Category Archives: Traffic

Uber Ad-carrying Drones Hover Over Drivers in Mexico

Uber’s drones are heckling motorists stuck in traffic in Mexico City. Drivers on a highway in Mexico City have lately found themselves being buzzed by a fleet of ad-toting drones. The black-and-white quadcopters carried white signs with simple slogans written … Continue reading

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Airbus Wants to Make a Flying Taxi Fleet

A team of the European aerospace giant Airbus is currently working on the development of a new pilotless passenger aircraft, called CityAirbus. The concept has been developed by A3 (pronounced “A-cubed”) under the project that is dubbed Vahana. A3 is … Continue reading

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China’s Straddling Bus Design Will Beat Traffic Jams

China unveils futuristic transport concept- a bus that drives over cars. A Beijing company has unveiled an amazing concept elevated bus that travels above the other vehicles and could hold the key to solving the crazy traffic jams in the … Continue reading

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Google Veterans Plan to Put Autonomous Big Rigs on US Highways

Startup founded by former Google engineers aims to bring autonomous big-rig trucks into highways. Ottomotto is a startup, based in San Francisco, is founded by four ex-Google engineers, including long-time self-driving pioneer Anthony Levandowski, one of the founders of Google’s self-driving car program. … Continue reading

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Singapore is Getting the World’s First Driverless Taxi Service

A US-based startup, NuTonomy, might be the first company with a fleet of fully autonomous taxis on the roads, if the authorities of Singapore approve the company’s pilot program to be launched in a few months. NuTonomy is an autonomous … Continue reading

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Cop Pulls Over Google Car: Finds no Driver to Ticket

Google’s driverless car has been pulled over by police for driving too slow in Mountain View, Silicon Valley. The vehicle was stopped for doing 24mph in a 35mph zone. Google self-driving cars have driven 1.3 million miles and haven’t managed … Continue reading

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Self-Driving Buses Coming to America in 2016

It seems the self-driving future is coming far sooner than we might have expected. The Bishop Ranch- a suburban office park in San Ramon, California will be the first place in the U.S. to use driverless shuttles.  The 500-acre office park … Continue reading

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Meet Kirobo Mini – a Companion Robot from Toyota

Are you often lonely on the road? Do you sometimes need a companion while driving? What about a robot companion? Toyota is working on a tiny human robot that could gesture, read your mood and talk to you while you … Continue reading

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California Bullet Train Project Likely to Miss Target Deadline and Exceed Budget

The $68-billion California bullet train project will encounter serious setbacks: tunneling, financing, total cost, land acquisition, legal and environmental challenges.The project will hit many snags and it will definitely overshoot budget and deadline targets. It will be the most ambitious … Continue reading

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RoboCab: Driverless Taxi Trial to Start in Japan

Robot Taxi, a Tokyo-based company, announced Thursday that it will begin its unmanned taxi experiment on public roads in Fujisawa in 2016. Residents will be invited to try out taxis from their homes to local grocery stores about two miles … Continue reading

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