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Hyundai has bought robot maker Boston Dynamics from SoftBank in a $1.1 billion deal

Posted on Dec 12, 2020 in Finance, News

Hyundai has agreed to buy an 80% stake in robot maker Boston Dynamics from SoftBank, the South Korean automaker said Friday....

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5G-based, driverless green cars produced in east China

Posted on Dec 12, 2020 in Cars, News

JINAN, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) — An automobile manufacturing base in east China’s Shandong Province has officially begun production...

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Purdue, West Point to partner on autonomous race car; will take on Brickyard in 2021

Posted on Dec 11, 2020 in Cars, News

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indy Autonomous Challenge will bring together collegiate teams from around the world next October to run...

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Tesla expands in-house Self-Driving testing to Phoenix

Posted on Dec 11, 2020 in News, Technology

Tesla is expanding its in-house Autopilot and Full Self-Driving testing to Phoenix, Arizona, which is already a hub for self-driving...

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To reach level 4 autonomy, these self-driving cars head to winter boot camp

Posted on Dec 10, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Is there a more magical seasonal sight than snowflakes falling on banks of snow under a white sky, the only bursts of color to break up...

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Hyundai Motor updates ‘Strategy 2025’

Posted on Dec 10, 2020 in News, Technology

  Hyundai Motor Company today announced an updated roadmap for its future business Strategy 2025 at the ‘2020 CEO Investor Day’ forum held...

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Wuhan builds China’s first autonomous driving themed scenic spot

Posted on Dec 10, 2020 in Infrastructure, News

(ECNS) — China’s first autonomous driving themed scenic spot has been built in Longlingshan Ecological Park in Wuhan, Hubei...

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Tesla Full Self-Driving settings leak reveals myriad of options, including some funny ones

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in News, Technology

The development settings for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta have leaked, and it reveals a myriad of options that FSD can do,...

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Azuga to research road usage charges for automated vehicles

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in News, Technology

FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Azuga, the leading global provider of connected vehicle and fleet technologies,...

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GM’s Cruise begins testing autonomous vehicles without human drivers in San Francisco

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in Cars, News

Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, has started testing self-driving vehicles without driver monitors in San Francisco,...

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Yandex robots start to deliver restaurant meals in central Moscow

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in Cars, News

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Driverless robot buggies started delivering hot restaurant meals to paying customers in one central Moscow...

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Without fanfare, Waymo opens robotaxi ride service to the public

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in Cars, News

Last weekend, with surprisingly little fanfare, Waymo revealed it had passed a major milestone and opened up their really true full self...

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Report: Apple working with TSMC on self-driving car chips, model is ‘similar to Tesla’

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in News, Technology

A sketchy report from Digitimes today claims that Apple is trudging ahead with work on its self-driving car project. The report says that...

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Apple shifts leadership of self-driving car unit to AI chief

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in Cars, News

(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. has moved its self-driving car unit under the leadership of top artificial intelligence executive John...

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dSPACE and LeddarTech join forces to drive development of lidar innovations for self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in News, Technology

PADERBORN, Germany, and QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — dSPACE and LeddarTech®, a leader in level 1-5 ADAS and...

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Uber sells self-driving unit to Aurora, takes startup stake

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

Uber Technologies Inc. sold its self-driving car division to Aurora Innovation Inc. and took a stake in the startup, pulling back from its...

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Baidu gets first permit for fully driverless road tests in Beijing

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, News

Baidu said on Monday that its Apollo unit was granted permission by Beijing transportation industry regulator for five of its vehicles to...

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Panasonic to trial self-driving home delivery robot in February

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, News

Panasonic Corp. said Monday it will start trials in February of home deliveries by a self-driving robot in a residential area in Kanagawa...

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FIA names Siemens “Official Supplier of Urban Mobility Advocacy Solutions”

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in News, Technology

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As an “Official Supplier of Urban Mobility Advocacy Solutions” for the...

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Apple developing LiDAR mapping tech & touch sensitive contextual dashboard for Apple Car

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Apple is continuing its development of technology that could end up in a potential Apple Car, including LiDAR barrier detection systems...

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