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# SELF-DRIVING CARS

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# Your Say
Poll: Should self-driving cars be legally allowed on Irish roads?
The government is set to discuss a proposal to test self-driving cars on public roads.
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Dec 6th 2019, 9:25 AM
# SELF-DRIVING CARS
Self-driving cars might be coming - but motorists don't want to hand over the keys
Mazda research shows European drivers still want to be behind the wheel.
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Dec 20th 2017, 12:57 PM
# Level of Autnomoy
The 6 levels of self-driving car - and what they mean for motorists
SAE has defined six levels of autonomy for self-driving, here’s what they mean.
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Sep 18th 2017, 4:00 PM
# Back To The Future
How far are we from seeing driverless cars on Irish roads?
Technology is way outpacing lawmakers who need to prepare for major changes.
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Jul 15th 2017, 6:20 AM
# SELF-DRIVING CARS
Emails between Google and Uber show how the tech giants became enemies
Uber was suspicious that Google was going to launch a competing lift-sharing service.
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Jul 9th 2017, 8:30 AM
# uber unhappy
Uber has put the brakes on its self-driving cars in California
Self-driving Uber cars were being tested in defiance of a state order to halt the programme.
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Dec 22nd 2016, 12:55 PM
# Google Cars
Google has added 100 spanking new cars to its self-driving fleet
These cars are due on the public roads early in 2017.
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Dec 21st 2016, 10:24 AM
# Our survey says...
One in six people would let their kids use a self-driving car
5,000 adults reveal how they would pass time in autonomous vehicles.
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Dec 19th 2016, 3:18 PM
# step on it
These taxis can drive themselves and are ferrying people about in Singapore
It’s part of a trial, but the company behind it hopes to have a fully self-driving taxi fleet there by 2018.
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Aug 27th 2016, 10:00 AM
# SELF-DRIVING CARS
Volvo and Uber join forces to get to the future faster
Volvo Cars and Uber project will see the companies develop autonomous driving cars.
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Aug 22nd 2016, 2:26 PM
# total recall
Autonomous cars - the future is already here
Self-driving cars are not just visions for the future, many cars already have autonomous technology and features onboard.
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Jul 18th 2016, 5:07 PM
# misunderstanding
Google's self-driving cars learned an important lesson about driving near buses
Thankfully neither of them were travelling at speed when they crashed.
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Mar 1st 2016, 9:06 AM
# intervention
Google's self-driving cars are still leaning on its drivers for tight situations
Its autonomous cars experienced 272 cases where drivers were required to grab the wheel, and avoided 11 crashes.
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Jan 13th 2016, 5:09 PM
# Safety First
This is how self-driving cars are learning to deal with bad conditions
The likes of Google and Ford are teaching their autonomous cars to drive safely in snowy and wet conditions.
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Jan 11th 2016, 12:39 PM
# parallel universe
This car has just learnt how to park itself
The Tesla models can now self-park without a driver inside thanks to a computer update.
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Jan 10th 2016, 4:45 PM
Trucks that drive themselves could be on public roads sooner than you think
Mercedes Benz demonstrated a modified articulated truck that was capable of driving itself on a public motorway.
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Oct 7th 2015, 6:03 AM
# Hands Off
Google's self-driving cars have been in 12 accidents, but none were their fault*
*Although a company employee was in control of one at the time of one crash.
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Jun 4th 2015, 10:14 AM
# Virtual Reality
Google tests its self-driving cars in a 'Matrix-style' virtual simulation
The cars have virtually ‘driven’ more than 6.4 million kilometres inside the simulation, which recreates California’s road system.
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Aug 22nd 2014, 1:15 PM
# special delivery
Google envisions self-driving cars being used as ad-powered taxis
The company was awarded a patent which would allow businesses to offer customers a free or discounted trip to their stores.
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Jan 24th 2014, 12:50 PM
# IHS Automotive
54 million self-driving cars to be on the roads by 2035
It’s expected that by 2050, vehicles with self-driving capabilities will outnumber manual cars across the globe.
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Jan 6th 2014, 5:20 PM
# look no hands
Self-driving cars get the nod... in Nevada
Google awarded license to operate tests on auto-pilot cars.
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May 8th 2012, 8:30 PM