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Automated police cars to start patrolling the streets of Dubai by the end of the year
Automated police cars to start patrolling the streets of Dubai by the end of the year The Dubai police force is world famous for its fleet of supercars and its progressive attitude towards future advanced technologies. In keeping with this, they are adding automated police cars to their fleet. The new automated patrol vehicles are known as O-R3 patrol cars,...
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Driverless cars and kangaroos
Driverless cars and kangaroos: obstacle avoidance system needed to stop collisions between Skippy and autonomy In the future cars will take their occupants autonomously from one place to another with a bare minimum of input on the part of humans. Companies like Volvo are teaching their seAilf-driving software everything it needs to know to be a safe, responsible pilot...
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Flying Cars Could Hit the Skies by 2018
Flying Cars Could Hit the Skies by 2018 The PAL-V is the world's first flying car to hit the consumer market and these flying cars could hit the skies by 2018. The PAL-V is not the only flying car company that is planning to get airborne in the next couple of years as companies such as AeroMobil, and Terrafugia are...
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Trump may eliminate electric and hybrid car warning noise mandate
Trump may eliminate electric and hybrid car warning noise mandate President Donald Trump’s Administration may eliminate the controversial rule that quiet electrified cars must make sound. The proposed rules as they stand would require hybrid and electric cars to emit noises to warn pedestrians and other road users that they are approaching. The electrified vehicle noise rules were finalized in...
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Volvo challenges Tesla with their high-performance electric cars
Volvo challenges Tesla with their high-performance electric cars Swedish car giant, Volvo, which is owned by China's Geely Automotive, is set to take on Tesla in their own version of the high-performance electric car. In a recent move that is signalling further expansion into the new electric technologies, Volvo have split up its Polestar division into separate electric car brands...
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Continental joins BMW, Intel and Mobileye for self-driving cars
Continental said this week that it will be joining the self-driving technological platform developed by BMW, Intel and Mobileye. The German auto parts and tire maker will handle integration of components and software for the platform. The accelerating pace of development of autonomous self-driving vehicles has resulted in a growing number of alliances between automakers and suppliers such as Continental....
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Car Insurance giants in talks with driverless car developers
Car Insurance giants in talks with driverless car developers The insurance company Aviva is positioning itself in the driverless car arena and is actively preparing for the arrival of autonomous vehicles by looking to partner with manufacturers and seal deals. The automotive industry is expected to dramatically change in the next 15 years and many insurance companies are concerned that...
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India not yet ready for electric cars according to Honda Cars India CEO
India not yet ready for electric cars according to Honda Cars India CEO. Honda's President and CEO in India has predicted that the impediment to the introduction of electric cars in India will be infrastructure as well as price. Honda Cars said on Friday 26 May that India is not yet ready to have electric cars in large numbers due...
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Toyota wants flying cars in time for 2020 Olympics
Toyota is backing a new venture involving flying cars and it wants to see it happen by the 2020 Olympics. Toyota has joined the flying car craze and is backing a group which is working on a drone-like vehicle that would fly at an altitude of 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground at speeds up to 100 km/h (62...
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Ford names Jim Hackett as new CEO in push to build self-driving cars
Ford has announced that the head of their driverless car division, Jim Hackett will now be taking over the historic car manufacturer as its new CEO. This comes after the resignation of Mark Fields in a sudden regime change, who is leaving the post after just under three years. It is hoped that Hackett will lead the company to the...