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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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The Boring Company’s UNLV purchase gets approval from NSHE Board of Regents

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In a March 10 meeting, the Nevada System of Higher Education’s (NSHE) Board of Regents gave the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) permission to finalize the sale of a parcel of land to The Boring Company (TBC). Vegas Loop fare is estimated to cost between $6-12 per person. The purchase involves 1.3

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The NTSB Wants More Speed-Limiting Tech in New Vehicles

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New cars have all sorts of driver monitoring tech on board that can tell when a person is paying attention or has their hands on the wheel, but the National Transportation Safety Board feels there’s a need for more. The crash was caused by a driver traveling 103 mph in a 2018 Dodge Challenger.

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Schaeffler startup to present near-production Bio-Hybrid at CES 2019; cargo and passenger versions

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Bio-Hybrid GmbH , a company belonging to the Schaeffler Group, will present the near-production Bio-Hybrid ( earlier post )—a new, modern form of personal urban mobility and means of transportation—at CES 2019. The Passenger version offers a new form of personal and design-oriented urban mobility.

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Local Motors debuts first self-driving vehicle using IBM Watson Internet of Things for Automotive

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The vehicle, dubbed “Olli,” will be used on public roads locally in Washington DC, and late in 2016 in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada. Olli was unveiled during the grand opening of a new Local Motors facility in National Harbor, MD and transported Local Motors CEO and co-founder John B. Rogers, Jr.

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How Starlink & T-Mobile’s partnership will impact 5G for the better for AI cameras

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The company’s first vertical market is focusing on transportation. “The connection here with Tesla, Starlink, and T-Mobile is all around autonomous transportation. Today’s autonomous transportation whether it’s in Tesla or another kind of vehicle all relies on line of sight situational awareness. .

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

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Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. —Doug VanDagens, global director of Ford Connected Services. GM application framework.

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