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Do Self-Driving Cars Spell Doom for Auto Insurers?
2014-09-13 04:50:52| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
The self-driving car seems like a terrible drivers dream: no steering wheel to control, no trouble parallel parking, no concerns about having a couple of beers on the way home from work. But the removal of fallible human drivers might create havoc for auto insurers. Human error accounts for 90 percent of road accidents, according to the International Organization for Road Accident Prevention, and our collective failure rate helps the auto insurance industry rake in a cool $157 billion in premiums each year. So if self-driving cars eliminate all those driver mistakes, the business of insuring vehicles will necessarily change as well. READ MORE about likely changes The Article Do Self-Driving Cars Spell Doom for Auto Insurers? appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Verizon CEO: Self-driving cars just years away from reality
2014-09-09 06:43:17| IT Services - Topix.net
Lowell C. McAdam, Chairman & CEO of Verizon and moderator Devin Scillian of WDIV-TV have a discussion about the future of the digital age and new developments. The technology exists to make self-driving cars an emerging reality in the next three to five years - if the country will build the infrastructure and the government will issue the necessary rules, the CEO of wireless communications company Verizon told the Detroit Economic Club on Monday.
How Googles self-driving cars detect and avoid obstacles
2014-09-08 21:45:51| Extremetech
Google's driverless cars are bristling with sensors, but what do they all do? The patents hold the answers.
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Google has built a Matrix-like simulation of California to test its self-driving cars
2014-08-22 14:50:54| Extremetech
Google, it has emerged, has built a 'Matrix-style' simulation of the entirety of California to test its self-driving cars. While this in itself isn't massively surprising given Google's history as a software company (though it is a bit scary), the company is also petitioning California's state officials to allow safety testing within the Matrix, instead of testing on real roads. This might sound a little terrifying, but it makes quite a lot of sense for a self-driving car, where there are millions of conditions that need to be tested.
Flashing LEDs could create a mesh network for self-driving cars
2014-08-20 21:55:50| Extremetech
Forget radar--it may be possible to create a mesh network for cars with a few flashing LEDs.
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