Despite the first pedestrian accident between a driverless test car and a pedestrian on March 18, Waymo made a big announcement this week that it would purchase 20,000 Electric Jaguar I-Pace SUVs to create its fleet of ridesharing cars. After purchase, the vehicles will be fitted with components to make them driverless. Waymo expects that […]
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Technology is the Answer to Stop Distracted Driving
• March 28, 2018 • 0 Comments • CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, DUI/DWI, NHTSA, SEAT BELT, Technology, TEXTING, Tips, traffic safety
Distracted driving kills thousands of people each year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2015 fatalities attributable to distracted driving increased on a percentage basis faster than those caused by drunk driving, speeding, or failing to wear seat belts. Yet, texting and driving is far from unusual. A staggering 49 percent of […]
Techno-Economic Leveling
Cars, it’s rightly said, are becoming like cell phones — but in a way that’s different than the purely techno-gadget way most people mean when they say this. A techno-economic leveling is under way, the same as has happened with our phones. The $60 smartphone you can pick up at Walmart may not have quite […]
Aftermath of the first Driverless Car Pedestrian Tragedy
• March 25, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, LEGISLATION, SAFETY, Technology
A week ago, an Uber car in autonomous mode with a safety driver behind the wheel hit and killed a woman who was jaywalking with her bike across an eight lane street in Tempe, Arizona. According to the Tempe police chief, 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg stepped out in front of the car from a center median […]
Truck Autonomous is Upon Us
• March 18, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DRIVERLESS CARS, NHTSA, SAFETY, Speed Limits, Technology
Waymo, Tesla, Uber and a few other lesser known companies have announced in the last two weeks that they have trucks on the road—autonomous trucks (ATs) that is. Truck Autonomous Highlights Tesla announced their ATs are in beta mode and are transporting battery packs from Musk’s Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada to the Tesla factory in […]
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