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News, Analysis & Perspective on Autonomous Vehicles

Velodyne achieves $0.5 billion in lidar sensors shipped

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Velodyne is the highest volume supplier of lidar sensors to the automotive industry. In an in-depth article, David Hall spoke to Forbes...

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Groundbreaking autonomous bus trial begins in Manchester

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Buses, News

In a first in the UK a full-sized bus is being trialed which operates autonomously in a Manchester bus depot. The project is part of a...

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Lidar gets rid of moving parts thanks to liquid-crystal metasurfaces

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

The market for lidar sensors for use in autonomous vehicles is now hotly contested; almost every month a new supplier appears on the...

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Autonomous driving: Safety first

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Knowledge Center, Reports, Trucks

MIT Technology Review, March 25, 2019 Safety is of paramount importance for operating autonomous vehicles. That doesn’t mean the safety of...

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Mobileye CEO clowns on Nvidia for allegedly copying self-driving car safety scheme

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Cars, News

While creating self-driving car systems, it’s natural that different companies might independently arrive at similar methods or results —...

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Safety now, self-driving later

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

I have no idea how long it will take for a safe, fully autonomous vehicle to enter production. I am sure that it will take a lot longer...

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Ricardo develops technology to avoid motion sickness in autonomous vehicles

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

With a widespread public expectation that autonomous vehicles will offer comfort levels approaching those of a living room environment,...

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Texas two step: Drive.ai focuses self-driving efforts in Arlington

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Cars, News

Drive.ai has reached a crossroads with its self-driving test program. The Silicon Valley startup will conclude testing in the north Dallas...

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Lidar startup Ouster raises $60 million in production run-up

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Ouster has raised $60 million as the San Francisco-based lidar startup opens a new facility that will have the capacity to assemble and...

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How self-driving has changed since Uber’s crash and more car news

Posted on Mar 24, 2019 in Cars, News

THINKING ABOUT THE fantastic pie-in-the-sky future is always a fun exercise. I, too, want a self-driving car. But some weeks, it’s clear...

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Transportation weekly: Nuro dreams of autonomous lattes, what is a metamaterial, Volvo takes the wheel

Posted on Mar 24, 2019 in Cars, News

This week, we’re shoving as much transportation news, tidbits and insights in here as possible in hopes that it will satiate you through...

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GM, Ford bump up investments in electric and autonomous

Posted on Mar 24, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

It’s been a very busy week for the automakers and the future of the industry. Specifically, it’s been a busy time in Detroit,...

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Automotive manufacturers invest with a focus on digitization, autonomous, and electric vehicles

Posted on Mar 24, 2019 in Cars, News

Political pressure or actual need, major investments in manufacturing were announced recently by Ford and GM. Ford announced a $900...

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How Nuro plans to spend Softbank’s $940 million

Posted on Mar 23, 2019 in Cars, Finance, News

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is bursting with ideas since SoftBank invested nearly $1 billion in February, new filings reveal. A...

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Uber vs. Lyft: Which is the better autonomous vehicle company?

Posted on Mar 22, 2019 in Cars, News, Perspective

Uber and Lyft are racing toward their IPOs, with Lyft likely going public in the coming weeks and Uber likely not too far behind. And as...

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Velodyne’s Godfather of laser sensors hits $500 million milestone, sets his sights on safer self-driving cars

Posted on Mar 22, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Spinning laser lidar sensors, invented by Velodyne’s David Hall more than a decade ago, helped kick off a race to create self-driving...

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7 key challenges impacting the mass deployment of autonomous vehicles

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

The automotive industry is currently looking at the technology innovation needed to move from today’s prototype autonomous vehicles to...

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Ford announces plans to build electric & autonomous cars in Michigan

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Infrastructure, News

Ford announced on March 20 it will invest $850 million to prepare its iconic Flat Rock assembly plant for building battery electric cars....

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Autonomous vehicle timing is a MEMS thing

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Engineering is always about tradeoffs, but autonomous vehicles are pushing that to the limit with conflicting requirements....

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Self-driving vehicles for road sweeping to go on trial

Posted on Mar 21, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News

Self-driving vehicles to clean roads in Singapore will go on trial in 2020, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Ministry of...

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