“We’re concerned for automakers,” says JD Power exec — Survey finds weak EV &autonomy consumer confidence & awareness
Automakers are investing billions of dollars in new technologies, but consumers don’t seem to understand how these features work or why...
Read MoreDriving to nowhere: Why we purposely use our cars for purposeless driving, and the impact for self-driving cars
The drive to nowhere. The latest media reporting indicates that people are increasingly opting to go for drives to escape their...
Read MoreWhy simulation is the cornerstone of autonomous vehicle development
A crucial component of ‘Vision Zero’ is thought to be the autonomous vehicle (AV). Not only are AVs likely to run on cleaner, electric...
Read MoreJoint venture to launch next phase of Ruter’s self-driving trials
Ruter, Holo, Toyota Motor Europe and Sensible 4 have signed a contract to collaboratively trial the integration of self-driving technology...
Read MoreTuSimplefills senior-level posts with executives from UPS, Walmart
Autonomous trucking technology developer TuSimple has tapped industry veterans from UPS Inc. and Walmart to fill senior positions....
Read MoreSelf-driving vehicles get in on the delivery scene amid COVID-19
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages...
Read MoreYandex deploys autonomous delivery robots in Moscow’s Skolkovo district
Yandex today announced the first commercial launch of Yandex.Rover, the autonomous delivery robot it revealed late last year, in the city...
Read MoreVelodyne LiDAR unveils three-year EasyMile agreement
Velodyne Lidar has announced a three-year agreement with EasyMile....
Read MoreCruise can’t test its self-driving cars. So it’s delivering food instead.
Cruise vehicles, the self-driving electric Chevy Bolts usually spotted around San Francisco neighborhoods, are back on the road after a...
Read MoreCars could go completely driverless ‘very soon,’ says CEO of Chinese autonomous driving tech start-up
The time that cars could go completely driverless is coming “very soon,” according to Jianxiong Xiao, CEO and founder of AutoX, a...
Read MoreDo autonomous vehicles need LiDAR??
In Part 1 (published 4/12/2020), I explored the parallels between the automotive LiDAR and telecom optics investment booms, and posited...
Read MoreElon Musk said Tesla Autopilot will hit a big milestone a year later than he first predicted
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he is “extremely confident” the electric-car maker’s Autopilotadvanced...
Read MoreFord postpones autonomous vehicle service until 2022
Ford said Tuesday it will delay until 2022 plans to launch an autonomous vehicle service, as the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the...
Read MoreVoyage gets the green light to bring robotaxi service to California’s public roads
Voyage has cleared a regulatory hurdle that will allow the company to expand its self-driving service from the private roads of a...
Read MoreAutonomous people mover repurposed as pizza mover
A Florida mobility company pivots from using its autonomous shuttles to transport people to deliver pizza instead. Orlando-based Beep in...
Read MoreTesla is working on pay-as-you-go subscription to its self-driving package
Tesla is working on a pay-as-you-go subscription to its “Full Self-Driving Capability” package in order to make its features more...
Read MoreThe challenges of developing autonomous vehicles during a pandemic
April 28, 2020 In the months since the coronavirus prompted shelter-in-place orders around the world, entire companies, industries, and...
Read MoreDelivery robots aren’t ready—when they could be needed most
AMERICANS CHOOSING TO —or forced to—stay inside during the Covid-19 pandemic are leaning heavily on food delivery. Instacart sales soared...
Read MoreSelf-driving startups work through health crisis
Investor-funded startups competing hard to commercialize highly automated heavy-duty trucks found themselves having to deal with...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle software developer Imagry and AutonomouStuff partner to deliver mapless driving platform
TEMPE, Ariz., April 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Imagry, an autonomous vehicle software developer with a pioneering mapless driving...
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