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Lyft and Motional to offer driverless rides in Las Vegas in Hyundai IONIQ 5

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Ride-sharing company Lyft and driverless technology company Motional announced today the launch of the new all-electric Hyundai IONIQ 5-based robotaxi, which will offer fully driverless rides on Lyft’s Las Vegas network. Riders in Las Vegas can now experience Motional’s IONIQ 5 AV that will make that service a reality.

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Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to switch state of incorporation

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The tunneling company’s biggest project to date is in Las Vegas. TBC is building an extensive loop across Sin City called the Vegas Loop. The Boring Company already has some Vegas Loop stops running, particularly those connected to its Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop.

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The NTSB Wants More Speed-Limiting Tech in New Vehicles

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The NTSB asked 17 automakers to add anti-speeding tech to new vehicles going forward, following an extremely deadly crash in Las Vegas last year that left nine people dead. The crash was caused by a driver traveling 103 mph in a 2018 Dodge Challenger. Image: Railway FX via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Toyota and NTT enter long-term cooperation and capital alliance to commercialize smart city platform

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The two companies have been collaborating in the connected car field for several years. On 7 January at CES in Las Vegas, Toyota announced the outline of a project to build a prototype city connecting all kinds of goods and services that support people’s lives. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Visteon partners with American Center for Mobility as founding member, driving development of autonomous vehicles; 1st Tier 1 partner

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Visteon Corporation, a leading automotive cockpit electronics supplier, is joining forces with the American Center for Mobility (ACM) in Southeast Michigan to support the development and testing of connected and automated transportation technologies. Earlier post.)

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Mercedes-Benz running automated test drive in Shanghai; infrastructure peculiarities

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The final stop of the Intelligent World Drive will be the CES in Las Vegas in January 2018. The test drive in Greater Los Angeles and afterwards on to Las Vegas will concentrate on evaluating the driving behavior in heavy American urban traffic and in tailbacks as well as when traffic is overtaking on the right on highways.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company introduces updated lineup of tunneling products

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The first of these is the Loop, which has been built in the Las Vegas Convention Center. This was something that Elon Musk initially mentioned back in 2018 during a fireside chat in Los Angeles. Credit: Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau. Credit: CNBC Television/YouTube.

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