A decade ago this week, General Motors became the first automaker to bring an automated vehicle to CES, and then-CEO Rick Wagoner was the first to keynote the annual Las Vegas technology show. Plenty has changed since then as the U.S. auto industry…
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The future of personal mobility has arrived in Phoenix with the launch of Waymo's early rider program. Waymo, the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary created to commercialize Google's automated driving technology is now inviting the public to participate in its…
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Aptiv Expands Its Automated Driving Development Into China
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The author is a senior analyst on the Transportation Efficiencies team at Navigant Research
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