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Motorists red light driverless cars
- 01/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Motorists could stop self-driving cars in their tracks with more than 70 per cent ready to turn their backs on the march of automotive progress, according to a new survey. Just over five per cent of motorists asked by the UK’s largest specialist insurance broker Adrian Flux said they would embrace the new [...] -
Self-driving pods unveiled
- 16/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The first of three ‘pod’ vehicles was unveiled in Milton Keynes on Tuesday as part of a pioneering project to trial automated vehicles in pedestrianised areas. The electric-powered LUTZ Pathfinder pod was presented to commuters and other members of the public outside Milton Keynes Central train station, with [...] -
Toyota invests $50m in autonomous cars
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Toyota is making a major investment into developing intelligent and self-driving vehicles alongside two leading US universities. Over the next five years, Toyota Motor Corporation will invest approximately $50 million (about £32 million) in establishing joint research centres at both Stanford and the [...] -
Consumers concerned with driverless car safety
- 01/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
With the arrival of autonomous cars looming, OSV Ltd, a vehicle leasing company surveyed around 500 people in the UK to find out exactly what was concerning them most when it comes to driverless cars. The results from the survey carried out by OSV Ltd were overwhelming! 72% of the UK population admitted that they [...] -
UK does not want driverless cars
- 30/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A survey by OSV Ltd shows that although the car industry is heading towards an autonomous car revolution, a whopping 75% of the UK population do not want a driverless car. The survey also showed that the English were most against driverless cars, with 82% stating that they did not want one. This week the [...] -
Impact of Driverless Cars presentation
- 30/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A discussion on the ‘Impact of Driverless Cars on Logistics and Insurance’, plus new Business Models and related case studies will be presented during the second edition of Frost & Sullivan's GIL 2015, in Monaco on 23 October 2015. Disrupting unsustainable business models is the only way to survive and [...] -
Daimler to test self-driving trucks
- 28/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
German carmaker Daimler is planning to test self-driving trucks as early as this year, according to executive board member Wolfgang Bernhard. He told a German newspaper, ‘We are positive that we will get approval for tests on German motorways within the next weeks,’ Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung quoted [...]
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