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Rent a car in Las Vegas with remote driver, courtesy German engineering

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By: Reuters | Updated on: 17 Jan 2024, 15:43 PM The car rental startup called Vay uses autonomous vehicles which are remotely controlled by human drivers. A Vay remotely-driven vehicle seen in operation in Las Vegas United States. These vehicles are autonomous in nature but are not self-driven.

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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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Ford unveils all-electric F-100 Eluminator concept with new EV crate motor customers can now buy

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In Las Vegas for SEMA, Ford revealed the all-electric F-100 Eluminator concept—a zero-tailpipe-emissions demonstration truck powered by the all-new Ford Performance Parts Eluminator electric crate motor that customers can now buy online. —,Eric Cin, global director, Vehicle Personalization, Accessories and Licensing.

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Hyundai opening R&D and Lab Center in Montana to design and build Ultimate Mobility Vehicles

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Hyundai New Horizons Studio (NHS), a unit focused on the development of Ultimate Mobility Vehicles (UMVs) ( earlier post ), will open a new Research, Development and Lab Center in Bozeman, Montana. Next-generation vehicle architectures. Elevate concept revealed in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2019.

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Vay launches ‘driverless’ service in U.S., but there’s a catch

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Vay announced on Wednesday that its service has already launched in Las Vegas, Nevada, but it is not completely free of human control. Instead, Vay uses what it calls “teledriving,” which enables people to hail vehicles for rides in vehicles controlled by people who operate the car in a remote space.

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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. Five other vehicles were involved, including a minivan with seven people inside.

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The Boring Company’s LVCC Loop ramps to 70 cars as CES 2022 kicks off

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The Boring Company’s (TBC) Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop in Sin City recently increased its Tesla fleet to 70 vehicles as part of its efforts to cater to the influx of visitors attending CES 2022. . The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) board agreed to pay TBC up to $6.5 Driver error.

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