Nissan signals interest in ‘Apple Car’ following Hyundai exit
Japanese automaker Nissan on Tuesday suggested it would be interested in partnering with Apple on the production of a so-called...
Read MoreCalifornia robocar disengagement reports reveal tidbits about Tesla, AutoX, Apple, others
Every year, companies testing self-driving cars in California are required to report to the state DMV details on all the cars they have...
Read MoreAurora strikes deal with Toyota, Denso to develop, test self-driving Sienna minivans
Aurora has reached a deal with Toyota and auto-parts supplier Denso to develop and test vehicles equipped with the self-driving startup’s...
Read MoreBlackBerry’s QNX Black Channel Communications to be used in Motional’s driverless platform
WATERLOO, ON, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced its QNX® Black Channel...
Read MoreBestmile partners with Perrone Robotics to provide fleet orchestration for autonomous fleets
LAUSANNE, Switzerland and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Bestmile, the leading Fleet Orchestration Platform that...
Read MoreKratos Defense robotic self-driving unmanned truck customer portfolio expands as deployments are increasing in the United States and worldwide
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National...
Read MoreSwift Navigation raises $50 million Series C round to accelerate consumer adoption of automotive safety and precise navigation applications across the globe
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm redefining GNSS (Global Navigation...
Read MoreOxbotica and bp complete autonomous vehicle trial at refinery
bp has successfully completed an autonomous vehicle trial at its Lingen refinery in Germany, working with Oxbotica, a global leader in...
Read MoreVolvo Cars & Luminar open up long-distance lidar dataset
There are approximately a dozen autonomy-related companies I’m keeping an eye on. As noted in a recent article about Waymo’s approach...
Read MoreGreat Wall pushes further into smart cars with Horizon deal
(Bloomberg) — Beijing-based Horizon Robotics Inc. and Great Wall Motor Co., China’s top maker of sport utility vehicles, are teaming...
Read MoreVietnam’s Vinfast gets permit to test self-driving vehicles in California
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s first domestic car manufacturer, Vinfast, said on Monday it had obtained a permit to test autonomous...
Read MoreHyundai, Kia say Apple car deal is off, puncturing investor dream
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Monday it is not now in talks with Apple Inc on autonomous electric cars,...
Read MoreTesla looks to hire data labelers to feed Autopilot neural nets with images at Gigafactory New York
Tesla is looking to hire a team of data labelers to feed images to help train its Autopilot neural nets at Gigafactory New York in...
Read MoreBaidu introduces world’s first multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS platform in Guangzhou
BEIJING, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) today deployed a multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS (mobility as a...
Read MorePony.ai raises $100 million more to advance its autonomous vehicle tech
Self-driving car startup Pony.ai today announced it has raised $100 million in an extension of its series C round. The funds bring the...
Read MoreArgo AI’s self-driving cars are now being tested on the highway
Argo AI says its autonomous test vehicles are now driving on highways, too, at least near Pittsburgh, with other markets coming soon....
Read MoreBaidu tops Beijing Autonomous Vehicles Road Test Report for the third consecutive year
BEIJING, Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) affirmed its comprehensive leadership position in China’s...
Read MoreVolkswagen plans to challenge Google with own autonomous car software
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen plans to develop most of the software needed for autonomous cars in-house, the head of the German...
Read MoreTrimble teams with ROBORACE for its autonomous racing series
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and ROBORACE, the world’s first autonomous racing series...
Read MoreGoodyear Ventures invests in autonomous trucking company TuSimple
Goodyear Ventures has added TuSimple, a global autonomous trucking technology company, to its growing investment portfolio....
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