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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Province could soon allow empty autonomous vehicles on roads

CTV News - Ontario drivers could soon find themselves motoring along the highway next to a car with no one in the driver's seat. The province's Liberal government is proposing to change the rules of its 10-year automated vehicle pilot project to allow for driverless testing. Currently, the testing of fully autonomous vehicles is... More

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Toyota reveals vision for driverless vehicles that switch function on demand

Car company Toyota has unveiled an autonomous, fully electric concept vehicle that could function as a communal taxi, delivery truck or mobile shop, depending on the time of day. The e-Palette prototype made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas yesterday, presented by Toyota president Akio Toyoda. The company aims... More

Monday, January 8, 2018

LiDAR solutions are set to enable mass production of autonomous vehicles

Business Insider - LiDAR is a key enabling technology for autonomous vehicles, and a number of companies developing and manufacturing the critical type of sensor have announced innovations that can cut the costs of autonomous systems. The development of production-ready budget LiDAR chipsets designed specifically for autonomous vehicles is an... More

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Nonprofit View: Tech trends that will transform the future

When you are a part of a group of tech savvy citizenry, technology leaders and innovators; tech trends are a part of the conversation. I asked members of the Carroll Technology Council to think about “what are the trends of the future and how can we prepare ourselves?” Here are some of our immediate... More

Thursday, January 4, 2018

A User’s Guide to the Dawn of Robot Driving

By 2021 there will be 51,000 autonomous vehicles on roads worldwide, with sales projected to rise to nearly 1 million by 2025 and an estimated 33 million by 2040. The wait for the self-driving future is coming to an end. The earliest real-world applications of autonomous vehicles will arrive in... More

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

How sensors and actuators are being used to create self-driven vehicles

Robotics & Automation News - Autonomous vehicles aren’t science fiction any more. Top automobile firms and technology giants are working towards making self-driven cars commercially available by 2021. In the same way how IoT is revolutionizing the industrial organization, self-driven vehicles are revolutionizing the transportation industry,... More

Thursday, December 7, 2017

News Release: Ontario Creating Opportunity with Cars of the Future

Ontario News - New Network Highlights Province as a Global Leader in Autonomous Vehicle Technologies Ontario is reinforcing its status as a go-to destination for developing automated vehicles by launching AVIN, the Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network, in Stratford. This unique demonstration zone is among the first of its kind in Canada and will... More

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

BlackBerry (BB) Makes Recommendations to Secure Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Street Insider - While the integration of technology and connectivity in automobiles greatly improves the driving experience, it also creates complex cybersecurity challenges for automakers. To address these new concerns, BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB) today laid out a recommended framework to harden connected and autonomous vehicles against... More

Monday, November 20, 2017

ANALYSIS: Driverless trucks are coming to Canada and the impact will be profound: Don Pittis

CBC News - At last week's rollout of Tesla's electric truck, it was the battery that got most of the attention. That and the new Tesla Roadster that CEO Elon Musk says will be the fastest commercially produced car on... More

Monday, November 13, 2017

How self-driving cars will change our way of life

In 1885 the Canadian Pacific Railway was built. This combination of iron, steel and hard work represented a giant leap forward for Canadian transportation. In 2004, I was living in my hometown of Dailan, China when I first caught a glimpse of another technology that was sure to redefine transportation, not only for Canada,... More

Friday, November 10, 2017

Ontario launches $80 million new autonomous vehicle network in Stratford

IT World - Ontario is aggressively pursuing its goal of being a global leader in autonomous vehicle technologies with its latest announcement. The province has launched an Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN) in Stratford, which is a unique demonstration zone that will allow researchers to hone their technology and test driverless cars in... More

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

President of Toyota Canada: “Autonomous Vehicles Will Revolutionize Mobility and Transform Society”

Newswire.ca - According to Larry Hutchinson, President and CEO of Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI), the autonomous vehicle is a great opportunity for the automotive industry and will change society as we know it.  Just don't expect it to happen tomorrow. Hutchinson shared his point of view on the future of mobility with a room... More

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