Stealthy self-driving startup Ghost Locomotion raises $15 million, filings show
The SF Bay Area is home to a lot of self-driving car initiatives. Some startups, like Zoox, are trying “to make the whole widget” by...
Read MoreHyundai Mobis bets big on AI-based camera
Hyundai Mobis recently invested 8 billion won ($7.14 million) in a local startup named StradVision to develop high-tech cameras for safer...
Read MoreAptiv rides on investments & collaborations, high costs rife
Aptiv PLC APTV is banking on technology investments, acquisitions and collaborations in order to capitalize on developing automotive...
Read MoreHyundai Motor expands mobility service in India through strategic investment in Revv
Hyundai Motor Company is partnering with -, India’s fastest growing self-drive car-sharing company, to develop an innovative car-sharing...
Read MoreDriverless cars will cost Australia’s state governments billions in annual revenue
The widespread take-up of driverless and electric vehicles would mean great savings for consumers but significant revenue losses for state...
Read MoreA Zimbabwean working on a driverless car raised another $126,000 and is about to start production
Around the halfway mark of 2017 we started talking about how William Sachiti –a Zimbabwean- the founder of Academy of Robotics, which was...
Read MoreChinese electric car company Nio seeks to raise $1.8 billion in IPO
Nio, a Chinese company that makes electric cars, has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. The company said in a filing on...
Read MoreSoftBank to shun Tesla deal as it focuses on ridesharing, autonomous vehicles
Speculation about who may or may not finance Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s audacious plan to take the carmaker private is distracting dealmakers...
Read MoreLuxoft acquires autonomous drive and connected mobility specialist Objective Software GmbH
Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE:LXFT), a global IT service provider, announces the acquisition of Objective Software GmbH, a provider of...
Read MoreScale raises $18 million to label data from autonomous car companies like Lyft and Embark
Autonomous cars need data. Lots of data. According to research conducted by the Rand Corporation, they’ll have to drive hundreds of...
Read MoreKodiak Robotics raises $40M for self-driving trucks
Kodiak Robotics has emerged from stealth mode and raised $40 million in Series A funding to develop technology for self-driving trucks....
Read MoreAptiv posts solid Q2 and remains a top driverless-vehicle stock
Aptive, which is positioned to help develop the next generation of vehicle safety solutions, driverless vehicles, and ways vehicles...
Read MoreRideOS raises $25M to become the traffic control center for self-driving cars
A mere sprinkling of autonomous vehicles exist in a few dozen cities today. A smattering in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. A dusting in...
Read MoreSpending on future tech eats into BMW quarterly profit
Net profit at BMW fell 6 percent in the second quarter as it spent more on developing new technologies for electric, autonomous and...
Read MoreBaidu Q2 revenues surge with Apollo blooming development
Chinese Internet giant Baidu achieved a blooming second quarter with revenues surging 32% year on year to RMB 26 billion and net profits...
Read MoreWinners revealed in Govt £12.1m autonomous vehicle giveaway
The Government has announced the winners of a collaborative R&D competition for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), with £12.1m...
Read MoreAutonomous-car tech investment skyrockets on SoftBank deals
Private investment in autonomous-vehicle companies soared in the second quarter to more than in the last four years combined, according to...
Read MoreForesight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. FRSX (tase:FRSX) looks to lead autonomous vehicle race with merger and series of private placements
Well positioned to take advantage of the upcoming autonomous vehicle boom is Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: FRSX) (TASE:...
Read MoreDaimler obtains 11-billion-euro loan to boost electric- and autonomous vehicle development
Daimler AG has secured a new credit line of over 11-billion euros (12.9 billion US dollars) to boost its electric- and autonomous vehicle...
Read MoreCanadian insurer backs autonomous car startup in Florida retirement community
There’s a village in Florida where self-driving cars rule the road, and a Canadian insurance firm wants to come along for the ride....
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