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U.S. regulators on March 10th issued final rules eliminating the need for automated vehicle manufacturers to equip fully autonomous vehicles with manual driving controls to meet crash standards. Last month, General Motors Co (GM.N) and its self-driving technology unit Cruise petitioned the U.S...

The industry association is dropping the term "self-driving" in favor of "autonomous vehicle". Why? Tesla has muddied the waters? Full Self Driving ...isn't. "Self driving" cars require a driver to oversee and step in as needed. Autonomous Vehicles don't have a driver. "Self driving" cars are...

Navigant considers GM to be the driverless car leader due to both its software sophistication and its ability to mass produce the cars (and solid state LIDAR) at scale. A new report from the consulting firm Navigant ranks the 19 major players in the emerging driverless car industry. Navigant...

General Motors Co laid out its vision for self-driving vehicles on Thursday, telling investors it planned a commercial launch of fleets of fully autonomous robo-taxis in multiple dense urban environments in 2019. “If we continue on our current rate of change we will be ready to deploy this...

Its large roof array assembly probably contains “the majority of the compute stack,” as opposed to having that stuffed in the trunk like it is in many other vehicles. The front and back both have 6 LiDARS. The benefit of this design might be that it’s relatively plug-and-play, requiring very...

If autonomous vehicles prove to be safer than regular cars, insurance costs will plummet, and by the time roads are filled with self-driving cars, insurers like Geico will have taken a serious hit, the Berkshire Hathaway chief said. Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies offers commercial auto...