Xpeng Motors begins deliveries of its electric P7 ‘Smart Sedan’, creates new competition for Tesla in China
Chinese electric vehicle startupXpeng Motors has started country-wide deliveries of its new flagship P7 electric sedan China. The P7,...
Read MoreAutonomous parking: around the corner or distant fantasy?
Parking has never been the simplest task, but choose the wrong time or a busy place and it becomes a nightmare. Could autonomous driving...
Read MoreWhy Elon Musk taunted Bezos for being a copycat in Amazon’s buyout of Zoox, an Autopilot-like self-driving car stalwart
It is time to blare the trumpets and roll out the red carpet for some good old-fashioned maxims that explain the recent announcement of...
Read MoreBaidu-backed maker of self-driving vehicle sensors said to be in talks to go public
Blank-check company Graf Industrial Corp is in talks to merge with Baidu-backed Velodyne Lidar, a deal that would take public the maker of...
Read MoreTesla’s most robust self-driving package will cost more — again
It’ll soon cost you $8,000 to buy a Tesla upgrade package, which includes some features that don’t even exist yet....
Read MoreChristopher Columbus and evaluating autonomous vehicles as an investor
In recent times, the news surrounding Autonomous Vehicles has been quite active. Examples include Amazon AMZN acquiring Zoox for over a...
Read MoreUC Riverside receives $1.2M grant to build GPUs for autonomous vehicles
Three UC Riverside engineers have received a $1.2-million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new generation of...
Read MoreShanghai launches self-driving ride service
SHANGHAI, June 27 (Xinhua) — Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (DiDi) on Saturday launched the trial run of self-driving ride service...
Read MoreTuSimple seeking $250 million in new funding to scale self-driving trucks
TuSimple,the self-driving truck startup backed by Sina, Nvidia, UPS and Tier 1 supplier Mando Corporation, is headed back into the...
Read MoreCountries agree regulations for automated driving
GENEVA – More than 50 countries, including Japan, South Korea and the European Union member states, have agreed common regulations for...
Read MoreReport: Amazon to pay $1 billion+ for self-driving tech firm Zoox
Amazon is expected to announce a deal as early as today to purchase self-driving vehicle technology provider Zoox for upwards of $1...
Read MoreNew ‘deepfake’ tech to accelerate autonomous car development
A UK-based software company has developed ‘pioneering’ technology inspired by viral videos that, it hopes, will accelerate the...
Read MoreFirst full-sized automated buses to operate in Connecticut in a U.S. first
The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced a partnership with autonomous technology provider Robotic Research LLC to...
Read MoreReport: Amazon to pay $1 billion+ for self-driving tech firm Zoox
Amazon is expected to announce a deal as early as today to purchase self-driving vehicle technology provider Zoox for upwards of $1...
Read MoreFirst full-sized automated buses to operate in Connecticut in a U.S. first
The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced a partnership with autonomous technology provider Robotic Research LLC to...
Read MoreLyft releases new self-driving vehicle data set and launches $30,000 challenge
Following the release of the Perception Dataset and the conclusion of its 2019 object detection competition, Lyft today shared a new...
Read MoreVolvo will use Waymo’s self-driving technology to power a fleet of electric robotaxis
Waymo is the “exclusive global L4 partner” for Volvo Car Group, the two companies announced Thursday. That means that Volvo will integrate...
Read MoreNew radar allows cars to spot hazards around corners
Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, researchers have developed an automated system that will allow cars to peer...
Read MoreSelf-driving car startup Argo AI expands in Pittsburgh
(TNS) — Argo AI is expanding its presence in the Strip District. The self-driving car startup is taking more space in the Riverfront West...
Read MoreAutonomous taxi firms can’t afford to forget about disabled passengers
Autonomous vehicles (AVs), like self-driving taxis, continue to garner media attention as industry and political stakeholders claim that...
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