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Contents
	
	2	
Editorial

Making Safety Standard

	3	The Navigator

Sensor Monoculture is a Terrible Idea

	4	3D-printed Radar Rises Toward Production

Lunewave's unique Luneburg-lens technology aims to simplify vehicle radar
arrays - and deliver better ADAS and AV performance.

	9	Accelerating Automotive Radar

NXP's new, fifth-generation chipsets unleash 16-nm FinFet technology to
the ADAS and AV markets.

	14	 Autonomy's Computing Backbone

Cloud-computing networks are speeding AV development and preparing to
manage tomorrow's data-reliant AV fleets.

	19	 Get in Line

A veritable sensor forest is planted on the
hood of our cover vehicle, used by radar
upstart Lunewave for testing and demonstrations. The Arizona-based company's
innovative 3D-printed Luneburg lens is
earning attention from ADAS and AV
developers. Our feature begins on page 4.
Cover photograph by J. Kyle Keener.

Evolving truck-platooning techniques are paving unique paths to high-level
commercial vehicle autonomy.

	24	 Ford in 'No-hands' Land

BlueCruise hands-free driver-assist is available later this year for the
Mustang Mach-E and F-150 pickup.

	26	 ADAS-equipped Trucks Save Bucks

Bosch research finds one specific driver-assistance feature may reduce costs
associated with property damage by up to 35% for Class 7 and 8 trucks.

	29	 Stepping Into SAE Level 3

Honda and Toyota release new advanced driver-assistance systems that help
to demarcate - or blur - the differences between SAE L2 and L3 capability.

	32	 New Tools & Technologies

Autonomous Vehicle Engineering™, May 2021, Volume 3,
Number 3. Autonomous Vehicle Engineering - USPS # 235-00,
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