World’s first self-driving hydrogen truck to begin testing in 2024 after $8M funding
A consortium led by Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) in the UK has been awarded £6.6 million ($8.07 million) in government funding to...
Read MoreNorway’s long-term autonomous vehicle project ends successfully
What was billed as the world’s first long-term autonomous vehicle pilot project — spanning three seasons including a harsh Article Circle...
Read MoreFMCSA seeks input on regulating autonomous commercial vehicle safety
The development of autonomous technology for commercial vehicles has advanced since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asked...
Read MoreAV company Aurora hires president ahead of commercial launch
Aurora Innovation said Monday it has hired Ossa Fisher as president as the autonomous vehicle company prepares to commercially launch its...
Read MoreThis radar tech startup just raised $17 million to make automated driving cheaper and safer
Autonomous cars and trucks won’t be a big business for years, but the market for automating some driving functions is booming and most new...
Read MoreSan Francisco wants to slow robotaxi rollout over blocked traffic and false 911 calls
San Francisco transportation officials want Waymo and Cruise to slow the expansion of their robotaxi services in the city due to safety...
Read MoreCalifornia Gov. Newsom reconsiders self-driving semi prohibition
(TNS) — Following years of pleadings from the autonomous vehicle industry, California officials are revisiting a statewide policy that...
Read MoreWaymo lays off staff as Alphabet announces 12,000 job cuts
Waymo, the self-driving technology unit under Alphabet, quietly laid off workers Monday, according to The Information and several posts on...
Read MoreDriverless bus takes passengers across Forth Road Bridge in UK first
A group of passengers have become the first in the UK to travel on a full-size, self-driving bus on public roads. Volunteers were taken on...
Read MoreBaidu kicks off paid Robotaxi service in Shenzhen
Beijing (Gasgoo)- Baidu announced on January 19 its autonomous driving ride-hailing service, Apollo Go, was recently permitted to charge...
Read MoreWeRide granted Beijing’s first road test permit for L4 self-driving Robobus
Beijing (Gasgoo)- On January 18, Chinese autonomous driving startup WeRide was granted with Beijing’s first road test license for L4...
Read MoreSelf-driving truck startup Waabi brings on Volvo VC as strategic investor
Autonomous trucking startup Waabi has bagged Volvo Group Venture Capital AB, the automaker’s VC arm, as a strategic investor. The...
Read MoreTesla engineer testifies that 2016 video promoting self-driving was faked
Tesla faked a 2016 video promoting its self-driving technology, according to testimony by a senior engineer reviewed by Reuters....
Read MoreComputers that power self-driving cars could be a huge driver of global carbon emissions
In the future, the energy needed to run the powerful computers on board a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as many...
Read MoreWuhan to expand road test area for driverless vehicles
Beijing (Gasgoo)- On January 12, Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei Province, disclosed its plan to open up its fifth-batch...
Read MoreDeepRoute.ai, Tsinghua University jointly build energy-saving autonomous vehicle
Beijing (Gasgoo)- Tsinghua University’s School of Vehicle and Mobility recently conducted a research on the energy consumption and...
Read MoreResearcher group investigates standardized tests for lidar performance
For autonomous vehicles and ADAS, lidar is crucial in providing a 3D map of all objects that surround the vehicle regardless of external...
Read MoreOxbotica raises $140M more as its B2B autonomous vehicle platform gains ground
Activity in the self-driving car industry, frenetic for years, has somewhat stalled in more recent times, but a handful of the most...
Read MoreSouth Korea to complete preparations for Level 4 autonomous car by 2024
South Korea will set up safety standards and an insurance system for the launch of Level 4 autonomous vehicles in the country by next...
Read MoreTikTok owner ByteDance, start-up Haomo.AI launch new infrastructure to boost autonomous driving push in world’s biggest car market
Chinese tech unicorn ByteDance is broadening its artificial intelligence activities with Haomo.AI Technology Co, a start-up controlled by...
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