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After Uber Crash, Florida Still Welcomes Free-Range Robot Cars

The anything-goes approach meant to bring autonomous vehicles to Florida won鈥檛 change after the first fatal collision.

March 23, 2018
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Video From Self-Driving Uber Car Captures First Fatal Collision

Police in Tempe, Ariz., on March 21 released dashcam videos of the fatal accident March 18 in which an Uber car operating in autonomous mode struck and killed a pedestrian, showing the car did not slow down or alter its course to avoid her.

March 21, 2018
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Trump Infrastructure Proposal Could Fund Self-Driving Truck Lanes, DOT Official Says

Projects aimed at building dedicated lanes for self-driving trucks would qualify for funds under President Donald Trump鈥檚 infrastructure proposal unveiled last month, a top federal transportation official said March 16.

March 20, 2018
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Toyota Pauses Robot-Car Program Citing Drivers鈥 Emotional Toll

Toyota Motor Corp. has halted tests of its 鈥淐hauffeur鈥 autonomous driving system on U.S. public roads after a Uber Technologies Inc. vehicle operating in autonomous mode under the supervision of a human safety driver struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, on March 18.

March 20, 2018
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Uber Crash Is Nightmare Driverless World Feared but Expected

Waymo recently showed a video of people riding in its self-driving minivans. They thumbed their phones, yawned and one snoozed. he message: Driverless cars are so safe, they鈥檙e boring.

March 20, 2018
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Uber Death Elicits Warning From Teamsters Wary of Robo-Truckers

The largest union for U.S. truck drivers, which has taken a cautious view of autonomous vehicles, called for stronger safeguards after a self-driving SUV operated by Uber Technologies Inc. killed a pedestrian in Phoenix on March 18.

March 20, 2018
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Uber Suspends Autonomous Truck Testing After Arizona Pedestrian Death Involving Car

Uber is temporarily suspending its autonomous vehicle operations 鈥 including trucks 鈥 in the wake of an accident with one of its autonomous cars that resulted in a fatality, the company confirmed March 19 to Transport Topics.

March 19, 2018
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'Fast and Furious' Driverless Cars Aren鈥檛 as Crazy as They Sound

Self-driving cars will rarely have to deal with a pack of drivers who think they are in a 鈥淔ast and Furious鈥 movie, but training them to do so might just be what it takes to reach true autonomy.

March 19, 2018
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Lyft, Auto Parts Maker Magna Partner on Autonomous Vehicles

Ride-hailing company Lyft is joining with large Canadian auto parts supplier Magna to develop self-driving vehicles, sharing expenses on a multi-year project that could vault them onto the leader board in autonomous technology.

March 16, 2018
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Report: Uber Keen to Sell Self-Driving Technology to Toyota

Ride-hailing company Uber is in talks to start selling its self-driving technology to Toyota Motor, Japanese media reported March 16.

March 16, 2018