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Paint Designed for Self-Driving Vehicles to Be Tested at Autonomous Proving Ground

PPG announced Jan. 16 it is partnering with the University of Michigan鈥檚 Mcity to test paint and other vehicle coatings specially designed for autonomous vehicles.

January 17, 2018
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Massachusetts Town Could Become Testing Site for Self-Driving Cars

Self-driving cars could be coming to Arlington, Mass., soon, as the Board of Selectmen have agreed to allow Town Manager Adam Chapdelaine to take the first steps in bringing autonomous vehicle tests to town.

January 17, 2018
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Safety Advocates Say Not So Fast on Driverless Cars

Highway safety advocates are urging lawmakers to pump the brakes on the development of driverless cars.

January 17, 2018
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Aptiv, Lyft to Continue Vegas Self-Driving Car Tests, Expand to Second City

Aptiv left a piece of Pittsburgh in Las Vegas when it tore down its booth last week at the largest electronics show in Las Vegas.

January 17, 2018
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Regulators to Seek More Input for Autonomous Vehicle Rule Revisions

U.S. transportation regulators plan to take another step toward rewriting federal rules hampering the development and adoption of autonomous technologies 鈥 from cars and trucks to buses and trains.

January 16, 2018
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GM Drops the Steering Wheel and Gives Robot Driver Control

Next year, General Motors Co. will no longer need an engineer in the front seat babysitting the robot brain that controls its self-driving Chevrolet Bolt. The steering wheel and pedals will be gone, giving total control to the machine.

January 12, 2018
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US Regulators Eye Policy for Autonomous Trucks

Federal regulators are taking the first step toward creating a policy to guide the development of autonomous transportation beyond cars to include trucks, buses and other ground-based modes.

January 10, 2018
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Ford Partners With Postmates in Path to Driverless Delivery

Ford Motor Co. is expanding its driverless delivery experiment beyond pizza by partnering with Postmates to test what it will take to eventually remove the driver from on-demand distribution.

January 9, 2018
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Pizza Hut Working With Toyota to Test Driverless Pizza Delivery

Toyota and Pizza Hut announced Jan. 8 a 鈥済lobal partnership,鈥 that could see Pizza Hut pizzas delivered in autonomous vehicles designed and built by Toyota.

January 8, 2018
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Self-Driving Car Firm Aurora to Expand After Deal With VW, Hyundai

Deals inked by the self-driving car firm Aurora with two major auto manufacturers will mean more jobs and more test vehicles on the streets in Pittsburgh, one of the company鈥檚 co-founders told the Tribune-Review.

January 8, 2018