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First Driverless Electric Car Tested in the UK
A driverless electric car has been tested on public roads in the UK for the first time. The LUTZ Pathfinder, developed by Catapault Transport Systems, has been trialled in the Buckinghamshire town of Milton Keynes – which is simple to navigate with its modern grid-like road and district structure –…
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Enjoy The Cyclotron – A Self-Driving Bike
So many companies are now looking for new ways to ditch the driver and give you a nice relaxing drive as you put your feet up instead of putting them down on the gas pedal. So why not go smaller? Ignore your car and the fleet of self-driving taxi’s and…
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Uber Teams Up With Volvo to Give Driver Free Rides
Driverless cars are all the hit. The ability to get into your car and tell it that you want to go to work, only to then find it drive away without you ever pressing a pedal. Now it looks like the Volvo is going to help the ride-sharing app Uber achieve…
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Australia Shifts North Thanks to GPS Fix
You may not have realised it but this weekend Australia moved. The entire continent moved north over the weekend to help address an issue with its location on the world’s global positioning systems (GPSs). The body responsible for the move has stated that the move is in fact to keep…
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Feel Like a Royal In The Driverless Rolls-Royce
Have you ever felt like that you weren’t being treated with enough respect? In their latest announcement Roll-Royce want to address this issue by giving people access to a driverless car that leaves you feeling like the important person you are. The Vision Next 100 is Rolly-Royce’s answer to the driverless craze…
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First UK Driverless Car Insurance Goes Live
For many getting insurance is easy, you ring up and get a policy to cover you in case you are involved in an accident. What if the accident wasn’t your fault? What if it was because of the automated driving features on your car or because of the driverless nature…
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Take A Look At The First Driverless Racecar
With more and more people being interested in driver-less technology it was only a matter of time before it went from the streets to the race track. Formula E have already announced their intention to start a driverless championship, but you can even get a glimpse at the designs behind…
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Driverless Bikes Are Now A Thing Too
The term driverless isn’t anything new and it is probably most known in relation to cars and Google’s self-driving car project that’s been going on for years now. But we’ve also heard of driverless lorries coming to the UK, driverless pods in London, and even driverless Formula E racing as well…
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Driverless Lorries Coming to the UK
When it comes to cars, there is one topic on every companies lips, driverless technology. The ability to take a car from your house to the shops, to work, and then back home without ever pressing the pedals or touching the steering wheel. From Formula E announcing that they will…
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The Tesla Autopilot System is Surreal
Tesla is certainly a pioneer of vehicle technology and continues to innovate in this market. The concept of autonomous cars is becoming more widely accepted and provides a glimpse into the future. Recently, Tesla’s Autopilot system was showcased in a real world scenario. The software is capable of detecting the…
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Netherlands First To Introduce Self Driving Shuttles To Public Roads
We’ve been hearing about them for a while. Self-driving cars are a popular thing for people, companies and countries, Companies like Google, who state that their self-driving cars are actually too safe for urban areas, and Heathrow, who operate a self-driving pod system at terminal five, it would seem that automated…
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Raspberry PI And Over-The-Counter Laser Can ‘Disable Self-Drive Car’
Jonathan Petit, the principal scientist at Security Innovation, has managed to disrupt the awareness programming in self-driving cars with a simple laser pen and pulse generator. The equipment is easily obtainable and requires a low-cost computer such as the Raspberry PI. Once combined with a laser pen, you can trick…
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Driverless Cars to Hit UK Streets Soon
Here at eTeknix, we love to hear about the latest car technology; it’s nice to see how it has progressed over the years. Lately, we have been very interested in electric vehicles (EV’s) and autonomous/driverless cars. In recent weeks, we have heard of the green light for Google to release…
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Delphi’s Driverless Car Preparing to Start Its Nationwide Journey
It looks like Delphi is looking to start pushing boundaries today by showing off the true potential of autonomous vehicle technology. The driverless car is set to begin a cross-country trip later today, having the starting point set in California and the destination set as New York. Though driverless cars…
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100 Real People to Test Volvo Self-Driving Cars in 2017
Volvo, the Scandinavian automaker, has said that they will begin testing of their first driverless vehicles with real drivers in 2017. Yes, that means anyone, not special scientists or engineers. The tests will also be on public roads as well, in real traffic on the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo…
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