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Regulators open probe into Amazon self-driving unit Zoox after accidents

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The accidents both took place last month, one in Spring Valley, Nevada, and the other in San Francisco, California. In addition, the investigation will look at the software’s behavior in crosswalks around pedestrians and in other similar situations to the accidents.

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Google’s Waymo robo-taxi service nears full autonomy approval

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Google), is nearing full autonomy approval in San Francisco. Thus far, only General Motors’ Cruise subsidiary has successfully acquired the permit, and Cruise’s process took months to complete after application. Uber and Lyft have instead chosen to work in cities in Texas, Nevada, and Arizona.

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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

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Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. Google believes that a future state with having computers drive cars can “ remove a gigantic chunk ” of the US fatalities.

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Story of TESLA Motors: Beginning, Fight, Survival, and Success

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In this article, let’s discuss the thrilling and dramatic story of Tesla Motors and how did they survive through the challenging situations. Yes, he founded SpaceX but not Tesla motors. From then onwards the course of Tesla motors was to change forever. The Beginning (2003). Musk Joining The Venture (2004).

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Are Autonomous Buses the Answer for Efficient Transportation and Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption?

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In May 2017, Reno, Nevada, boasted that it is laying the groundwork for the industry’s first driverless bus program, launching a three-phase process to roll out a full fleet in its downtown area. China’s tech giant, Baidu, is trying to become to autonomous cars what Google’s Android has done for smartphones.

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NHTSA issues preliminary policy on development of autonomous vehicles to provide guidance to states

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Several states, including Nevada, California and Florida have enacted legislation that expressly permits operation of autonomous vehicles under certain conditions. The Google car is an example of limited self-driving automation.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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This time it would be with a Tesla Motors Roadster! They set up a multimedia web site to publicize their ongoing progress but also used Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Earth, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, FreeConferenceCall.com, emails, and texting tools to coordinate both national and state planning committees.