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- How self-driving shuttles could enable car-free living in the suburbs - Optimus Ride is aiming to begin driverless commercial operations in 2020. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/10/how-self-driving-shuttles-could-enable-car-free-living-in-the-suburbs/ 3 comments technology
- Bicyclists Could Prevent Netherlands Becoming #1 Nation For Driverless Cars, Says KPMG Report https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/02/13/bicyclists-could-prevent-netherlands-becoming-1-nation-for-driverless-cars-says-kpmg-report/#14c38db56a90 42 comments europe
- Bicyclists Could Prevent Netherlands Becoming #1 Nation For Driverless Cars, Says KPMG Report https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/02/13/bicyclists-could-prevent-netherlands-becoming-1-nation-for-driverless-cars-says-kpmg-report/#14c38db56a90 10 comments bicycling
- Too Much Sun Could Wreak Havoc on Driverless Cars - Space meteorologists warn automated vehicle engineers against relying on GPS. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-16/driverless-cars-have-a-cosmic-weakness-solar-storms 6 comments technology
- Study: Driverless cars could save US $300B a year http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/316300-study-says-driverless-cars-could-save-us-300b-a-year 34 comments technology
- Fears that road etiquette could be lost with introduction of driverless cars http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2016/09/09/fears-that-road-etiquette-could-be-lost-with-introduction-of-driverless-cars/ 24 comments nottheonion
- Driverless cars could save lives, kill jobs http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/autos-driverless/#sidebar-driverless 3 comments technology
- Google could trial driverless cars in London http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/google-could-trial-driverless-cars-in-london-a6857956.html 11 comments technology
- FBI: Driverless cars could be lethal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28344219 12 comments technology
- Why driverless cars could be the big thing that vaults Google over Apple http://bgr.com/2013/01/27/google-driverless-car-analysis-306756/ 15 comments technology
- Driverless cars could make humans become unemployed http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/30/google-self-driving-car-unemployment?newsfeed=true 79 comments technology
- IEEE Paper - driverless cars could increase highway capacity by 273% http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2012/08/robotic-vehicles-and-highway-capacity.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29&utm_content=google+reader 17 comments science
- How Driverless Cars Could Be a Big Problem for Cities http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-cities-traffic-parking-revenue-driverless-cars.html 28 comments technology
- How Driverless Cars Could Make Traffic Dramatically Worse http://www.citylab.com/tech/2015/01/how-driverless-cars-could-make-traffic-dramatically-worse/384821/ 3 comments technology
- Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets - "Approximately 41 million people receive speeding tickets in the U.S. every year, paying out more than $6.2 billion per year." http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/05/20/1752254/driverless-cars-could-cripple-law-enforcement-budgets 405 comments technology
- How driverless cars could cripple police revenues http://digitaljournal.com/life/driving/how-driverless-cars-could-cripple-police-revenues/article/384309 27 comments politics
- Driverless cars could cripple law enforcement budgets in the U.S. Approximately 41 million people receive speeding tickets in the U.S. every year, paying out more than $6.2 billion per year http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/05/20/1752254/driverless-cars-could-cripple-law-enforcement-budgets 3448 comments technology
- Driverless cars could cripple law enforcement budgets http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/driverless-cars-could-cripple-law-enforcement-budgets 314 comments technology
- Driverless cars could hurt insurers' bottom lines (60%+ reduction in the cost of auto insurance) http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-78853922/ 1729 comments technology
- Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/disruptions-how-driverless-cars-could-reshape-cities/?ref=technology 17 comments technology
- The technology needed for driverless cars is here and could be ready for the market in less than a decade. Automation holds the promise of revolutionizing the automobile industry and making our streets safer, but will it spell the end of Fahrvergnügen? http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/driverless-cars-are-a-reality-but-face-acceptance-obstacles-a-880716.html 118 comments technology
- Pilotless aircraft: This is your ground pilot speaking | Autonomous civil aircraft could be flying before cars go driverless http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21567053-autonomous-civil-aircraft-could-be-flying-cars-go-driverless-your 35 comments technology
- Pave Over the Subway? Cities Face Tough Bets on Driverless Cars: Transit advocates fear that unrealistic hopes for new technology — and how soon it’ll get here — could lead cities down the wrong path. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/upshot/driverless-cars-vs-transit-spending-cities.html 4 comments technology
- Driverless cars could prove to be deadly 'fully loaded weapons' says BlackBerry CEO https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/09/12/driverless-cars-could-prove-deadly-fully-loaded-weapons-says/ 8 comments technology
- The Egyptian fruit bat’s echolocation may work like sophisticated surveillance sonar - Research suggests that it uses navigation techniques similar to those modern-day military and civil surveillance use. Findings could could be used to further improve driverless cars and drones. http://www.washington.edu/news/2018/02/07/fruit-bats-echolocation-may-work-like-sophisticated-surveillance-sonar/ 3 comments science
- Sneaky attacks trick AIs into seeing or hearing what’s not there - "The technique – known as an adversarial example – could be used by hackers to trick driverless cars into ignoring stop signs or prevent a CCTV camera from spotting a suspect in a crowd." https://www.newscientist.com/article/2142059-sneaky-attacks-trick-ais-into-seeing-or-hearing-whats-not-there/ 15 comments technology
- Disruptions: How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/disruptions-how-driverless-cars-could-reshape-cities/?smid=re-share 5 comments technology
- Disruptions: How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/disruptions-how-driverless-cars-could-reshape-cities/ 65 comments technology
- Google's self-guided car could drive the next wave of unemployment. Advances such as the driverless car are no longer the stuff of sci-fi. They could soon make many human skills worthless. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/30/google-self-driving-car-unemployment?cmp=twt_gu 43 comments technology
- New driverless car technology could make traffic lights and speeding tickets obsolete - Simulations suggest that the connected vehicles use 19 to 22% less fuel and get to their destinations 26 to 30% faster than human-driven vehicles. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uod-ndc102618.php 10 comments science
- Why Google Will Drive Tesla’s Cars and Stock in the Near Future. GOOG driverless cars and Tesla’s EV technology could combine to be the ultimate car of the future http://investorplace.com/2014/06/google-driverless-cars-tesla-stock/ 17 comments technology
- Will driverless cars mean the end of auto insurance? Driverless cars could mean a huge downsizing of the auto insurance industry, as the frequency of accidents declines and liability shifts from the driver to the vehicle’s software or automaker. http://www.csmonitor.com/business/saving-money/2016/0123/will-driverless-cars-mean-the-end-of-auto-insurance 4 comments economy
- Will driverless cars mean the end of auto insurance? Driverless cars could mean a huge downsizing of the auto insurance industry, as the frequency of accidents declines and liability shifts from the driver to the vehicle’s software or automaker. http://www.csmonitor.com/business/saving-money/2016/0123/will-driverless-cars-mean-the-end-of-auto-insurance 35 comments technology
- How safe is ‘safe enough’ to put driverless cars on the nation’s roadways? - “Without a generally accepted definition of what constitutes a sufficiently safe driverless car, the industry could suffer from setbacks caused by a combination of public apprehension and news headlines.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/how-safe-is-safe-enough-to-put-driverless-cars-on-the-nations-roadways/2017/12/10/9a1aa348-d519-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html 21 comments technology
- Self-Driving Cars Could Ease Our Commutes, But That'll Take A While - "Basically the problem is this: Drivers might cut off driverless cars, screwing up their flow." http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/02/10/514091049/self-driving-cars-could-ease-our-commutes-but-thatll-take-a-while 17 comments technology
- How a raised hand from a pedestrian could stop driverless cars - "An LED display for driverless cars aims to give pedestrians at a crossing the power to communicate with vehicles, signalling for the vehicles to stop or drive on." https://www.newscientist.com/article/2120887-how-a-raised-hand-from-a-pedestrian-could-stop-driverless-cars/ 7 comments technology
- The ability of the Jack Jumper ant to navigate and reach home is not diminished by walking backwards while dragging heavy food, according to a study by researchers. Findings could have a use in some of the latest technologies on driverless cars currently under development. https://theconversation.com/how-ants-walk-backwards-carrying-a-heavy-load-and-still-find-home-59247 9 comments science
- Driverless cars could change everything, prompting a cultural shift similar to the early 20th century's move away from horses as the usual means of transportation. First and foremost, they would greatly reduce the number of traffic accidents, which current cost Americans about $871 billion yearly. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-28376929 5118 comments technology
- Driverless cars could be economical in 5 years. Google’s 3D maps would drive the cost down and then all you’d really need would be four $100 LIDAR units on each corner of the car and a simple radio transponder system to allow your car to see around corners at intersections http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/motoring/ford-future-sessions/future-of-technology/8177331/the-car-that-drives-itself-future-of-technology.html 31 comments technology