Ouster will buy Sense Photonics, drive for more automotive deals
DETROIT (Reuters) – Lidar developer Ouster Inc said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy solid-state lidar startup Sense Photonics in an...
Read MoreGM-backed Cruise sees robotaxi unit growing past $50 billion
General Motors Co.’s Cruise LLC autonomous vehicle unit will tell investors this week that it sees a path for its ride-hailing business to...
Read MoreGM’s Cruise, Alphabet’s Waymo win permits to offer self-driving rides to passengers in California
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 30 (Reuters) – General Motors Co’s (GM.N) Cruise and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Waymo self-driving car...
Read MoreMinnesota DOT debuts driverless shuttle in Rochester
(TNS) — Some say it looks like a toaster on wheels. A driverless, electric-powered shuttle called the Med City Mover made its formal debut...
Read MoreDaimler, Torc Robotics hit three-year mark on driverless partnership
Torc Robotics and Daimler Truck are entering into the third year of their partnership focusing on the commercialization of a scalable...
Read MoreThe first pre-production Low Earth Orbit satellite to support automaker Geely’s future self-driving vehicles rolls off the assembly line
Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding (“Geely”), which is also the parent company of Sweden’s Volvo Cars, plans to...
Read MoreToyota’s Woven Planet buys Renovo Motors to enhance automated vehicle software
Woven Planet Holdings, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp., has acquired Renovo Motors, to advance software development for autonomous...
Read MoreCalifornia makes zero-emission autonomous vehicles mandatory by 2030
Starting in 2030, California will require all light-duty autonomous vehicles that operate in the state to emit zero emissions. Signed into...
Read MoreMotional expands operations in Las Vegas ahead of 2023 robotaxi launch
Autonomous vehicle company Motional is expanding its operations and employee headcount in Las Vegas, including tripling the size of its...
Read MoreGM invests in Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta
BEIJING, Sept 23 (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Thursday it will invest $300 million in Chinese autonomous driving...
Read MoreA2GO autonomous shuttle service launches in Ann Arbor on October 11
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — May Mobility, Mcity and Ann Arbor SPARK today inaugurated the launch of A2GO, a new...
Read MoreChina rolls out autonomous driving standards as carmakers work towards making self-driving a reality
September 20, 2021 China has published its first national standards for grading autonomous driving, which will come into force in March,...
Read MoreRyder to build logistics network with autonomous trucking company Embark
Supply chain and fleet management solutions company Ryder is partnering with yet another autonomous trucking company. On Thursday, Ryder...
Read MoreChina’s Baidu unveils autonomous driving ‘robot truck’ Xingtu
Baidu’s open-source autonomous driving platform Apollo has spawned Xingtu, an electric “robot truck”, as mainland China’s artificial...
Read MoreWalmart to launch autonomous delivery service with Ford and Argo AI
Walmart has tapped Argo AI and Ford to launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Austin, Miami and Washington, D.C., the companies...
Read MoreLongest AV shuttle route in North America launches in Canada
A Canadian town is set to launch the country’s longest autonomous shuttle route, another step to edge the self-driving vehicles into...
Read MoreGM invests in Oculii, radar software maker for self-driving cars
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – General Motors Co’s (GM.N) venture capital arm has invested millions of dollars in Oculii,...
Read MoreFinnish startup begins self-driving shuttle project in Switzerland
Finnish startup Sensible 4 and Swiss Transit Lab have started a long-term pilot project in Switzerland using electric Level 4 autonomous...
Read MoreApple’s Watch software chief takes over self-driving car project
Apple Inc. appointed one of its top software executives, Kevin Lynch, to oversee its nascent self-driving car project after the previous...
Read MoreHonda and Cruise to start testing program in September toward launch of autonomous vehicle mobility service business in Japan
Honda will start a testing program for autonomous vehicles in September 2021, taking a step toward an autonomous vehicle mobility service...
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