the nation’s roadways safely – without creating so many roadblocks that the technology can’t make it to market quickly. Traditional automakers and tech companies

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Feds seek Autopilot data from Tesla in crash probe

July 13, 2016 Tom Krisher - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT – Federal safety investigators are asking electric car maker Tesla Motors for details on how its Autopilot system works and why it failed to detect a tractor trailer that crossed its path in a Florida crash. The National Highway

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Road to Judgment

May 1, 2016 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

Suppose that, because the name Bruce Springsteen appears nine times in this editorial (twice in the lede), an Internet search engine misidentifies Bruce Springsteen, rather than self-driving cars, as a key topic. Search engines are now pertinent to traffic safety

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Half of CEOs worldwide expect substantial digital transformation, Gartner survey finds

April 21, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Half of CEOs worldwide expect their industries to be “substantially or unrecognizable transformed” by digital change, according to a survey released on Wednesday by Stamford, Conn.-based information technology research and advisory company Gartner Inc. The 2016 CEO Survey: The Year