Transportation
The transportation industries and modes of transportation will be disrupted by AV’s.
HOW AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WILL FOREVER CHANGE HOW WE BUY, OWN, AND INSURE CARS
This article original posted on digitaltrends.com There are plenty of stories about the work being done to develop a truly autonomous car. For the most part, we focus on the technology – the radar, the cameras, and the software that will pull it all together. There’s no doubt that the result will be life-changing, not only for those who can’t drive a conventional car but for all of us. But the shock waves of this disruptive technology will shake the world in more ways than one, and the technical work moving forward at automakers today has the...
read moreThe Race for Autonomous Vehicles Picks Up Speed
This article original posted on nbcnews.com Crawling through rush hour traffic is probably the last thing you’re looking forward to on a Monday. So how about tapping an app on your smartphone and heading out the door and into a new Mercedes-Benz robo-cab? That’s the vision behind a new joint venture between Mercedes’ parent Daimler AG and German auto supplier Bosch. The project, announced earlier this week, is aimed at putting fully driverless cabs on the road by 2021, the partners explaining that, “The idea… is that...
read more10 Million Self-Driving Cars Will Hit The Road By 2020 — Here’s How To Profit
This article original posted on forbes.com Given the advanced state of driverless technologies and the amount of money being poured into the sector, there is little question—make that, no question at all—that within 10 years, driverless cars will be the norm. The implications are immense and widespread. There are currently about 1.4 billion cars on the road. Many of those cars, and eventually all, are going to be replaced by self-driving vehicles. Car sharing is already growing in popularity. When getting a ride someplace is as easy and...
read moreSelf-driving vehicles as instruments for the coordination of mobility
This article original posted on driverless-future.com Autonomous cars will change the way we think about traffic. Today traffic is primarily regarded as the result of the independent actions of thousands of drivers. A view from above on any city would show large numbers of vehicles pursuing their own trajectories through the maze of roads. The cities’ traffic management systems try their best to observe, identify and somewhat channel the grand flows. At first glance, autonomous vehicles do not seem to change this situation very much. From...
read moreIn the Future, We Might Live in Roaming Autonomous Cars
A futuristic concept called Autonomics envisions a nomadic life where phones become permanent addresses and self-driving cars hitch onto moving platforms. This article original posted on seeker.com Lots of Americans in suburban areas practically live in their cars already, spending hours in transit. With that in mind, the team at San Francisco-based NewDealDesign proposed a futuristic concept where life is lived on the go among various autonomous electric vehicles. Their vision, called Autonomics, pictures a new nomadic life on wheels where...
read moreThese Cities Could Lead the Driverless Car Revolution
This article original posted on fortune.com The urban landscape is in for a drastic change. With some cities using autonomous vehicle technology to rethink their public transportation and infrastructure, the federal government is helping encourage the technology’s spread. President Obama announced in a September editorial new federal rules to facilitate the gradual introduction of driverless vehicles on American roads. The plan consists of a 15-point safety assessment of the vehicles and proposes model legislation that states and cities can...
read moreThis Is The Scariest Future For Autonomous Vehicles I Can Imagine
This article original posted on gizmodo.com The biggest promise of self-driving cars is that traffic will finally be democratized. All vehicles will flow smoothly through the city using optimised routes, getting everyone where they need to go safely and efficiently. But there’s a very good possibly that’s not how it will work at all. In a piece called “When All Is Optimised,” Alexandros Washburn, the former chief urban designer for New York City, acknowledges that all the smart transportation technologies we’re layering onto our streets can...
read moreHow Many American Cities Are Preparing For The Arrival of Self-Driving Cars? Not Many.
This article original posted on techcrunch.com Only about 6 percent of the country’s biggest cities are planning for or thinking about autonomous vehicles or self-driving cars in their long-range transportation plans, according to the National League of Cities. What’s even more surprising is that only 3 percent of these cities’ transit plans are even taking into account the impact of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft even though they already operate in 60 of the 68 largest markets in the U.S. That’s according to a content analysis of...
read moreCountry Mice, City Mice, and Autonomous Vehicles
This article original posted on thetruthaboutcars.com The autonomous vehicle is coming. Everybody says so. Or at least everybody who is paid to be optimistic about the fascist-corporate future of the Western World says so. Autonomous vehicles are already so safe that the only risks come from the imperfect humans surrounding them. The Timesregularly fawns over the autonomous vehicle in the same vaguely insincere, Backpfeifengesicht-smirking way it concern-trolls about suicide-by-firearm. The problem, you see, is with all the peopleout there....
read moreThe WEpod is the First Driverless Vehicle to Take Public Roads
This article original published on bigthing.com The WEpod is the next big step in the conversation. It’s a self-driving shuttle that’s taking to the public roads in the Netherlands. This electric shuttle will be driving passengers between the towns of Wageningen and Ede this November (weather and traffic permitting). The six-passenger shuttle bus WEpod does have a few restrictions. Its max speed will be 15.5 miles per hour and it won’t travel during rush hour, at night, or in bad weather. A control room will be keeping an...
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