Aeva and ZF to bring first FMCW LiDAR to production for autonomous driving applications
Aeva, a company building next-generation sensing for autonomous vehicles (earlier post), and ZF are partnering to bring the first...
Read MoreWhen wildfire smoke and ash fill the sky, here’s how self-driving cars can go awry
There has been a recent spate of deadly wildfires throughout the western parts of the country, especially hitting California, Oregon, and...
Read MoreWaymo’s head of lidar explains how the advanced laser tech went from science fiction to being a vital tool for self-driving cars
When Simon Verghese moved east for a postdoctoral spot atMIT, the UC Berkeley-trained physicist figured on beingback in California before...
Read MoreOklahoman nabbed for driving au naturel, which reveals eye-opening self-driving car insights
Time to share some lighter news, though with surprisingly revealing insights included. A recent news item that received rather startling...
Read MoreBooming demand for Innodisk’s CAN bus solutions amid pandemic and autonomous vehicle trend
TAIPEI, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Innodisk’s CAN bus expansion modules are taking the world by storm. Unprecedented demand...
Read MoreData interference issues hinder AD and ADAS testing
Automotive test systems supplier AB Dynamics claims the recent growth in wireless data transfer from the increasing use of driverless...
Read MoreExperts stress public trust in AV tech as e-commerce rises
As the coronavirus pandemic prompts people to shop from their homes and rely on contactless delivery services, gaining public trust in...
Read MoreYandex self driving group gets $150 million, partners with Uber to bring autonomous vehicles to U.S.
On paper, a lot is happening with Yandex’s self-driving vehicles. Yandex NV YNDX -1.2%, a Russian multinational company that specializes...
Read MoreWhy automotive cybersecurity needs real-time threat detection
Automotive cybersecurity tactics and protocols will have to adapt not just to changing threats, but also to changing models of how we...
Read MoreNames like Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ are dangerously misleading, study shows
Does it really matter if Tesla’s advanced driving system is called “Autopilot” but it doesn’t actually take over...
Read MoreBaidu launches its ‘Apollo Go’ robotaxi service in China’s capital city of Beijing
Three weeks after launching its “Apollo Go” robotaxi service in the Chinese city of Cangzhou, China’s tech giant Baidu Inc. announced that...
Read MoreGermany wants to permit driverless cars across the country by 2022
Despite coming down hard on Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, Germany isn’t totally against the concept of self-driving cars. Sure,...
Read MoreToyota Research launches $800m investment fund in move to Woven Planet
The Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development (TRI-AD) has set up a global investment fund called Woven Capital as part of...
Read MoreLockdown couldn’t keep Waymo from testing self-driving cars … in a fake city
Self-driving car testing on public roads gets most of the headlines, but that was no longer an option for Waymo once the coronavirus...
Read MoreBaidu launches its ‘Apollo Go’ robotaxiservice in China’s capital city of Beijing
Three weeks after launching its “Apollo Go” robotaxi service in the Chinese city of Cangzhou, China’s tech giant Baidu...
Read MoreCruise’s AI enables driverless vehicles to navigate uncommon scenarios
Driverless startup Cruise today detailed a homegrown tool — the Continuous Learning Machine — that tackles on-the-road prediction tasks....
Read MoreVirginia autonomous driving firm invests $8.5 million in second facility, expects to triple workforce
A developer of self-driving vehicle technology recently announced an expansion that is expected to triple its current workforce. Torc...
Read More5GAA expects 5G-V2X basic car automation in 2024, cooperation in 2026
Wireless engineers, automakers, and governments have spent years preparing for a future where autonomous cars will communicate with each...
Read MoreDigging into autonomous truck tech on HDT Talks Trucking podcast
Two new special-report HDT Talks Trucking podcast episodes dig into the technology behind autonomous trucks. These special reports are...
Read MoreNASA safety expert joins Torc Robotics self-driving truck team
BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Former NASA safety engineering executive John Marinaro has joined Torc Robotics, the...
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