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Cruise can now give passengers rides in driverless cars in California

Posted on Jun 7, 2021 in Cars, News

Cruise, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, Microsoft and Honda, has secured a permit...

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Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora in final talks to merge with Reid Hoffman’s newest SPAC

Posted on Jun 7, 2021 in News, Trucks

Autonomous vehicle startup Aurora is close to finalizing a deal to merge with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, the newest special purpose...

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Meituan unmanned delivery team to be nearly tripled in size

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Cars, News

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Meituan’s unmanned delivery center will reportedly add another 500 jobs, covering algorithm, engineering, and other...

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Waymo’s driverless taxi service can now be accessed on Google Maps

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Cars, News

Waymo One, the ride-hailing service that uses driverless vehicles in the suburbs of Phoenix, can now be accessed and booked through Google...

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Aviva and Darwin team on autonomous vehicle trial

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Buses, News

Aviva and Darwin Innovation Group are starting a five-year partnership, beginning with collaboration on an autonomous vehicle trial....

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Intel-backed Horizon Robotics weighs $1 billion U.S. IPO

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Finance, News, Technology

(Bloomberg) — Chinese artificial intelligence-chip startup Horizon Robotics Inc. is considering a U.S. initial public offering which...

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Xiaomi-backed fund invests in autonomous driving startup Zongmu

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in Finance, News

(Bloomberg) — An investment fund backed by Xiaomi Corp. is among a new slew of investors in Zongmu Technology Shanghai Co. as the...

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Silicon Valley company DeepMap announces ‘RoadMemory’ a scalable mapping service for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 in News, Technology

Silicon Valley mapping startup DeepMap Inc announced its new crowd-sourced mapping service for autonomous vehicles today called...

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Robotic Research, Verizon collaborate on autonomous shuttles at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in Buses, News

Robotic Research, LLC (rr.ai), a global leader in autonomous driving technology and solutions, and Verizon Public Sector, a key Department...

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DiDi Autonomous Driving said to close over $3 million funding round

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in Finance, News

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- DiDi Autonomous Driving, the self-driving technology arm of Didi Chuxing (DiDi), is about to raise over $300 million,...

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Faction raises $4.3M to deploy 3-wheeled EVs for driverless delivery

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in Finance, News

Faction Technology founder and CEO Ain McKendrick didn’t have the $1 billion or the time that a typical automotive program might need to...

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Apple loses multiple top managers from self-driving car division

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in Cars, News

Apple Inc. has lost multiple top managers of its self-driving car team in recent months, a sign of attrition at the division involved in...

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Local Motors partners with door2door for joint development of autonomous shuttle ridepooling and analytics software

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in Buses, News, Technology

CHANDLER, Ariz., June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Local Motors, a leader in the design and manufacturing of autonomous vehicles,...

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kVA by UL and Stantec GenerationAV™ team up to advance global approach to autonomous vehicle safety

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in News

NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — kVA by UL, a global leader in automotive safety standards, and Stantec GenerationAV™,...

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Self-driving coalition announces new board members Embark and Aurora

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in News

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Self-Driving Coalition – dedicated to working with lawmakers, regulators and the public...

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RTI joins the Teleoperation Consortium to collaboratively advance autonomous vehicle adoption

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 in News, Technology

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the largest software framework company for...

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Thales Alenia Space to assess feasibility of EGNSS integrity service

Posted on Jun 1, 2021 in News, Technology

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by the European Commission for a new...

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BMW’S i4 sedan is the electric 4 Series you’ve been waiting for

Posted on Jun 1, 2021 in Cars, News

Months after revealing its first new electric vehicle in nearly a decade, the iX SUV, BMW is ready to pull back the curtain on its next...

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Cruise urges Biden to back autonomous vehicle deployment boost

Posted on Jun 1, 2021 in News

Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle (AV) company majority-owned by General Motors Co (GM.N), has urged President Joe Biden to back efforts...

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Volvo Group: Full speed ahead on autonomous transport solutions for ports

Posted on May 31, 2021 in News, Technology, Trucks

Volvo Autonomous Solutions, together with commercial partners, is now taking the next step towards autonomous transport solutions within...

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