At a time when big-box retailers are trying to offer the same conveniences as their online competitors, the biggest U.S. grocery chain is testing the use of driverless cars to deliver groceries in a Phoenix suburb.
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Aug 16, 2018
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Cars and trucks with electronic driver assist systems may not see stopped vehicles and could even steer you into a crash if you're not paying attention, an insurance industry group warns.
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Aug 7, 2018
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Kroger Co. is about to test whether it can steer supermarket customers away from crowded grocery aisles with a fleet of diminutive driverless cars designed to lower delivery costs.
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Jun 28, 2018
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The recent deaths of a woman struck by a car Uber was testing in driverless mode and of a man whose Tesla Model X crashed when his hands were off the steering wheel because he was letting the car do some of the driving may ...
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Apr 4, 2018
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Self-driving cars were once the fixtures of futuristic cartoons and sci-fi films.
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Mar 21, 2018
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Daniel Sperling is a distinguished professor of civil engineering and environmental science and policy at the University of California at Davis, where he is also founding director of the school's Institute of Transportation ...
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Mar 14, 2018
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The race to market for widespread driverless cars may be on, but that doesn't mean we're anywhere near a deployable reality. Much of the initial hype has settled down, and the claims made by manufacturers and startups with ...
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Feb 7, 2018
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Regulators will "carefully and responsibly" review General Motors' request to test an autonomous car without a steering wheel, US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Sunday.
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Jan 15, 2018
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Recently, while on my way to the University of Pittsburgh's campus, I made a quick "Pittsburgh left" – taking a left turn just as the light turns green – while facing a driverless car.
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We may continue to wait for those flying cars promised in science fiction, but who needs them when the car can drive itself?
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Jan 3, 2018
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