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Self-driving truck startup Embark to go public in $5.2 billion SPAC deal

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in Finance, News, Trucks

Embark Trucks Inc. is merging with a special-purpose acquisition company to go public in a deal that values the self-driving truck startup...

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Volkswagen CEO sees autonomy transforming cars more than electrification

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in Perspective

Volkswagen AG is undergoing the world’s largest industrial overhaul for the electric-vehicle age, plotting half a dozen battery plants...

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Tesla attorney Lynn Miller leaves for autonomous trucking start-up Plus

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in News, Trucks

A top Tesla attorney, Lynn Miller, has exited Elon Musk’s electric car company and is joining Plus as general counsel, the autonomous...

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Autonomous vehicles as a “killer app” for AI

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in Perspective

Artificial intelligence (AI) is used in a wide variety of products and services, including maps embedded on our smart phones and “chat...

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Autonomous vehicle shuttle service launches in Indy

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in News

INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) — A free, autonomous shuttle service has launched in downtown Indianapolis and on the campus of...

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Exclusive: Quanergy nears China-backed SPAC deal to go public

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in Finance, News, Technology

June 21 (Reuters) – Quanergy Systems Inc, a supplier of self-driving car technology, is nearing a deal to go public through a merger...

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Tesla backs vision-only approach to autonomy using powerful supercomputer

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in News, Technology

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been teasing a neural network training computer called ‘Dojo’ since at least 2019. Musk says Dojo will be able to...

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Self-driving truck startup Embark to go public in $5.2 billion SPAC deal

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Embark Trucks Inc. is merging with a special-purpose acquisition company to go public in a deal that values the self-driving truck startup...

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Autonomous vehicles can learn from your facial expression

Posted on Jun 21, 2021 in News, Technology

One of the major issues with the technology of fully or semi-autonomous vehicles is that they may not be able to accurately predict the...

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Amazon eyes robot truck startup as it continues to hedge its bets on AV technology

Posted on Jun 21, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Amazon owns a robotaxi company, is experimenting with delivery robots that drive on the sidewalk, and now is considering acquiring a big...

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Franck Louis-Victor to join Ford as VP, new businesses, a strategic priority in Ford+ plan to grow, create value

Posted on Jun 21, 2021 in News

A key driver of the Ford+ plan to grow and create value for customers and other stakeholders has a new leader, with Ford naming former...

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Amazon eyes robot truck startup as it continues to hedge its bets on AV technology

Posted on Jun 21, 2021 in News, Trucks

Amazon owns a robotaxi company, is experimenting with delivery robots that drive on the sidewalk, and now is considering acquiring a big...

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Whether bicycle riders will still get conked by car doors being opened even in an era of AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 21, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

This happens in real life. A bike rider was cruising along on a nice sunny day. Riding a bicycle while in city traffic is always a dicey...

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KIT researchers developing autonomous platooning electric bus system for public transport in Munich

Posted on Jun 21, 2021 in Buses, News, Technology

Autonomous electric buses could make short-range transit safer and more efficient; however, articulated buses or those with passenger...

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FedEx to test package deliveries with self-driving startup Nuro

Posted on Jun 18, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

June 15 (Reuters) – FedEx Corp (FDX.N) and robotics company Nuro on Tuesday announced a multi-year agreement to test self-driving vehicles...

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Students first to build ‘brains’ of autonomous bus

Posted on Jun 18, 2021 in Buses, News, Technology

Students from The University of Western Australia have become the first in Australia to develop the hardware and software to control an...

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Regulators know teleoperation is key for self-driving vehicles to succeed

Posted on Jun 18, 2021 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology

The first article in this series highlighted one of the biggest and most revolutionary changes ever to come our way — autonomous vehicles...

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Massive record-breaking heat wave reveals how AI self-driving cars could provide some cooling relief

Posted on Jun 18, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

How hot is it? That’s the kind of question that you probably don’t want to be asked when you are broiling in the existing heatwave that...

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U.S. push for self-driving cars faces union, lawyers opposition

Posted on Jun 18, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday again rejected attempts to lift regulations to allow...

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Will Cruise’s commercial test be far behind when it realizes the full driverless vehicle carrying passengers?

Posted on Jun 18, 2021 in Cars, Technology

Recently, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) announced on Twitter that cruise can provide driverless car passenger service...

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