Self-driving cars
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What's it like to drive with Tesla's Autopilot and how does it work?Tesla’s Autopilot is in the spotlight after a fatal crash. Samuel Gibbs used it when he drove to France in a Model S – here’s how he found the experience of driver assistance
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Look, no hands! On the autobahn in Audi's driverless carEngineers testing driver-free vehicles say aggressive driving and road rage could become a thing of the past. But are their cars any fun?
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Ethical question leaves potential buyers torn over self-driving cars, study saysFaced with two deadly options the public want driverless vehicles to crash rather than hurt pedestrians – unless the vehicle in question is theirs
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Will your driverless car be willing to kill you to save the lives of others?Survey reveals the moral dilemma of programming autonomous vehicles: should they hit pedestrians or avoid and risk the lives of occupants?
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Self-driving trucks: what's the future for America's 3.5 million truckers?The race is on to get driverless trucks on the roads, and experts say the impact on professional drivers ‘is going to be a huge problem’
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Descent of the machines: Volvo's robot mining trucks get rollingDriverless lorries designed to work specifically in underground tunnels are becoming a reality. How long before they appear on roads?
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Chargers, châteaux and the Channel Tunnel: can you really do a driving holiday in a Tesla?Are electric cars really good enough to take four adults and a week’s worth of luggage from London to the Loire? Samuel Gibbs finds out
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Self-driving cars: who's building them and how do they work?Volvo is testing driverless lorries to work underground and Google has autonomous cars on the road – but what does it mean for the future of motoring?
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Toyota and Volkswagen invest in ride-hailing apps: 'the future of mobility'Toyota announced partnership with Uber as Volkswagen puts $300m into Tel Aviv-based app Gett, in move that could pave way for apps to use self-driving cars
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Los Angeles to get on-demand 'driverless buses'City links: LA’s self-driving shuttles, Istanbul’s street cats, New York’s abandoned cinemas and the cities where rent swallows salary feature in this week’s roundup of the best urban stories from around the globe
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Uber, Google and others form self-driving car lobby to shape US policyGoogle, Uber, Lyft, Ford and Volvo – all developing self-driving car technology – have formed a lobbying group to take on regulation of autonomous vehicles
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