SAF starts autonomous vehicle trials in Kranji Camp III, Paya Lebar Air Base
SINGAPORE – Trials of driverless vehicles started last month (April) at Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) sites. The aim is to reduce...
Read MoreIn a year of major shifts, the self-driving car market is consolidating
News broke this week that Woven Planet, a Toyota subsidiary, will acquire Level 5, Lyft’s self-driving unit, for $550 million. The...
Read MoreChinese tech giants Huawei, DJI jump on to the lidar bandwagon as they eye huge potential in self-driving cars
Lidar sensors, a critical technology for self-driving cars, has emerged as the new battleground for Chinese tech firms. At the forefront...
Read MoreVW will design its own chips for self-driving cars
Volkswagen won’t settle for off-the-shelf computing power with its self-driving cars. As Reuters (via Autoblog) reports, company...
Read MoreThe race to build self-driving trucks has four horses and three jockeys
Over the last five years, as it’s become clear that self-driving cars will take longer than expected to arrive on most American streets,...
Read MoreGnarly skateboarders trying dangerously to hitch a ride on self-driving cars
The skateboarder was eyeing a self-driving car and decided that it might be quite rad to try and hitch a ride....
Read MoreDriverless truck startup Plus plans Hennessy SPAC deal
(Bloomberg) — Self-driving truck startup Plus is in talks to merge with special purpose acquisition company Hennessy Capital...
Read MoreHyperdrive Daily: The self-driving car race hardly matters
When Guidehouse Insights sent me its annual study on the leaders in self-driving, I wondered how the report would rank a field that...
Read MorePennDOT launches public survey on automated vehicles
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced April 28 the launch of a survey meant to offer an idea of constituents’...
Read More“It’s a matter of a year or two”: Innoviz outlines autonomous vehicle roadmap
Each year, giants like Elon Musk try to prepare the public for when we will see the widespread deployment of autonomous vehicles on city...
Read MoreWaymo’s new CEOs say self-driving unit eyes outside funding
Waymo, the prized self-driving arm of Alphabet Inc., is looking to nab further outside investment and make acquisitions of its own, the...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars to conveniently haul fancy stores to your doorstep for your shopping delight
You look out the window of your home and see what appears to be a fancy store parked temporarily outside in front of your house. Say what?...
Read MoreBaidu launches robotaxi service in outer Beijing. How ‘fully driverless’ is it vs. AutoX?
Baidu BIDU -1.6%, the leading search engine in China, has launched a robotaxi service in Shougang Park – an industrial park on the...
Read MoreKids won’t learn to drive: IDTechEx explains why
BOSTON, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Learning to drive is a coming-of-age moment many kids (and parents sick of being taxi...
Read MoreAA President raises concerns over government’s announcement for self-driving vehicles
Yesterday, the government announced that self-driving vehicles could be on UK streets by the end of this year. However, the AA say it’s...
Read MoreFaraday Future signs Velodyne as exclusive lidar supplier for luxury EV
(Reuters) – Faraday Future has selected Velodyne Lidar Inc as an exclusive supplier for its flagship luxury electric car FF 91,...
Read MoreBaidu Apollo to launch fully driverless ride-hailing services in Beijing, demonstrating a new commercialization model for autonomous driving
BEIJING, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU and HKEX: 9888) will open fully driverless robotaxi services to the...
Read MoreKlas, leader in edge intelligence, unveils the TRX D8, data-logging hardware for autonomous vehicle development
DUBLIN, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Klas, a global leader in edge intelligence solutions, today announced an all new piece of...
Read MorePlus, Cummins partner on self-driving CNG trucks
Self-driving truck technology company Plus announced a new initiative with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. to develop what Plus called...
Read MoreEasyMile raises $66M for its autonomous people-and-goods shuttles
We may still be a long way off from Level 5, fully self-driving cars on the open road, but companies building autonomous vehicles and...
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