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

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Driverless cars are poised to decongest personal car traffic, shrink our eco footprint, free up parking spaces and reduce the frequency of collisions by about 90%. Arizona-based startup Local Motors has unveiled Olli ( earlier post ), a 12-passenger minibus that may hit university campuses in Las Vegas and Miami later this year.

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BMW Group launches high performance D3 platform: data-driven development for autonomous driving

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The DXC solution was developed in an open source environment and is available on-premise and in a hybrid environment, allowing workloads to be shifted easily. It was back in 2000 when the BMW Group first started to conduct research into its vision of a car that people could drive themselves but didn’t have to. autonomous—driving.

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