The greatest benefit that self-driving cars could bring to humanity would be a reduction in traffic deaths. Policymakers, car company executives, and safety advocates look forward to the day when self-driving cars can dramatically reduce or eliminate the 3,400 deaths that occur every day because of traffic accidents. But self-driving cars are only just starting [&]

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Waymo CEO John Krafcik announced last week that the company would be launching a driverless taxi service in Phoenix later this year. An application Waymo filed with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for driverless testing, obtained by IEEE Spectrum using public record laws, reveals more about how that service might work. Waymo is [&]

http://eremagius.com/2018/07/26/waymo-filings-give-new-details-on-its-driverless-taxis/

Even as fully automated vehicles continue to be tested and used on roadways, there will likely still be a need for human involvement. Anticipating this need, Nikhil Chopra, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, is working on in-vehicle technology that will summon help in certain environments. “We [&]

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Super Cruise sets a high new bar for semiautonomous systems. It’s smarter and safer than anything from Audi, Mercedes, or Volvo. It’s safer than even Tesla’s fine-but-flawed Autopilot. The CT6 is expressly designed for hands-off-the-wheel highway driving. On a highway north of Manhattan, I drove for more than 2 hours without once touching the wheel, [&]

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I’m back in the pits of Connecticut’s historic Lime Rock Park. And if you’d told me even a decade ago that a front-wheel-drive hatchback could rock a track like this, yet still reliably perform its everyday duties—you know, like a Honda—I’d have doubled over in laughter. With 228 kilowatts (306 horsepower), a 4.9-second leap to [&]

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A flexible, printed sensor that accurately measures tire wear in real time could warn drivers when the tread on their tires has gotten uneven or precariously thin. The sensor, made with carbon nanotube ink, spots millimeter-level changes in tire tread with 99 percent accuracy. Today’s cars are laden with sensors that keep tabs on many [&]

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If you plan on driving or owning a car in Germany, there are several aspects to consider: What’s easier – importing your vehicle or buying a car in Germany? Do you need a German driving license? What about insurance? This expat guide to Germany hopefully answers all your car-related questions. Now that you have a [&]

http://eremagius.com/2017/10/17/need-expat-info-for-germany/

German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel hit back Monday after President-elect Donald Trump threatened tax hikes for automakers who produce outside the U.S., warning that the move would hurt the American auto industry instead of making it stronger. The Guardian reports that Gabriel, cited in the German daily Bild, warned of a “bad awakening” if overseas [&]

http://eremagius.com/2017/10/17/germany-to-donald-trump-u-s-needs-to-build-better-cars/

Save Topic Driving rental cars from Germany to Eastern Europe 24 March 2014, 19:51 I am planning to fly from the U.S. to Munich, Germany for a three-week vacation. I want to rent a car in Munich but drive it into Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina among other countries. However, the first two rental car [&]

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Germany’s government has answered the car ethics question once and for all: driverless cars should prioritize the protection of human life over the destruction of animals or property. On Wednesday, the nations Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure – a curious combination that suggests they took information superhighway too literally – announced it will [&]

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