Einride raises $10 million to fast track its autonomous electric cargo pods
For the past four years, Swedish startupEinride has captured interest, investment and even a few customer contracts for its...
Read MoreVelodyne Lidar chief eyes growth as stock sinks in public debut
(Bloomberg) — Velodyne Lidar Inc. could ride higher as the self-driving car revolution takes hold — that is if such modes of...
Read MoreLeddarTechappoints Dino Rambidis as Chief Financial Officer
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, an industry leader in environmental sensing solutions for autonomous...
Read MoreNikola chairman, VectoIQ CEO Steve Girsky eyes his next transportation investment
Steve Girsky, the former GM vice chairman, consultant and investor whose special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merged with hydrogen...
Read MoreRace to deliver autonomous vehicle peps up: 5 biggies in focus
The rapid development in the self-driving vehicle space can primarily be attributed to breakthroughs in technology, with the integration...
Read MoreSPAC fever, transportation sanitation and the impossibility of Level 5 autonomy
(Bloomberg) — As a founding partner at the San Francisco venture capital fund Trucks, Reilly Brennan has met with thousands of...
Read MoreLeddar Techacquires Phantom Intelligence assets
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, a leader in level 1-5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, is pleased to...
Read MoreUber investors are pressuring CEO to revamp the self-driving division
With deep pockets, some of the best brains in robotics and its hallmark hustle, Uber Technologies Inc. was once a serious contender in the...
Read MoreGAC NIO announces partnership for perfecting intelligent mobility ecosystem
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- GAC NIO, a joint venture between GAC Group and NIO, announced on Sept. 16 its partnership formed with several Chinese...
Read MoreIsraeli startup Blue White Robotics raises $10 million for autonomous vehicle platform
Israeli autonomous vehicle platform startup Blue White Robotics (BWR) has announced a $10 million funding round. The round was led by...
Read MoreIdriverplus raises over $14.6 million for autonomous street cleaners and cars
Idriverplus, a Beijing-based supplier of driverless vehicle and robotics systems, this week raised over 100 million yuan (~$14.6 million)....
Read MoreToyota Research launches $800m investment fund in move to Woven Planet
The Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development (TRI-AD) has set up a global investment fund called Woven Capital as part of...
Read MoreYandex self driving group gets $150 million, partners with Uber to bring autonomous vehicles to U.S.
On paper, a lot is happening with Yandex’s self-driving vehicles. Yandex NV YNDX -1.2%, a Russian multinational company that...
Read MoreCompanies in Hexagon’s portfolio to sponsor the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Two companies in Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning brand portfolio, AutonomouStuff and NovAtel, have announced their support for the...
Read MoreNioissues shares to buy some stakes, fund driverless-car R&D
Shares of Nio (NIO) – Get Report fell on Friday after the electric-car maker unveiled an offering of 75 million Class A American...
Read MoreLidar startupLuminar to go public via $3.4 billion SPAC merger
Luminar, the lidar startup that burst onto the autonomous vehicle scene in April 2017 after operating for years in secrecy, is merging...
Read MorePitt to study how autonomous vehicles can better serve those with disabilities
The University of Pittsburgh will lead a consortium of institutions to study how autonomous vehicles can be made accessible to those with...
Read MoreSelf-driving startup Argo AI hits $7.5 billion valuation
Autonomous vehicle technology startup Argo AI is valued at $7.5 billion, just a little more than three years after the company burst on...
Read MoreThe Herculean task required to reduce liability claims involving autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles need their own space to operate, a report says, and auto executives agree that putting them on the same roads as...
Read MoreFord’s slumping sales buoyed by autonomous vehicle investment
Washington, DC (CNN Business)Ford reported Thursday that its revenues fell 50% in the second quarter, but it posted a profit due to...
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