Michigan could become first state to allow self-driving cars to take to the roads without a human driver ready to take control.

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This could result in a huge boost for Michigan’s economy, and maybe generate enough revenue to fix the potholes!

Anthony is one of the world’s leading autonomous engineers: his first invention, a self-driving motorcycle called Ghostrider, is now in the Smithsonian.

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Now we understand the business model for Google to invest in self-driving cars. They are manufacturing millionaires! 

This approach, commonly known as tick-tock, has been replaced by tick-tock-tock, in which a CPU line that further optimizes the new architecture is rolled out using the same manufacturing process

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It may turn to Tick-Tock-Toe unless INTC can move more quickly into a foundry for ARM and other fast selling chips. This would be best for INTC’s customers – Wall Street Investors.

The suite of features is merely enabled by software. Additionally, the cost of enabling it after taking delivery also has gone up by $500 to $3500

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Demand and supply affects Tesla like any other, will mainstream cars with autopilot features pay premium? Adding the hardware missing in most cars could raise the sticker to more than a Tesla.

In the area of semiconductor technology he established important cooperation, for example with Nvidia in the area of graphics processing units

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The nVidia collaboration with Audi was a big one, Why leave now before it lands in any production vehicles? Or will it ever?

It revealed a photo yesterday of a test model Bolt with a LiDAR unit mounted on top, parked in a Scottsdale lot

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The picture is of the old GM proving grounds in Mesa, AZ – closed since 2009. I guess there is a new reason to test cars in hot weather again.

For the LAA standard, the 3GPP adopted a Listen-Before-Talk channel access mechanism to share the spectrum fairly

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Access to unlicensed spectrum, even if shared with the public, has great appeal to operators given the never ending demand for wireless data. Cars promised to accelerate this demand, if the ITS and auto industries can ever figure it out.

Even though the automotive industry is hamstrung by a lengthy development and production cycle, consumers are becoming less patient with the gap in performance between automotive electronics and other consumer electronics.

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This is kind of old news, and most people will agree the car experience, even on brand new models, pales in comparison to rapidly changing user experiences offered on phones and tablets. Carmakers need to accelerate deployment of OTA and deeper phone integration to keep customers.

Levandowski led Google’s self-driving car efforts, Ron was an executive on Google Maps and Motorola, while other staff have spent time with Apple, Tesla and other notable automotive firms

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Pretty interesting that “other notable automotive firms” include Apple and Tesla, since they are far removed from the mainstream automakers. I’m not sure I’m ready to get picked up at the airport by a Robo-car yet, but this is a dream team if there was one for Uber to have.

The group has already put down roots in Silicon Valley and backed a number of ride-sharing start-up companies

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Unlike many other automakers simply setting up shop in Silicon Valley to recruit software talent, Ford seems to really be digging into autonomous projects.