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TuSimple and Ryder partner to expand nationwide autonomous trucking

Posted on Jul 29, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

SAN DIEGO, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — TuSimple (Nasdaq: TSP), global autonomous driving technology company, and Ryder System, Inc....

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Xiaomi announces recruitment of professional drivers for L4-level capability

Posted on Jul 28, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Lei Jun, founder of Xiaomi, one of China’s biggest Internet technology companies, said on Wednesday that the company had started hiring...

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Trunk.tech green-lighted by Beijing to make autonomous truck road tests

Posted on Jul 27, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese autonomous trucking startup Trunk.tech (Trunk) has become one of the first companies to obtain Beijing’s...

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Google’s self-driving startup Waymo argues the UK shouldn’t cap autonomous cars on the road

Posted on Jul 26, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Waymo, the self-driving vehicles startup owned by Google, has called on the UK government not to impose limits on the number of autonomous...

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Argo, Ford to launch self-driving vehicles on Lyft’s ride-hailing app

Posted on Jul 23, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous vehicle technology startup Argo AI and its backer and customer Ford plan to launch at least1,000 self-driving vehicles on...

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Waymo to open offices in Pittsburgh, an AV tech hub

Posted on Jul 23, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Waymo, Google’s former self-driving car project that’s now an independent business unit under Alphabet, is expanding its presence in the...

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Carnegie Mellon researchers teach autonomous vehicles to navigate narrow, car-lined streets

Posted on Jul 23, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Driving through Pittsburgh’s narrow, car-lined streets can pose a challenge to even experienced drivers....

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Shenzhen emerges as China’s robotaxi capital as DeepRoute.ai opens public trials in tech hub

Posted on Jul 20, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

China’s southern tech hub Shenzhen is emerging as the country’s autonomous driving capital, backed by a growing fleet of robotaxis and an...

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Intel’s Mobileye begins testing autonomous vehicles in New York City

Posted on Jul 20, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Mobileye, the company that specializes in chips for vision-based autonomous vehicles, is now testing its AVs in New York City — a...

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Bosch builds digital twin for more accurate maps

Posted on Jul 16, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

VW and Bosch are using data from the Golf 8 in Europe and a digital twin model to improve the performance of self-driving cars....

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Self-driving startup Aurora in agreement with Reinvent SPAC

Posted on Jul 15, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

(Bloomberg) — Driverless technology startup Aurora Innovation Inc. has agreed to go public via a merger with Reinvent Technology Partners...

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Toyota buys U.S. mapping, road data firm to bulk up driverless tech

Posted on Jul 15, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp’s research arm said on Thursday it acquired U.S.-based Carmera, a provider of maps and data for...

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Hyundai Motor to pilot autonomous demand-responsive ‘RoboShuttle’ service

Posted on Jul 13, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Hyundai Motor Company announced that it will begin a test operation of its RoboShuttle (named after ‘Robot’ and ‘Shuttle’) service on...

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Xiaomi acquires an autonomous driving technology company, as industry competition heats up

Posted on Jul 9, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Autobit reported on Friday that Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has recently acquired DeepMotion, an autonomous driving technology company....

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Ford-backed Argo chooses Citigroup, JPMorgan to go public

Posted on Jul 8, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Argo AI, the self-driving startup backed by Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG, is working with investment bankers as it prepares to go...

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Startup Halo will bring driverless car service to Las Vegas later this year on T-Mobile 5G

Posted on Jul 8, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Driverless car startup Halo has announced a new service coming to Las Vegas later this year: a fleet of remotely operated electric...

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Pony.ai announces launch of Robotaxi service in Shanghai

Posted on Jul 8, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese autonomous car technology startup Pony.ai announced on July 7 that the pilot operation of its Robotaxi service...

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Yandex Self-Driving Group partners with GrubHub to bring robotic delivery to college campuses

Posted on Jul 7, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Yandex Self-Driving Group, a unit of Yandex, the publicly-traded Russian tech giant, has announced a partnership with food delivery...

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Chinese autonomous driving startup MINIEYE completes D1 funding round

Posted on Jul 6, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese autonomous driving technology developer MINIEYE recently completed its Series D1 funding, which was led by CICC...

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Ghost raises $100M Series D for autonomous driving and crash prevention tech

Posted on Jul 1, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Autonomous driving system developer Ghost Locomotion has raised a $100 million Series D funding round, led by Sutter Hill Ventures....

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