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  Mercedes-Benz shows off self-driving car technology in its new $100,000 S-Class

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 18, 2013 08:18 am + 61 comments

  Google has been pushing self-driving car technology for much of the last few years, and Audi showed Continue reading…

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  Robotic cars, aeroponics, and Lego: building tomorrow's city in MIT's Media Lab

  By Dan Seifert on May 5, 2013 01:26 pm + 3 comments

  MIT's Media Lab has been cranking out innovations ever since it opened back in 1985, and now it has Continue reading…

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  Michigan governor urges 'automotive capital of the world' to welcome self-driving cars

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 16, 2013 09:37 pm + 29 comments

  Self-driving cars may soon hit the roads of Michigan — home of US automakers Chrysler, Ford, and Continue reading…

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  Self-driving trucks tested in Japan, form a close-knit convoy for fuel savings

  By Carl Franzen on February 27, 2013 07:50 pm + 32 comments

  As Google and others ramp up their plans to develop self-driving cars, one government-funded Continue reading…

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  Nissan shifts self-driving car R&D to Silicon Valley

  By Sam Byford on February 18, 2013 11:20 pm + 10 comments

  Nissan has opened a new advanced research center in Sunnyvale, California that will specialize in Continue reading…

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  Inexpensive alternative to Google's self-driving cars uses lasers and cameras to navigate

  By Sam Byford on February 17, 2013 12:28 am + 91 comments

  Oxford University has unveiled a new autonomous car system that takes a different approach to Continue reading…

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  Google expects its self-driving cars to be ready in three to five years

  By Kimber Streams on February 11, 2013 10:06 am + 74 comments

  Speaking at a Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) conference last week, product manager for Continue reading…

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  Lexus's 'advanced active safety research vehicle' can drive itself, but don't call it a self-driving car

  By Chris Ziegler on January 7, 2013 02:00 pm + 10 comments

  At CES today, Toyota's Lexus division just took the wraps off its "advanced active safety research Continue reading…

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  Nissan to launch the first steer-by-wire system in mass produced automobiles next year

  By Dan Seifert on October 17, 2012 09:35 am + 47 comments

  According to Reuters, Nissan has announced plans to introduce a new "steer-by-wire" system in its Continue reading…

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  Self-driving cars allowed on California roads under new law

  By Chris Welch on September 25, 2012 05:39 pm + 108 comments

  Google's self-driving car initiative gained momentum in California today with the signing of a bill Continue reading…