With the natural urge to explore, humans have been pushing the limits of possibility. It all starts with the great migration, when humans sought to conquer new terrains and now we are exploring innovative revolution like self-driving cars.
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Domino’s pizza chain have built an autonomous delivery robot with tech startup Marathon Targets. The Dominos Robotic Unit, or DRU, is making a push to be one of the first fast food chains to have an autonomous delivery service.
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GM has invested $1 billion in Lyft and self-driving car technology so they can start testing self-driving taxis on public roads. The program will feature electric Chevy Bolts and “real customers,” who will have the chance to opt in or out, but many details haven’t been hashed out.
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The world’s first certified Multicoptor, e-volo’s Volocopter VC200, premiered manned flights in Karlsruhe, Germany. Volocopter is designed to be a personal aerial vehicle, so easy and safe to fly, that anyone can do it. And due to its electric propulsion it has no tailpipe emissions and is remarkably quiet.
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Volvo, Daimler, and other manufacturers sent about a dozen trucks across Europe. These mostly autonomous vehicles set off from their bases in europe, some traveled more than 2,ooo km and 4 borders, to reach their destination. The first major exercise of its kind in Europe.
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Self driving cars are becoming very popular. So popular that now over 30 companies are trying to make driverless vehicles. The companies were identified using CB Insights’ investment, acquisition, and partnership data. Apple, Google, and Uber are among the tech heavyweights looking to cash in on autonomous cars, while traditional automotive firms like Audi, BMW, and Daimler are also investing in research.
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Self driving cars will probably lead to steep decline in fossil fuels, personal ownership, and accidents. These vehicles will pick you up, drop you off, and go to wherever it’s needed next. In 2014 an estimated 2.926 billion miles were traveled. During that year 32,675 people lost their lives and many more were injured. Around $200 billion dollars in insurance claims, uncompensated losses, and damaged property were also reported.
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Lithium, the gasoline for Tesla Model 3 electric car, is causing a feeding frenzy that has only just begun. Unveiled on March 31st the car has already received 325,000 orders. Even the market know that this is more than just another electric vehicle, with its record breaking sales in its week one launch. Lithium will need significant advancements in order to keep up with the demand for these new vehicles.
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The streets of Ann Arbor Michigan will have 5000 connected cars roaming the streets. These cars will communicate wirelessly with each other as well some infrastructure in an experiment to make autonomous cars a reality. Toyota is partnering with Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute on the project. Drivers who particpate have small data collecting boxes installed near the rear windshield and on the roof. The equipment transmits speed and position to other participating vehicles, infrastructure, and research equipment alongside some of the roads.
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Some of the world’s largest automakers are collaborating to make life-saving automatic emergency braking technology standard on all new passenger cars. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety believes this move will reduce the number of rear-end collisions in the United States by 40 percent.
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China’s production and sale of electric cars are predicted to increase by more than double this year. More than 300,000 electric cars were sold in China last year, that number is expected to reach more than 600,000 by the end of 2016.
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Toyohashi University of Technology and Taisei Corp unveiled the first electrical car in the world that will run without a battery. The electric car will receive its charge from an electrified road.
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