Car wars: Why ‘Canada is dead last’ in the potentially huge self-driving industry

BusinessBy admin February 2, 2017 Leave a comment

[ad_1] An autonomous vehicle with significant Canadian content unobtrusively drove around a test track at the CES tech show in Las Vegas in January, surrounded by major automotive and technology companies such as Honda Motor Co., Delphi Automotive PLC and Nvidia Corp. Self-driving cars were approved for 10 U.S. testing sites as one of Obama…

Self-driving cars were approved for 10 U.S. testing sites as one of Obama administration’s final acts

BusinessBy admin January 22, 2017 Leave a comment

[ad_1] Robot cars will be put through their paces by researchers and federal regulators at 10 test tracks designated by the U.S. as official sites for validating the technology. In one of its last acts under the Obama administration, the Transportation Department picked two sites in California and one each in Michigan and seven other…