Baidu gets first permit for fully driverless road tests in Beijing
Baidu said on Monday that its Apollo unit was granted permission by Beijing transportation industry regulator for five of its vehicles to...
Read MorePanasonic to trial self-driving home delivery robot in February
Panasonic Corp. said Monday it will start trials in February of home deliveries by a self-driving robot in a residential area in Kanagawa...
Read MoreFIA names Siemens “Official Supplier of Urban Mobility Advocacy Solutions”
PLANO, Texas, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As an “Official Supplier of Urban Mobility Advocacy Solutions” for the...
Read MoreThis guy is taking viewers along for his driverless rides
WAYMO HAS LONG kept details about its industry-leading self-driving technology under wraps. The company has done millions of miles of...
Read MoreApple developing LiDAR mapping tech & touch sensitive contextual dashboard for Apple Car
Apple is continuing its development of technology that could end up in a potential Apple Car, including LiDAR barrier detection systems...
Read MoreNew Eagle sponsors Indy Autonomous Challenge
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Mechatronic control system engineering company New Eagle announced today that the...
Read MoreFord’s autonomous cars are delivering fresh produce in Miami
Ford’s long-running Miami self-driving car tests might just prove vital during the pandemic. The automaker, Argo AI and The Education Fund...
Read MoreAmazon/Zoox custom vehicle design revealed early and leaks some details
Zoox, the self-driving robotaxi startup acquired for over $1B earlier this year by Amazon AMZN -0.1%, has promised a big reveal for Dec...
Read MoreElon Musk makes clear his stance on self-driving cars, AI oversight, and his ‘ad for Mars’
In an interview with Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Axel Springer, Business Insider’s parent company, Elon Musk revealed his thoughts...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle: How safe is safe enough?
How safe is safe enough? This is a question which has perplexed the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry since its inception. Every time I...
Read MoreThe impassioned debate: Self-driving cars parking head-in versus nose out
A parking lot can become a feuding landscape akin to the Old West and the infamous rivalry between the Hatfields and the McCoys....
Read MoreNew electronic module to safeguard self-driving vehicles against total failure of onboard electrical systems
Autonomous electric vehicles draw power from two sources: a high-voltage battery and, additionally, a conventional 12-volt battery that...
Read MoreVW CEO expects autonomous cars on market from 2025-2030
BERLIN — Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess expects autonomous vehicles to be ready for sale between 2025 and 2030....
Read MoreWhat can “Tesla Full Self-Driving” do? Where does it struggle? (Video)
Last Friday, November 27, Tesla Chief Engineering Officer Elon Musk tweeted that the rather advanced beta version of Tesla’s Full...
Read MoreRecap: Who’s responsible if a self-driving car has an accident?
With self-driving cars gaining traction in today’s automobile landscape, the issue of legal liability in the case of an accident has...
Read MoreSafety as the #1 priority for semi-autonomous vehicles requires a reform of European regulations
Safety is rightfully defined as the number one priority for all regulators who make decisions about vehicle systems like driving assist or...
Read MoreEinride’s next-generation ‘Pod’ promises NVIDIA-powered unmanned electric heavy freight
Einride, a Swedish company focusing on autonomous electric trucks, announced today that their next-generation Pod will use NVIDIA’s “Orin”...
Read MoreIsraeli lidar startup Innoviz in talks to merge with SPAC
(Bloomberg) — Innoviz Technologies Ltd., an Israeli startup focused on lidar, laser sensors used in autonomous vehicles, is in talks...
Read MoreAlibaba-backed autonomous car firm AutoX starts driverless testing
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese autonomous vehicle startup AutoX, backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said on Thursday it has...
Read MoreLuminar going public makes 25-year-old Austin Russell one of world’s first, and youngest, self-driving billionaires
Tesla isn’t the only upstart auto industry player having a big year. Luminar, which creates lidar technology critical to many automakers’...
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