Volvo 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....
Read MoreFord posts strong results, promises big bet on electric and self-driving cars
New York (CNN Business)Ford reported surprisingly good financial results at the end of a tough year, and said it was increasing its...
Read MoreLuokung announces partnership between EMG and leading electric vehicle manufacturer BAIC BJEV to jointly develop mapping services for autonomous driving
BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Luokung Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: LKCO) (“Luokung” or the “Company”), a...
Read MoreThe Fusion Project works to accelerate data management for connected and autonomous vehicles
SEATTLE, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Airbiquity®, Cloudera, NXP® Semiconductors, Teraki™, and Wind River® today announced The Fusion...
Read MoreAutomakers push for movement on ‘critical’ rules for self-driving cars
Washington — A group of nearly four-dozen automakers, industry advocacy groups and corporations sent a letter to Congressional leaders...
Read MorePremier smart city, Peachtree Corners, launches test vehicle for use by public to research and test mobility technology
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga., Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Peachtree Corners – the nation’s first smart city environment powered by...
Read MoreApple and Hyundai-Kia pushing toward deal on Apple Car
After years of speculation that it will eventually get into the auto business with its own vehicle, Apple is close to finalizing a deal...
Read More‘Fact’ check: Biden order stalls new autonomous and replica vehicle safety rules
President Biden has put the brakes on rules regarding autonomous vehicle safety and low volume replica car manufacturing announced in the...
Read MoreTeijin and Applied EV develop autonomous vehicle platform for LS-EV
Teijin Limited and its joint development partner Applied Electric Vehicles (Applied EV) have achieved a major milestone toward their...
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