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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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Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland

Posted on Jul 1, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Amazon announced Thursday that it plans to develop new technology for its autonomous delivery vehicles in Helsinki, Finland. The...

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Vodafone/AWS technology delivers autonomous boost for Aurrigo

Posted on Jun 30, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Aurrigo has become one of the first companies in the UK to benefit from a new technology partnership between Vodafone and Amazon Web...

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Car companies will have to report automated vehicle crashes under new rules

Posted on Jun 29, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Car companies will be required to report crashes involving advanced driver assistance systems under new rules proposed by the US National...

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As little as 12% of UK public confident in sharing the road with self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 26, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

A recent survey suggests that the British motoring public may not be comfortable with fully autonomous cars, as 51 percent stated that the...

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BMW i Ventures invests in autonomous truck technology company Kodiak Robotics

Posted on Jun 25, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

BMW’s Silicon Valley-based venture capital arm is investing in Kodiak Robotics, a company that develops autonomous trucking technology....

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EXCLUSIVE Toyota-backed self-driving startup Pony.ai considers going public

Posted on Jun 25, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

FREMONT, California, June 25 (Reuters) – Self-driving tech company Pony.ai, backed by Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), is considering...

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Self-driving startup WeRide deepens ties with Nissan, raises $310 mln

Posted on Jun 23, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

BEIJING, June 23 (Reuters) – WeRide, a China-based autonomous driving startup, said on Wednesday that it would deepen development...

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Self-driving truck startup Embark to go public in $5.2 billion SPAC deal

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Embark Trucks Inc. is merging with a special-purpose acquisition company to go public in a deal that values the self-driving truck startup...

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Amazon eyes robot truck startup as it continues to hedge its bets on AV technology

Posted on Jun 21, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Amazon owns a robotaxi company, is experimenting with delivery robots that drive on the sidewalk, and now is considering acquiring a big...

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FedEx to test package deliveries with self-driving startup Nuro

Posted on Jun 18, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

June 15 (Reuters) – FedEx Corp (FDX.N) and robotics company Nuro on Tuesday announced a multi-year agreement to test self-driving vehicles...

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It’s still about trust: Ford updates safety assessment as it nears launch of self-driving business

Posted on Jun 17, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Back in 2018, Ford issued a comprehensive report to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that outlined the way we approach...

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Alphabet’s self-driving car company Waymo announces $2.5 billion investment round

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Google sibling company Waymo announced Wednesday a $2.5 billion investment round, which will go toward advancing its autonomous driving...

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GM-backed Cruise secures $5 billion credit line as it prepares to launch self-driving robotaxis

Posted on Jun 15, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, has secured a new $5 billion line of credit as it prepares for commercialization of...

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