Beep and Local Motors announce strategic partnership to broadly deploy autonomous, electric shuttles
ORLANDO, Fla., July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Beep, a Florida-based autonomous Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider and Local Motors...
Read MoreMIT task force predicts fully autonomous vehicles won’t arrive for ‘at least’ 10 years
Two years ago, MIT launched the Task Force on the Work of the Future, an “institute-wide” effort to study the evolution of jobs during...
Read MoreEconomically political solutions for transportation equality involving autonomous vehicles
There are economic and racial inequities in transportation today. There are those who do not have an opportunity to drive to grocery...
Read MoreHow autonomous vehicles could improve mobility for the poor
One of the expected benefits of autonomous vehicles is improving access to transportation for underserved populations....
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles can openup greater economic opportunities for low-income communities, SAFE study finds
Washington, D.C., July 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Autonomous vehicles (AVs) hold significant potential to open up wider economic...
Read MoreHamburg autonomous bus project moves into second phase of trials
Hamburg Electric Autonomous Transportation (HEAT), which commenced trials back in 2019 with the self-driving bus supervised by a...
Read MoreTransdev, LAVTA partner to test shared AV
Transdev and Calif.’s Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority’s (LAVTA) announced non-passenger testing has started on LAVTA’s Shared...
Read MoreSingapore tops Autonomous Vehicle Readiness Index
Singapore has emerged as the country best prepared for the adoption and acceptance of autonomous vehicles (AV), as it ranked first in...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles’ potential to remove discrimination in transportation
The political economy of autonomous vehicles is poised to improve if not radically change the discrimination and racism that is built into...
Read MoreUni to join £1m self-driving vehicles project
Loughborough University is to take part in a new £1m project with Highways England to assess how suitable the country’s motorways are for...
Read MoreIntel’s Mobileye, WILLER partner on self-driving vehicles in Japan, Southeast Asia
(RTTNews) – Mobileye, an Intel Company, and WILLER, a transportation operator in Japan, Taiwan and the Southeast Asian region, have...
Read MoreThe federal government says Bird got at least a $5 million bailout loan, but the company denies it
Bird, the beleaguered e-scooter company, received a loan worth between $5 million and $10 million from the federal government’s Paycheck...
Read MoreHow May Mobility’s autonomous shuttle ambitions backfired
By all appearances, May Mobility was a scrappy success story. The autonomous transportation startup made its debut at Y Combinator’s demo...
Read MoreFully autonomous GreenPower EV Star being developed with Perrone Robotics for Jacksonville Transportation Authority
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (TSXV: GPV) (OTCQB: GPVRF) (“GreenPower”), a...
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 MoreChina’s first 5G-powered level 4 self-driving production vehicle rolls off assembly line
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Dongfeng Motor Corporation (called “Dongfeng” for short) on June 12 saw the mass-produced version of the Dongfeng...
Read MoreBeep partners with USDOT, AV industry, and state transportation departments for AV TEST Initiative
ORLANDO, Fla., June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Beep, an Orlando-based autonomous shuttle service provider, is among 17 initial...
Read MoreJacksonville autonomous vehicle project expanded
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) has expanded an autonomous vehicle programme as it prepares to roll out CAVs on public...
Read MoreAI Weekly: Autonomous vehicle companies pivot to charitable deliveries during the pandemic
Early on, the pandemic — which passed a grim milestone in the U.S. this week of over 100,000 dead — motivated the shuttering of businesses...
Read MoreOptimus Ride begins delivering food to families in need in Washington, D.C.
Optimus Ride, a startup developing self-driving shuttles principally for transportation, today announced that three of its vehicles will...
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