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UK to remove insurance barriers for self-driving cars
Insurance barriers to be removed for self-driving cars New insurance rules are now being introduced in Britain plans to ensure victims of accidents involving self-driving cars are compensated quickly. This will aid in opening up the self-driving car market by removing a major obstacle to the nascent industry. Up until now, the introduction of self-driving cars has been hampered by...
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Will you need a Driving Licence for a Self-Driving Car?
Will you need a Driving Licence for a Self-Driving Car? Future generations of motorists may find they will not need a driving licence, as we know it today. The first driving licences in the world were issued back in 1903 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. If your car can drive itself and has a robot driver, why would you...
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Insurance industry bracing for major change with the arrival of Self-Driving Cars?
Major changes could affect insurers with the arrival of Self-Driving Cars Will the inevitable arrival of autonomous vehicles on a mass scale send the auto insurance industry over a cliff? Some are saying that if you have a motor insurance business it may not exist in 20 years. Why? You can blame the seismic shift that is occurring in the...
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Back to the Future! The Top Ten Hydrogen Powered Cars
Back to the Future! The Top Ten Hydrogen Powered Vehicles Japanese car maker Honda and the American giant, General Motors, are investing $85 million to mass produce the hi-tech that will power hydrogen cars by 2020. Honda and GM aren't the only ones exploring the potentiality of hydrogen-powered cars. Many other automakers are seeing a future in them alongside electric...
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Autonomous Cars Will self Learn Like Mobile Phones
Self Learning Autonomous Cars At the moment we get daily updates from our smartphones for our apps and the operating systems even getting these updates while we sleep. It is proposed that we will also get automated updates for our smart cars in the future which will help the car to handle cyclists, dogs, balls rolling into the path of...
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Daimler to build electric cars in existing Mercedes plants
Daimler to build electric cars in existing Mercedes plants The German carmaker Daimler (DAIGn.DE) is planning to build their new electric cars in existing Mercedes plants by integrating them with serial production of cars with combustion engines, the group said. Markus Schaefer, Mercedes-Benz Cars production chief said on Wednesday"In this way, we are taking advantage of the opportunities offered by...
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U.S. regulator closes investigation into Tesla car fatality - no evidence of defects
U.S. regulator closes investigation into Tesla car fatality - no evidence of defects U.S. regulators said on Thursday that they found no evidence of any defects in Tesla cars following the death of a man who was killed while driving his Tesla Model S. The Tesla car collided with a truck while the autopilot system was engaged. This is the...
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Amazon patents highway network that controls self-driving cars
Amazon patents highway network that controls self-driving cars ...
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Tesla allows self-driving cars to break speed limit if they wish
Tesla allows autonomous cars to break speed limits A new update over the weekend will allow Tesla drivers to programme their car to break the speed limit. The Tesla autopilot system contains many advanced safety features such as adaptive cruise control, which can allow the car to match the speed of the vehicle in front. It also has lane assist...
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Nissan to carry out autonomous vehicle testing in London
Nissan is to carry out their own autonomous vehicle testing in London next month Nissan is set to roll out their own real-world demonstrations of autonomous driving cars in London next month. Government officials and technical and safety experts will be afforded the opportunity to experience and test the futuristic autonomous driving technology in a live environment as passengers on...