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China rolls out autonomous driving standards as carmakers work towards making self-driving a reality

Posted on Sep 21, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

China has published its first national standards for grading autonomous driving, which will come into force in March, providing a...

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Rainbow film improves traffic sign recognition for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Sep 21, 2021 in News, Technology

Despite the reassurances of designers and researchers that autonomous vehicles will be, in fact, very safe, many consumers are still...

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Is self-driving technology the best thing to hit Pittsburgh since steel? Local business groups think so

Posted on Sep 20, 2021 in News

Top business and civic leaders in Pittsburgh say decades of local research in autonomous technology could pay off in a big way for the...

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Aurora unveils autonomous Toyota Sienna for ride-hailing with Uber

Posted on Sep 20, 2021 in Cars, News

Autonomous-vehicle technology company Aurora on Monday unveiled a Toyota Motor Corp.’s Sienna minivan prototype specifically designed for...

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Spirent’s new GNSS Foresight checks reliability for BVLOS

Posted on Sep 20, 2021 in News, Technology

Spirent Communications plc has launched Spirent GNSS Foresight, a cloud-based solution that lets operators know in advance where and when...

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Oshkosh invests in Carnegie Foundry to build upon autonomy and robotics capabilities

Posted on Sep 20, 2021 in News, Technology

Oshkosh Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of mission-critical vehicles and essential equipment, and Carnegie Foundry, a...

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Safety official says Tesla should address ‘basic safety issues’ before expanding full self-driving mode

Posted on Sep 19, 2021 in News, Technology

Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, told the Wall Street Journal that Tesla should address “basic safety...

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Elon Musk says Tesla FSD beta can lull users into thinking their cars are driverless

Posted on Sep 18, 2021 in News, Technology

Electric vehicle maker Tesla is poised to expand its controversial FSD Beta program with a long-awaited download button that would allow...

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Ryder to build logistics network with autonomous trucking company Embark

Posted on Sep 17, 2021 in News, Trucks

Supply chain and fleet management solutions company Ryder is partnering with yet another autonomous trucking company. On Thursday, Ryder...

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Tesla sees great potential for self-driving vehicles in China

Posted on Sep 17, 2021 in News

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that he sees huge potential in China for fully autonomous vehicles, as Chinese customers want cars with...

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China’s Baidu unveils autonomous driving ‘robot truck’ Xingtu

Posted on Sep 17, 2021 in News, Trucks

Baidu’s open-source autonomous driving platform Apollo has spawned Xingtu, an electric “robot truck”, as mainland China’s artificial...

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China’s autonomous driving solution provider Hong Jing Drive debuts L3 autonomous heavy truck

Posted on Sep 16, 2021 in News, Technology, Trucks

Beijing (Gasgoo)- China’s full-stack autonomous driving solution provider, Hong Jing Drive, officially debuted its digitalized intelligent...

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Vaccine-carrying drones and self-driving cars: government fund backs cutting-edge innovation

Posted on Sep 16, 2021 in Finance, News

Regulators are clearing the runway for drones to transport vaccines and other live-saving drugs, in a ground-breaking venture funded by...

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Applus+ Idiada to collaborate on AV test facilities

Posted on Sep 16, 2021 in Infrastructure, News

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Applus+ Idiada have agreed to collaborate on the development of new facilities for the controlled...

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Stellantis: C-Roads Italy project: digital roads supporting connected level 3 autonomous driving

Posted on Sep 16, 2021 in Infrastructure, News

The CRF (Stellantis Group Research Center) has taken part in the “C-Roads Italy: C-ITS cooperative systems aimed at road mobility become a...

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WaveSense is renamed GPR and readies ground-penetrating radar for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Sep 16, 2021 in News, Technology

WaveSense, a Massachusetts startup developing ground-positioning radar, has changed its name to GPR and released a next-generation radar...

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Tesla starts testing its Full Self-Driving Beta software on Canadian roads

Posted on Sep 15, 2021 in News, Technology

Tesla has started testing its Full Self-Driving Beta software on Canadian roads ahead of the wider release in the US. Last weekend, Tesla...

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Alphabet’s Waymo expands in San Francisco with Uber lease

Posted on Sep 15, 2021 in News

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., is taking more office space in San Francisco. The company is...

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Walmart to launch autonomous delivery service with Ford and Argo AI

Posted on Sep 15, 2021 in Cars, News

Walmart has tapped Argo AI and Ford to launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Austin, Miami and Washington, D.C., the companies...

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Alibaba leads $300 million investment into Chinese autonomous driving start-up DeepRoute.ai

Posted on Sep 14, 2021 in Finance, News, Technology

GUANGZHOU, China — Alibaba has led investments worth more than $300 million into Chinese autonomous driving start-up DeepRoute.ai. The...

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