Nissan has announced that its best-selling model, the Rogue, will be the first global model to receive the company’s new ProPILOT Assist technology. ProPILOT Assist is the first of what Nissan says is the foundation for fully-autonomous vehicles.
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Like most other privatized postal services in the world, Deutsche Post faced an uncertain future, but the national institution is now the dominant freight and logistics company in the world, and is looking to cement its future by developing its own fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles.
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With disaster relief top of mind for the US government, GM is presenting military leaders with a platform it hopes can one day help. The multi-vehicle SURUS platform uses a fuel cell powertrain and autonomous capabilities to aid in disaster relief and other complex logistics scenarios.
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Mining giant Rio Tinto has been busy investigating autonomous train technology in the Australian Outback and has now completed the nation's first autonomous heavy haul rail journey as it looks for more efficient ways to move iron ore around the country.
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Media days for the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) have come and gone, bringing an onslaught of stunning concept cars. From sexy SUVs and estates, to self-driving cars, to autonomous flying taxis, IAA is showing the world what the near and very distant futures of mobility will look like.
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To better understand public reactions to driverless cars, along with how these vehicles can broadcast their movements, Ford has done the logical thing and disguised a human driver as a car seat to fool passers by.
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Audi is using the Frankfurt Motor Show to put self-driving in the spotlight, with both concept and production cars. Along with the fully-autonomous Aicon, the brand unveiled the oddly-named (but sharply-styled) Elaine, a concept SUV capable of swapping between autonomous and human-driven modes.
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Rolls-Royce has been interested in commercial autonomous ships for some years, but now the company is looking at robotic naval vessels. These 60-m , 700-tonne open deck, single-role ships would operate without crews for over a hundred days with a range of 3,500 nm and a top speed of over 25 knots.
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The US National Transportation Safety Board has completed its investigation into a fatal crash involving a semi-truck and a Tesla Model S utilizing automated driving systems. The reasons for the crash are complex, but the report highlights issues with self-driving vehicles that should be of concern.
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Audi has put artificial intelligence in the spotlight with its new flagship production car, the the A8, but its new concept car takes things a step further. Launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Aicon provides a peek at how Audi envisages the self-driving luxury sedan of the future.
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