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Faster, Meaner, Deadlier: The Evolution of BattleBots

Cars That Think

This week, tickets went on sale for audience seating for the next season of Battlebots ; filming will commence in October in Las Vegas. Battlebots premiered on Comedy Central in, I think it was, 2000. GM: It's part "necessity is the mother of invention" and part you just know the lithium technology is more volatile.

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

Green Car Congress

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

Green Car Congress

The close proximity was an essential part of the plan to transfer the enormous quantities of data from the Campus to the platform via cable. 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. DXC Technology. autonomous—driving.

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