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Volvo Cars & Luminar open up long-distance lidar dataset

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in News, Perspective, Technology

There are approximately a dozen autonomy-related companies I’m keeping an eye on. As noted in a recent article about Waymo’s approach...

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Great Wall pushes further into smart cars with Horizon deal

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in News, Technology

(Bloomberg) — Beijing-based Horizon Robotics Inc. and Great Wall Motor Co., China’s top maker of sport utility vehicles, are teaming...

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Vietnam’s Vinfast gets permit to test self-driving vehicles in California

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Cars, News

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s first domestic car manufacturer, Vinfast, said on Monday it had obtained a permit to test autonomous...

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Hyundai, Kia say Apple car deal is off, puncturing investor dream

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Cars, News

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Monday it is not now in talks with Apple Inc on autonomous electric cars,...

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Tesla looks to hire data labelers to feed Autopilot neural nets with images at Gigafactory New York

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in News, Technology

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...

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Baidu introduces world’s first multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS platform in Guangzhou

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology

BEIJING, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) today deployed a multi-modal autonomous driving MaaS (mobility as a...

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Pony.ai raises $100 million more to advance its autonomous vehicle tech

Posted on Feb 7, 2021 in Cars, Finance, News

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...

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Argo AI’s self-driving cars are now being tested on the highway

Posted on Feb 5, 2021 in Cars, News

Argo AI says its autonomous test vehicles are now driving on highways, too, at least near Pittsburgh, with other markets coming soon....

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Baidu tops Beijing Autonomous Vehicles Road Test Report for the third consecutive year

Posted on Feb 5, 2021 in Cars, News

BEIJING, Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) affirmed its comprehensive leadership position in China’s...

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Volkswagen plans to challenge Google with own autonomous car software

Posted on Feb 4, 2021 in Cars, News, Technology

HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen plans to develop most of the software needed for autonomous cars in-house, the head of the German...

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Trimble teams with ROBORACE for its autonomous racing series

Posted on Feb 4, 2021 in Cars, News, Technology

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and ROBORACE, the world’s first autonomous racing series...

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Goodyear Ventures invests in autonomous trucking company TuSimple

Posted on Feb 4, 2021 in Finance, News

Goodyear Ventures has added TuSimple, a global autonomous trucking technology company, to its growing investment portfolio....

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Ford posts strong results, promises big bet on electric and self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 4, 2021 in Finance, News

New York (CNN Business)Ford reported surprisingly good financial results at the end of a tough year, and said it was increasing its...

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Luokung announces partnership between EMG and leading electric vehicle manufacturer BAIC BJEV to jointly develop mapping services for autonomous driving

Posted on Feb 4, 2021 in News, Technology

BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Luokung Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: LKCO) (“Luokung” or the “Company”), a...

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The Fusion Project works to accelerate data management for connected and autonomous vehicles

Posted on Feb 3, 2021 in News, Technology

SEATTLE, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Airbiquity®, Cloudera, NXP® Semiconductors, Teraki™, and Wind River® today announced The Fusion...

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Automakers push for movement on ‘critical’ rules for self-driving cars

Posted on Feb 3, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

Washington — A group of nearly four-dozen automakers, industry advocacy groups and corporations sent a letter to Congressional leaders...

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Premier smart city, Peachtree Corners, launches test vehicle for use by public to research and test mobility technology

Posted on Feb 3, 2021 in Cars, News, Technology

PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga., Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Peachtree Corners – the nation’s first smart city environment powered by...

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Apple and Hyundai-Kia pushing toward deal on Apple Car

Posted on Feb 3, 2021 in Cars, News

After years of speculation that it will eventually get into the auto business with its own vehicle, Apple is close to finalizing a deal...

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‘Fact’ check: Biden order stalls new autonomous and replica vehicle safety rules

Posted on Feb 2, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

President Biden has put the brakes on rules regarding autonomous vehicle safety and low volume replica car manufacturing announced in the...

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Teijin and Applied EV develop autonomous vehicle platform for LS-EV

Posted on Feb 2, 2021 in News, Technology

Teijin Limited and its joint development partner Applied Electric Vehicles (Applied EV) have achieved a major milestone toward their...

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