Kratos Defense robotic self-driving unmanned truck customer portfolio expands as deployments are increasing in the United States and worldwide
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National...
Read MoreSwift Navigation raises $50 million Series C round to accelerate consumer adoption of automotive safety and precise navigation applications across the globe
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm redefining GNSS (Global Navigation...
Read MoreOxbotica and bp complete autonomous vehicle trial at refinery
bp has successfully completed an autonomous vehicle trial at its Lingen refinery in Germany, working with Oxbotica, a global leader in...
Read MoreVolvo Cars & Luminar open up long-distance lidar dataset
There are approximately a dozen autonomy-related companies I’m keeping an eye on. As noted in a recent article about Waymo’s approach...
Read MoreGreat Wall pushes further into smart cars with Horizon deal
(Bloomberg) — Beijing-based Horizon Robotics Inc. and Great Wall Motor Co., China’s top maker of sport utility vehicles, are teaming...
Read MoreWhen self-driving cars get embroiled in massive car pileups
During the winter months, there is always a spate of massive car pileups that woefully take place and make rather noticeable and...
Read MoreHyundai, Kia say Apple car deal is off, puncturing investor dream
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Monday it is not now in talks with Apple Inc on autonomous electric cars,...
Read MoreVietnam’s Vinfast gets permit to test self-driving vehicles in California
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s first domestic car manufacturer, Vinfast, said on Monday it had obtained a permit to test autonomous...
Read MoreHyundai, Kia say Apple car deal is off, puncturing investor dream
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Monday it is not now in talks with Apple Inc on autonomous electric cars, just a...
Read MoreTesla looks to hire data labelers to feed Autopilot neural nets with images at Gigafactory New York
Tesla is looking to hire a team of data labelers to feed images to help train its Autopilot neural nets at Gigafactory New York in...
Read MoreBaidu introduces world’s first multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS platform in Guangzhou
BEIJING, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) today deployed a multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS (mobility as a...
Read MorePony.ai raises $100 million more to advance its autonomous vehicle tech
Self-driving car startup Pony.ai today announced it has raised $100 million in an extension of its series C round. The funds bring the...
Read MoreArgo AI’s self-driving cars are now being tested on the highway
Argo AI says its autonomous test vehicles are now driving on highways, too, at least near Pittsburgh, with other markets coming soon....
Read MoreWhy automakers are looking beyond ‘self-driving’ — and why investors should follow
Recently, on Motley Fool Live, Industry Focus host Nick Sciple sat down with John Rosevear, the senior auto specialist for Fool.com, to...
Read MoreExamining the world through signals and systems
There’s a mesmerizing video animation on YouTube of simulated, self-driving traffic streaming through a six-lane, four-way intersection....
Read MoreBaidu tops Beijing Autonomous Vehicles Road Test Report for the third consecutive year
BEIJING, Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) affirmed its comprehensive leadership position in China’s...
Read MoreVolkswagen plans to challenge Google with own autonomous car software
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen plans to develop most of the software needed for autonomous cars in-house, the head of the German...
Read MoreTrimble teams with ROBORACE for its autonomous racing series
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and ROBORACE, the world’s first autonomous racing series...
Read MoreGoodyear Ventures invests in autonomous trucking company TuSimple
Goodyear Ventures has added TuSimple, a global autonomous trucking technology company, to its growing investment portfolio....
Read MoreFord posts strong results, promises big bet on electric and self-driving cars
New York (CNN Business)Ford reported surprisingly good financial results at the end of a tough year, and said it was increasing its...
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