Toyota outlines e-Palette AV plans for Japan
Toyota today outlined plans for its innovative e-Palette autonomous electric vehicles to provide practical on-demand transport services...
Read MoreVolvo aims to ease the queasiness of riding in self-driving vehicles
Volvo is testing new audio technology that aims to prevent what experts say could be an unfortunate side effect of self-driving cars:...
Read MorePlus raises $200 million to develop its autonomous truck platform
Plus, a startup developing autonomous truck technology, today announced it has completed a $200 million series B round led by new...
Read MoreVelodyne Lidar signs five-year sales agreement with ThorDrive
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced a five-year sales agreement to provide Ultra Puck™ sensors to ThorDrive, an autonomous technology...
Read MoreNissan signals interest in ‘Apple Car’ following Hyundai exit
Japanese automaker Nissan on Tuesday suggested it would be interested in partnering with Apple on the production of a so-called...
Read MoreCalifornia robocar disengagement reports reveal tidbits about Tesla, AutoX, Apple, others
Every year, companies testing self-driving cars in California are required to report to the state DMV details on all the cars they have...
Read MoreAurora strikes deal with Toyota, Denso to develop, test self-driving Sienna minivans
Aurora has reached a deal with Toyota and auto-parts supplier Denso to develop and test vehicles equipped with the self-driving startup’s...
Read MoreBlackBerry’s QNX Black Channel Communications to be used in Motional’s driverless platform
WATERLOO, ON, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced its QNX® Black Channel...
Read MoreApple’s self-driving car strategy may be stuck in neutral
After weeks of confusion and contradictory news, it has almost become confirmed that Hyundai-Kia will start manufacturing Apple’s...
Read MoreBestmile partners with Perrone Robotics to provide fleet orchestration for autonomous fleets
LAUSANNE, Switzerland and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Bestmile, the leading Fleet Orchestration Platform that...
Read MoreTransportation planners now have a new challenge: mapping out the future of self-driving cars in cities
The past decade has been challenging for urban planners. For effectively the entire 20th century, they grappled with a transportation...
Read MoreAurora strikes deal with Toyota, Denso to develop, test self-driving Sienna minivans
Aurora has reached a deal with Toyota and auto-parts supplier Denso to develop and test vehicles equipped with the self-driving startup’s...
Read MoreKratos 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...
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