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Newsby StaffAugust 19, 2016

Uber partners with Volvo to develop autonomous cars

The base vehicles will be manufactured by Volvo Cars and then purchased from Volvo by Uber. The companies are contributing  a combined $300 million to the project.

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Newsby StaffAugust 9, 2016

Chief tech officer for Google's self-driving car initiative resigns

Other senior engineers who have recently left the autonomous car initiative, include Jiajun Zhu, one of the founding members of the self-driving car team at Google, and Dave Ferguson, computer vision and machine learning lead for the initiative.

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Newsby StaffJuly 25, 2016

Autonomous vehicle expert joins MSU’s transportation division

Craig Shankwitz will lead the development of MSU's Western Transportation Institute research team that will explore and develop applications of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies to roads and transportation systems in rural areas and small cities, in both the public and private sector.

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Newsby StaffJuly 21, 2016

Secretary Foxx urges more rigorous review of autonomous vehicle tech

His remarks at a self-driving convention comes a few weeks after government regulators revealed a 40-year-old man died in May after his Tesla car crashed into a truck while using a semi-autonomous feature called "Autopilot."

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Newsby StaffJune 28, 2016

Transdev expands autonomous passenger shuttle pilot programs

In the U.S., pilot programs featuring Trandev’s AV turnkey solution are in development in campus environments and other selected communities.

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Newsby StaffMay 2, 2016

Robotics co. secures $2M to deploy autonomous campus shuttle

Auro Shuttles are equipped with lasers, camera, radar and GPS providing it a complete 360-degree vision under all environmental situations.

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Newsby StaffApril 11, 2016

Calif. autonomous vehicle program to solve first, last mile issues

The city envisions the autonomous vehicle shuttles to provide on-demand, point-to-point transportation within the city, with users requesting a ride using their smart phones, according to a city release.

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Newsby StaffApril 11, 2016

U of Mich. selected as site for 3rd Toyota autonomous vehicle research facility

Although the focus of each of the three strategically located facilities will be broad, each will feature a different core discipline. TRI-ANN will focus primarily on fully autonomous (chauffeured) driving.

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Newsby StaffMarch 1, 2016

Google autonomous car strikes Calif. city bus

The vehicle and the test driver "believed the bus would slow or allow the Google (autonomous vehicle) to continue." Google said in the filing the autonomous vehicle was traveling at less than 2 miles per hour, while the bus was moving at about 15 miles per hour.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 2, 2016

First U.S. student-led transit agency orders Proterra electric buses

The Associated Students of the University of Montana Transportation ordered two 40-foot Catalyst Fast Charge buses and one semi-autonomous fast charger for its UDASH routes.

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