Sequoia-backed driverless truck startup seeks SPAC merger
Self-driving truck startup Plus is in advanced talks with a few special purpose acquisition companies for a merger, as it seeks to...
Read MoreLast-mile delivery robotics company Refraction AI raises $4.2M
Ann Arbor-based Refraction AI announced today that it has raised a $4.2 million seed round. The startup, which debuted on the TechCrunch...
Read MoreElon Musk says Tesla is expanding its Full Self Driving beta to more drivers
Tesla is expanding its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) beta, CEO Elon Musk said, doubling its size with a new software update, and eventually...
Read MoreCalifornia bill would require all self-driving vehicles to be zero emission by 2025
California might be the first state to give self-driving cars a deadline to electrify. In mid-February, a bill was quietly introduced into...
Read MoreSelf-driving shuttle bus coming to campus
A self-driving shuttle bus – the first at any academic institution in Canada – could be operating on the Ring Road at the...
Read MoreOuster and QCraft announce recent launch of robobus fleet in China using Ouster lidar sensors
SAN FRANCISCO & SUZHOU, China — March 4, 2021 Ouster, Inc. (“Ouster”) a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar...
Read MoreSidewalk robots get legal rights as “pedestrians”
As small robots proliferate on sidewalks and city streets, so does legislation that grants them generous access rights and even classifies...
Read MoreAutomotive SoC brings functional safety to CNN accelerator cores, ASIL D control
In one of the sessions at the recently concluded International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2021 (ISSCC 2021), Renesas presented a...
Read MoreByteDance said to invest in Chinese self-driving startup QCraft
Chinese social media titan ByteDance Ltd. is investing in local autonomous driving startup QCraft Inc., according to people familiar with...
Read MoreCyngn partners with Formel D to deliver quality assurance and process optimization across the entire autonomous vehicle stack
MENLO PARK, Calif., March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Cyngn, the autonomous vehicle organization, announced a partnership with Formel D,...
Read MoreNew Mexico takes steps toward embracing autonomous vehicles
AZTEC, N.M. — Autonomous vehicles can already be seen on some roads in New Mexico as two companies test vehicles. Now legislators have...
Read MoreHonda to sell limited batch of level 3 self-driving cars
TOKYO, March 4 (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co Ltd on Thursday said it will sell a limited batch of its flagship Legend sedan equipped...
Read MoreDENSO, KDDI research 5G’s use in automated driving to achieve safe and secure mobility
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DENSO Corporation (DENSO) and KDDI Corporation (KDDI) have begun researching...
Read MoreBaidu’s CEO proposes boosting commercial use of autonomous cars
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Robin Li, chairman and chief executive officer of Baidu, calls for greater governmental endeavors to promote the...
Read MoreGM-backed Cruise is in talks to buy startup Voyage
Cruise, the self-driving vehicle company majority owned by General Motors Co., is in talks to acquire Voyage, an autonomous technology...
Read MoreLidar startup AEye develops an independently verified 1,000 meter range lidar sensor for autonomous vehicles
As more vehicles come equipped with advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and higher levels of autonomous driving, there is a new crop of...
Read MoreSelf-driving startup Aeva hires Waymo, Apple veteran to oversee supply chain
(Reuters) – Self-driving sensor startup Aeva Inc, founded by two Apple Inc alumni, has hired another former Apple executive to...
Read MoreRobotics division of Uber’s Postmates spins out into new company
(Reuters) – The robotics unit of Postmates, a delivery startup that ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies acquired last year, has spun...
Read MoreIsrael’s Foretellix partners with Volvo to develop autonomous solutions
Volvo Autonomous Solutions has signed an agreement with Foretellix to jointly create a Coverage Driven Verification solution for...
Read MoreGatik to winterize self-driving box trucks through partnership with Ontario government
Gatik, a startup developing an autonomous vehicle stack for B2B short-haul logistics, today announced it has secured CAD$9 million (~$7.12...
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