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Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes ‘next level’ battery technology – sources

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 in Editor’s Picks

(Reuters) – Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could...

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Toyota’s driverless shuttles could double as ‘office-on-the-go’

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 in Buses, News

(Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp. is aiming to commercialize an autonomous shipping-container-like vehicle within a few years that it...

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Autonomous food delivery predictions for 2021 and beyond

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

The coronavirus pandemic has forced more people to rely on food deliveries because of lockdowns, stay at home orders and quarantines....

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Horizon Robotics, a Chinese rival to Nvidia, seeks to raise over $700M

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

In their rush to offer alternatives to advanced western chipsets, Chinese semiconductor companies are racking up large fundings from...

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Exclusive: Self-driving startup Ouster nears $1.9 billion deal to go public – sources

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

(Reuters) – Ouster Inc, a U.S. startup that makes lidar sensors for self-driving cars and smart cities, is nearing a deal to go...

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Giuseppe Rosso, Veoneer, appointed new Chairman of Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 in News

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Giuseppe Rosso, VP Engineering Advanced Assisted Driving Systems at the automotive...

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Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes ‘next level’ battery technology – sources

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 in Cars, News

(Reuters) – Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that...

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Volvo Cars imagines the future of autonomous drive by tapping into origins of human communication

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

GOTHENBURG,  Sweden, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Volvo Cars has established itself as one of the leaders in autonomous drive...

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SPI’s Phoenix Motorcars and EasyMile collaborate to deploy delivery trucks as well as autonomous shuttle buses

Posted on Dec 21, 2020 in Buses, News, Technology, Trucks

SANTA CLARA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 21, 2020  / California based Phoenix Motorcars, which was recently acquired by SPI Energy Ltd....

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Cerence receives funding from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy to drive innovation in automotive assistants for autonomous cars

Posted on Dec 21, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

BERLIN and BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ: CRNC), AI for a world in motion, today...

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Self-driving cars and the Polanyi paradox of knowing versus telling

Posted on Dec 20, 2020 in Cars, Perspective

We can know more than we can tell. That’s an assertion made by philosopher Michael Polanyi in his 1966 book entitled The Tacit Dimension....

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Tesla is going to release Full Self-Driving monthly subscription in early 2021

Posted on Dec 20, 2020 in News, Technology

Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla plans to release its Full Self-Driving software package as a monthly subscription service as soon as...

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Walmart says “Game on” for driverless freight

Posted on Dec 20, 2020 in Perspective, Trucks

Walmart has announced the start of truly driverless operations in their hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas beginning next year. This marks...

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Saskatchewan anticipating the driverless future with new legislation

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 in News, Policy & Regulation

The Saskatchewan government is gearing up for a future where vehicles will drive themselves. The Traffic Safety Act has been amended to...

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GreenPower and Perrone Robotics deliver nation’s first fully autonomous EV Star to Jacksonville Transportation Authority

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 in Buses

GreenPower’s EV Star expected to enter full Level 5 Autonomous Service with JTA in early 2021; GreenPower, Perrone and First Transit...

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COMMENT: The future of self-driving lies in open source

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

The UK government’s announcement earlier in the year that all mobile network operators need to remove all Huawei technology from their...

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Velodyne Lidar signs multi-year sales agreement with Motional to provide Alpha Prime sensors for its driverless vehicles

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 in News, Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced a multi-year sales agreement for Alpha...

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Autonomous vehicle makers should be held responsible for accidents, says Law Commission

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 in News, Policy & Regulation

What do you call the person behind the wheel of a self-driving car? Are they a passenger or owner or are they still the driver? Whatever...

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LiDAR vision – Helping bring autonomous trucks to your neighborhood

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

“Truck-truckin’ down the highway Sittin’ in the cab of A ten ton machine” The rock group, Bread, came up with this song 7...

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Aurora sends offers to majority of Uber ATG employees, but not the R&D lab

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 in Cars, News

Autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation  sent offers Thursday to more than 75% of employees at Uber  Advanced Technologies Group,...

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