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At the Intersection of the Future…
Despite the fact that the business side of motorcycling is run by a small close-nit group of curmudgeons, Neanderthals, and Luddites, the world outside of motorcycling continues to press on without...
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I, For One, Welcome Our Self-Driving Overlords
The day may have come sooner than we expected, but the day of commuters being scooted around by self-driving cars is rapidly approaching us. Clocking 300,000 self-driven accident-free miles, Google’s...
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As California Legalizes Self-Driving Cars, Are Motorcycling’s Days Numbered?
The movement of transportation as a commodity continues, as California has become the second state to legalize the use of automated cars on its roadways (Nevada was first).Gov. Jerry Brown signed into...
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US Government Gets Closer to Having Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication in a Car...
Big news dropped today in the world of automobiles and motorcycles. The US Department of Transportation (DOT), along with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has announced that...
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Californians, Apply Now for Your Self-Driving Car License
Californian motorists should brace themselves, as the Golden State is poised to let autonomous vehicles onto its roadways, en masse. Announcing that it will begin taking applications for driverless...
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Google Wants Broader Autonomous Vehicle Law – Are You Ready for Riderless...
No sooner has Google built its first autonomous car, and been granted its autonomous vehicle driving license in the State of California, than the Silicon Valley company has begun paving the way for...
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Report: Automobile Blindspot Monitoring Systems 26% Slower at Detecting...
In a comprehensive report of various automobile safety systems, the American Automobile Association (AAA) released intriguing findings about blindspot monitoring systems, with some thoughts as how they...
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April Fools: Honda Reveals Early Autonomous Motorcycle Design
We have talked a great deal about autonomous vehicles here at Asphalt & Rubber, but usually the focus of that discussion has been about how autonomous four-wheel vehicles will interact with...
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BMW, Honda, & Yamaha Collaborate on Cooperative-Intelligent Transportation...
Insert the obvious SkyNet joke here, but the future of two-wheeled transportation is constantly moving ahead of us, to a place previously held only by science-fiction. We have talked here at Asphalt...
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Two Enthusiasts Podcast – Episode 5 – Terminated
The long-awaited Episode 5 of the Two Enthusiasts Podcast is now up for your listening pleasure. Apologies for it taking so long, but I had to celebrate another rotation around the sun, which sort of...
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The Three Reasons Why the Yamaha Motobot Is the Most Important Thing You’ll...
Let's face it, we knew this day would come. Technology has finally progressed to the point where our beloved past time of riding motorcycles can now be done by a robot. Sarah Connor was right. Skynet...
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Yamaha Motobot Moves to Second Phase of Development – Will Ride on the Race...
Yamaha’s Motobot was one of the bigger announcements to come from 2015, with the motorcycle riding humanoid robot promising to garner Yamaha a great deal of information about several key industries, as...
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Goodyear Eagle-360 Spherical Tire Concept Debuts
Goodyear is touting its 117 years of tire-making experience at this year’s Geneva International Motor Show, but it is the years ahead that are concerning the American tire brand right now. Debuting its...
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Valentino Rossi Meets the Yamaha Motobot
When Valentino Rossi was in the US for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, a little bird told us he would be stopping by Yamaha’s San Francisco offices, where the Yamaha Motobot autonomous riding...
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Audi Says “Ducati is NOT FOR SALE”
After much buzz and fanfare regarding the future of Volkswagen, which in-turn called into question the future of Ducati, today we finally get a glimpse into how VW is going to soldier forth from the...
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What Brexit Really Means for the Motorcycle Industry
Coverage of Brexit, the United Kingdom's referendum whether to continue as a member of the European Union, has largely been ignored in the United States, and it certainly hasn't been a blip on the...
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Report: Apple Looking at Acquiring Lit Motors
I had to check the A&R archives to see if we have even mentioned Lit Motors before, mostly because the the San Francisco startup has been slow to develop its self-balancing motorcycle, and I’m not...
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Watch a Tesla Drive Around Town, By Itself
So, this is what the future is going to look like. “Drivers” will hop into their cars, and zip around town, without paying any attention to the road in front of them. Cynics might say that already...
View ArticlePiaggio Gita, An Autonomous Two-Wheeler for the Future
When you think of the Piaggio Group, in terms of its two-wheeled creations, your thoughts probably conjure up images of motorcycles made by Aprilia or Moto Guzzi, or maybe a scooter with a Vespa badge...
View ArticleFord Patents Lane-Splitting Detection Technology
The day will come when we have to report to our autonomous vehicle overlords, and it will be an interesting day when that happens, as it will have big implications for the motorcycle industry. Until...
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Here Comes a New Complaint About Californian Drivers…
If you are riding in California anytime soon, you might want to think twice before blaming the state's fleet of drivers, as The Golden State just made it legal for self-driving cars to operate without...
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The Only Motorcycle Statistic That’s Worth a Damn
Every year the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) releases data about motorcycle fatalities in the United States. The results are never that surprising, and despite some fluctuations...
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MIC Holds Briefing on Vehicle Technology & Motorcycles
I often berate the Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) for not doing enough to promote and protect motorcycle riding in the United States, but we also have to give credit where credit is due, and the MIC...
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What Everyone Missed About Ford’s Lane-Splitting Patent
If you were reading other moto-news sites this week - first of all, shame on you - then you would have noticed much noise being made about Ford Motor Company applying for a patent on detection...
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IIHS Says that Autonomous Vehicles Won’t Prevent Most Accidents
A recent study by the IIHS suggests that self-driving cars won't prevent nearly as many vehicle crashes as we previously thought. The post IIHS Says that Autonomous Vehicles Won’t Prevent Most...
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