Yandex robots start to deliver restaurant meals in central Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Driverless robot buggies started delivering hot restaurant meals to paying customers in one central Moscow...
Read MoreWithout fanfare, Waymo opens robotaxi ride service to the public
Last weekend, with surprisingly little fanfare, Waymo revealed it had passed a major milestone and opened up their really true full self...
Read MoreReport: Apple working with TSMC on self-driving car chips, model is ‘similar to Tesla’
A sketchy report from Digitimes today claims that Apple is trudging ahead with work on its self-driving car project. The report says that...
Read MoreApple shifts leadership of self-driving car unit to AI chief
(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. has moved its self-driving car unit under the leadership of top artificial intelligence executive John...
Read MoredSPACE and LeddarTech join forces to drive development of lidar innovations for self-driving cars
PADERBORN, Germany, and QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — dSPACE and LeddarTech®, a leader in level 1-5 ADAS and...
Read MoreUber sells self-driving unit to Aurora, takes startup stake
Uber Technologies Inc. sold its self-driving car division to Aurora Innovation Inc. and took a stake in the startup, pulling back from its...
Read MoreBaidu gets first permit for fully driverless road tests in Beijing
Baidu said on Monday that its Apollo unit was granted permission by Beijing transportation industry regulator for five of its vehicles to...
Read MorePanasonic to trial self-driving home delivery robot in February
Panasonic Corp. said Monday it will start trials in February of home deliveries by a self-driving robot in a residential area in Kanagawa...
Read MoreFIA names Siemens “Official Supplier of Urban Mobility Advocacy Solutions”
PLANO, Texas, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As an “Official Supplier of Urban Mobility Advocacy Solutions” for the...
Read MoreApple developing LiDAR mapping tech & touch sensitive contextual dashboard for Apple Car
Apple is continuing its development of technology that could end up in a potential Apple Car, including LiDAR barrier detection systems...
Read MoreNew Eagle sponsors Indy Autonomous Challenge
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Mechatronic control system engineering company New Eagle announced today that the...
Read MoreFord’s autonomous cars are delivering fresh produce in Miami
Ford’s long-running Miami self-driving car tests might just prove vital during the pandemic. The automaker, Argo AI and The Education Fund...
Read MoreAmazon/Zoox custom vehicle design revealed early and leaks some details
Zoox, the self-driving robotaxi startup acquired for over $1B earlier this year by Amazon AMZN -0.1%, has promised a big reveal for Dec...
Read MoreNew electronic module to safeguard self-driving vehicles against total failure of onboard electrical systems
Autonomous electric vehicles draw power from two sources: a high-voltage battery and, additionally, a conventional 12-volt battery that...
Read MoreVW CEO expects autonomous cars on market from 2025-2030
BERLIN — Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess expects autonomous vehicles to be ready for sale between 2025 and 2030....
Read MoreEinride’s next-generation ‘Pod’ promises NVIDIA-powered unmanned electric heavy freight
Einride, a Swedish company focusing on autonomous electric trucks, announced today that their next-generation Pod will use NVIDIA’s “Orin”...
Read MoreIsraeli lidar startup Innoviz in talks to merge with SPAC
(Bloomberg) — Innoviz Technologies Ltd., an Israeli startup focused on lidar, laser sensors used in autonomous vehicles, is in talks...
Read MoreLuminar going public makes 25-year-old Austin Russell one of world’s first, and youngest, self-driving billionaires
Tesla isn’t the only upstart auto industry player having a big year. Luminar, which creates lidar technology critical to many automakers’...
Read MoreDeveloping autonomous vehicles faster with end-to-end solutions from dSPACE on Microsoft Azure
San Jose (Silicon Valley), CA, December 3, 2020. dSPACE will offer customers its comprehensive solutions for data-driven development of...
Read MoreAlibaba-backed autonomous car firm AutoX starts driverless testing
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese autonomous vehicle startup AutoX, backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said on Thursday it has...
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