GM bets $3.5 billion more on self-driving tech unit as SoftBank exits
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp’s (9984.T) Vision Fund exited its bet on General Motors (GM) (GM.N)...
Read MoreTuSimple explores sale of China unit after pact with U.S. authorities-sources
March 17 (Reuters) – Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple Holdings Inc (TSP.O), backed by Chinese social media firm Sina Corp , is...
Read MoreAutonomous freight company Einride introduces its first ever ‘Remote Pod Operator,’ creating an entirely new career in shipping
During a presentation at SXSW, autonomous freight technology company, Einride, has publicly introduced its first “Remote Pod Operator,”...
Read MoreApplied Intuition acquires CarSim, an industry-leading vehicle dynamics simulation company
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Applied Intuition, Inc., a simulation and software tools provider for...
Read MoreBMW partners with Qualcomm and Arriver Software on automated driving tech
BMW has announced a long-term development cooperation with Qualcomm Technologies and Arriver Software for the development of new automated...
Read MoreSelf-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics launches autonomous freight delivery route in Oklahoma with CEVA Logistics using Class-8 trucks
CEVA Logistics, a global third-party logistics and freight management company, announced today it has teamed up with self-driving truck...
Read MoreAutobrains nabs $19M, bringing its Series C to $120M, to take on Mobileye in autonomous driving tech
AI has been the backbone of many a technological breakthrough over the years, but one challenge it has yet to solve is that of...
Read MoreNvidia invests $10M in sidewalk robot delivery company Serve Robotics
Chipmaking giant Nvidia is investing $10 million in Uber spinout Serve Robotics, funds the startup will use to further expand its sidewalk...
Read MoreAutonomous driving technology company HoloMatic receives exclusive investment from GAC Group
HoloMatic, a startup company dedicated to providing autonomous driving solutions, announced that it had secured an exclusive round of...
Read MoreGrubhub ends driverless robot delivery partnership with Russia’s Yandex
March 4 (Reuters) – Online food-ordering company Grubhub on Friday said it was ending a partnership with Russian tech giant Yandex...
Read MoreKia unveils ‘Automode’ autonomous driving tech that will debut on the EV9 SUV
Much as Hyundai did yesterday, Kia has announced an electrification road map at its 2022 Investor Day, promising to have 14 fully electric...
Read MoreCalifornia issues permits to Cruise, Waymo for autonomous vehicle service
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Monday issued permits to self-driving units of...
Read MoreJacksonville Transportation Authority awards Balfour Beatty, Beep and V2R Team country’s largest-ever public sector autonomous shuttle project
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) selected the Balfour Beatty Vision...
Read MoreStarship Technologies raises another $42M to fuel the growth of its fleet of self-driving delivery robots
Starship Technologies, one of the bigger players in the world of autonomous delivery robots — the small, boxy vehicles that self-drive...
Read MoreLidar developer Robosense is reportedly set to close on a $379 million funding round, the largest single investment in the nascent industry
Lidar developer Robosense, which is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, and is one of the country’s leading suppliers of the...
Read MoreMotional, Via to start robo-taxi service in Las Vegas
DETROIT, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Autonomous vehicle venture Motional and ride services company Via said they will launch on Thursday a...
Read MoreAutomated Bus Consortium issues RFP to acquire 70 automated buses
The Automated Bus Consortium – a collective of U.S. transit agencies and Departments of Transportation – has announced the release of a...
Read MoreWaymo to keep robotaxi safety details secret, court rules
Waymo, the autonomous driving arm of Alphabet, was granted a win on Tuesday when a California court ruled it could keep certain details...
Read MoreXPeng sets up autonomous driving subsidiary for robotaxis
According to business inquiry platform Qichacha on Monday, Guangzhou Pengxu Autonomous Driving Technology Co., Ltd. was established on...
Read MoreWalmart is expanding autonomous delivery pilot with GM’s Cruise this year
Cruise plans to expand the self-driving delivery pilot it has with Walmart in Arizona, the company’s senior government affairs manager...
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