BMW iVenturesinvests in GenXComm, a company improving the performance of 5G networks using photonic circuits
The long-awaited rollout of ultra-fast 5G networks promises to greatly improve the performance of mobile devices worldwide, but 5G...
Read MoreLidar startup taps investment banker as new CFO
Luminar Technologies Inc.’s new finance chief is set to promote the company’s new distance measurement technology for self-driving cars,...
Read MoreWhy Elon Musk’s autonomous driving ideas don’t worry insurers
Five years ago, the impact of technology on auto insurers was thought to be straightforward: Self-driving cars were coming soon, and they...
Read MoreAutonomous driving business models: Part two
In my previous article, we discussed various drivers of business models and the way it will change cities, roads, parking, commuting,...
Read MoreIsraeli autonomous vehicle startupVayaVision acquired by Canada’s LeddarTech
Canadian company LeddarTech Inc. announced Tuesday it has acquired Israeli automotive company VayaVision Sensing Ltd. The financial terms...
Read MoreBasemark raises $7.9 million for autonomous car graphics software
Basemark, a maker of graphics software for autonomous vehicles, has raised $7.9 million in funding. ETF Partners was the sole investor in...
Read MoreThe federal government says Bird got at least a $5 million bailout loan, but the company denies it
Bird, the beleaguered e-scooter company, received a loan worth between $5 million and $10 million from the federal government’s Paycheck...
Read MoreVelodyne becomes latest tech company to go public using a SPAC, eschewing the traditional IPO path
Velodyne Lidar, the leading supplier of a sensor widely considered critical to the commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles, said...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicle control tower project receives funding in Ski, Norway
The CONNECTING project in Ski, Norway looks to progress the removal of on-board operators from autonomous vehicles, instead making the...
Read MoreChristopher Columbus and evaluating autonomous vehicles as an investor
In recent times, the news surrounding Autonomous Vehicles has been quite active. Examples include Amazon AMZN acquiring Zoox for over a...
Read MoreUC Riverside receives $1.2M grant to build GPUs for autonomous vehicles
Three UC Riverside engineers have received a $1.2-million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new generation of...
Read MoreTuSimple seeking $250 million in new funding to scale self-driving trucks
TuSimple,the self-driving truck startup backed by Sina, Nvidia, UPS and Tier 1 supplier Mando Corporation, is headed back into the...
Read MoreReport: Amazon to pay $1 billion+ for self-driving tech firm Zoox
Amazon is expected to announce a deal as early as today to purchase self-driving vehicle technology provider Zoox for upwards of $1...
Read MoreAutonomous driving business models: Part one
Autonomous driving is one of the most disruptive developments witnessed. It will change the way we think of cities, roads, parking,...
Read MoreDriveU.auto, a LiveU spinout, comes out of stealth with $4M
Teleoperators who remotely monitor and control autonomous vehicles rely on high-performance connectivity to transfer 4K video, multiple...
Read MoreThe political economy of autonomous vehicles
In the 1960s flying cars, moving walkways, smart homes, smart watches, talking robots, video conferencing even tanning beds were things of...
Read MoreAImotive raises $20 million for driver-assistance and self-driving car software
AImotive has raised a $20 million round to further develop its software for self-driving cars and advanced driver assistance. This brings...
Read MoreOhio gets $4.4M for autonomous trucking corridor
Ohio has received a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build an autonomous trucking corridor along a freeway...
Read MoreWhy investors are abandoning ride-hailing and automotive startups because of COVID-19
Once the darlings of venture capital and private equity, mobility and automotive startups are falling on hard times in 2020, thanks to the...
Read MoreVW finalizes investment in self-driving tech company Argo AI
Eleven months after Volkswagen Group announced a $2.6 billion investment in self-driving startup Argo AI, the deal has closed....
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