Canadian Tire and NuPort Robotics to commercialize Canada’s first automated heavy duty trucking technology
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 11, 2021 / Canadian National retailer Canadian Tire Corporation (TSX:CTC.A)(TSX:CTC) and Toronto-based...
Read MoreSKF teams with Einride on AD truck operations
OEM bearing and seal manufacturer SKF has begun testing a self-driving electric truck in conjunction with Swedish developer Einride, to...
Read MoreNew products for pedestrian `see me’ wearable safety gear being spurred by self-driving cars
Pedestrians have a tough life. When trying to cross the street, ostensibly you’re taking your life into your hands as you dare to go in...
Read MoreRobo-drivers: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Robots drivers, we’re told, could reduce traffic deaths. That might be possible someday. But it is highly implausible that switching...
Read MoreTuSimple gets Shanghai’s nod to road test self-driving trucks
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Self-driving truck startup TuSimple has recently been granted the permit that allows its autonomous truck fleet to...
Read MoreDeborah Hersman, former Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), has been appointed to Velodyne Lidar’s Board of Directors. (Photo: Velodyne Lidar, Inc.)
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today announced that Deborah Hersman, former chair of the National Transportation Safety Board...
Read MoreBaidu receives green light to demonstrate commercialized autonomous driving, test driverless vehicles in Cangzhou
Baidu, Inc., a leading AI company with a strong Internet foundation, received qualifications for 35 vehicles to demonstrate commercialized...
Read MoreAutofleet provides Vehicle-as-a-Service platform for Keolis autonomous electric shuttle deployment in Sweden
TEL AVIV, Israel–(Business Wire)–Autofleet, a provider of AI-powered fleet optimization solutions, was selected by Keolis, a...
Read MoreFord appoints mobility veteran Brett Wheatley as TransLoc CEO
Ford Motor Company announces the appointment of Brett Wheatley as chief executive officer of TransLoc, a transportation software solutions...
Read MoreSamsung to develop autonomous driving chip for Google’s Waymo: Media
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics recently won a project for Google parent Alphabet’s autonomous driving unit Waymo to develop chips for...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle report looks at deployment impact on UK cities
A report identifying the potential impact of the deployment of autonomous vehicle (AV) services on major UK cities in the future has been...
Read MoreBMW’s new curved iDrive display is a ‘major step’ toward autonomous driving
BMW is pulling the curtain back on its next iteration of iDrive, the software and infotainment platform that has served as the centerpiece...
Read MoreCruise acquires Voyage in another autonomous vehicle merger
Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, will acquire self-driving startup Voyage in another major autonomous vehicle...
Read MoreTesla removed some drivers from its self-driving test for not paying attention
New York (CNN Business)Tesla has expanded its “full self-driving” software to roughly 2,000 Tesla owners, but some drivers...
Read MoreRoboSense launches China’s first automotive-grade solid-state LiDAR production line
RoboSense (Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.) has launched China’s first automotive-grade solid-state LiDAR production line and will...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars and those brazen dogs that love to chase after passing cars
Dogs relish chasing after all kinds of objects such as weathered tennis balls and worn-out frisbees. Unfortunately, dogs also delight in...
Read MoreARPA-E awards $18M to 4 teams to optimize vehicle performance and efficiency; NEXTCAR Phase II
The US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) is awarding $18 million in funding to four projects...
Read MoreLidar may be harmful to people & cameras
Jim Park at Truckinginfo.com wrote an interesting story questioning the safety of lidar systems. Some types of lidar could potentially...
Read MoreAutonomy’s elephant in the room: Who’s liable when a self-driving truck causes a crash?
Advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) have been widely adopted by motor carriers for collision mitigation, automatic cruise control, lane...
Read MoreA federal agency warns Tesla tests unfinished driverless tech on its users
A federal agency is calling for tougher requirements on testing autonomous driving, and the proposed changes could eventually force Tesla...
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