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Autonomous Driving Goes Into High Gear

By Gideon Lichfield and Lauren GoodeON THIS WEEK'S episode of Have a Nice Future, Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode talk to Chris Urmson, CEO of the self-driving-truck company Aurora....

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Sep 2023

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Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers?

August was an eventful month for driverless taxis in San Francisco. On August 10, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow Google's Waymo and GM's Cruise to begin charging customers f...

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Sep 2023

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General Motors will add bidirectional charging to its Ultium-based EVs

General Motors is adding capabilities to allow its new electric vehicles to send power from their batteries to the owner's home. Known as V2H, or bidirectional charging, it's a relatively simple idea:...

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Aug 2023

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Chinese luxury EV brand Zeekr continues global push into Kazakhstan

Zeekr, the luxury electric vehicle brand under China's Geely Automobile Holdings, says it will launch its Zeekr 001 shooting brake and Zeekr X SUV in Kazakhstan by the fourth quarter of 2023.Kazakhsta...

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Aug 2023

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How cities can stem the tide of pedestrian deaths from large cars and SUVs

Deadly traffic incidents have declined in most developed countries in recent years. But in the US they're becoming more common. Deaths in motor vehicle crashes rose more than 33 percent from 2011 to 2...

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Aug 2023

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Don't Miss These August Class-Action Settlement Deadlines

Whether your location and user profile data were stolen on Meta (Facebook), you never got your full refund from SeatGeek for a canceled event, or DirecTV called you without your consent, you might jus...

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Aug 2023

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Someone Has to Deliver Your Packages in This Scorching Heat

Caitlin Harrington[photo1]On the day that Salem, Oregon, smashed the record for the highest known temperature west of the Cascade Mountains two summers ago, FedEx driver Austin Trent was roasting insi...

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Jul 2023

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NHTSA investigating Tesla Autopilot after yet another fatal crash

Tesla's Autopilot driver assistance feature is the subject of yet another federal safety investigation. Although the details are scarce, Reuters reports that the National Highway Traffic Safety Admini...

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Jul 2023

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Elon goes to China, Rivian is selling stock for $3 billion, and Fiat's cutest tiny EV

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B.Rebecca Bellan here, and yup, I'm still steering the ship.The...

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Jun 2023

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Inside Volkswagen's big ID.Buzz bet

Volkswagen is betting big on the upcoming ID.Buzz electric van. With availability of the vehicle still a year out, the automaker is counting on years of pent-up anticipation to not only sell the bus s...

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Jun 2023

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California lawmakers and AV industry battle for future of self-driving trucks

A California bill that would require a trained human safety operator to be present any time a heavy-duty autonomous vehicle operates on public roads in the state is getting traction. The bill, first i...

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Jun 2023

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Toyota confirms another years-long data leak, this time exposing at least 260,000 car owners

Two weeks ago, Toyota said it exposed the data of more than two million customers to the internet for a decade. Today, the automotive giant said it recently discovered the data of another 260,000 car ...

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May 2023

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Fiat's new Topolino EV is so cute I could scream

On Wednesday, Fiat breathed new life into the Topolino name with a teaser image for its next electric vehicle: a squat, retro quadricycle that features a convertible top and ropes in lieu of doors. By...

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May 2023

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Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds say

On Wednesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would see automatic emergency braking become a standard feature on all new light passenger ...

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May 2023

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Arcimoto's latest teeny-tiny EV is all work and no play

Arcimoto, maker of pint-sized electric vehicles, has a new EV. By the looks of it, it's no joy ride.The Eugene, Oregon-based startup dodged bankruptcy in February and strapped in its third CEO in Apri...

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May 2023

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Huge Tesla leak reveals thousands of safety concerns, privacy problems

The German publication Handelsblatt is in possession of more than 23,000 internal files and documents from Tesla after an employee leaked the data. The files include personal information on more than ...

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May 2023

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Ford to bring Tesla's charging tech into its future EVs

Ford has reached an agreement with rival Tesla that will give owners of Ford EVs access to more than 12,000 Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada.However, this agreement reaches far beyond providin...

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May 2023

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Applied Intuition to buy autonomous trucking SPAC Embark for $71M

Embark Trucks, the autonomous trucking company that recently cut 70% of its workforce, is being acquired by Applied Intuition, a simulation and software provider for autonomous vehicle development. Th...

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May 2023

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Ford to keep AM radio in cars after pressure from lawmakers

Ford has reversed its decision to build new vehicles without AM radio after pressure from lawmakers.CEO Jim Farley wrote in posts on Twitter and LinkedIn Tuesday that AM radio will be included on all ...

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May 2023

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Ford tries zagging in the EV arms race

Ford CEO Jim Farley called it a "personal bullet train." Doug Field, the automaker's chief advanced product development and technology officer, described it as "groundbreaking."Ford's next-generation ...

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May 2023