Backup driver in fatal Arizona Uber self-driving car crash charged with negligent homicide
PHOENIX — The backup Uber driver involved in the first self-driving vehicle fatality has been charged with negligent homicide for...
Read MoreJacksonville Transportation Authority receives custom autonomous solution from Beep, Local Motors and Robotic Research
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept., 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) welcomed its newest autonomous...
Read MoreIdriverplus raises over $14.6 million for autonomous street cleaners and cars
Idriverplus, a Beijing-based supplier of driverless vehicle and robotics systems, this week raised over 100 million yuan (~$14.6 million)....
Read Morepriestmangoode reimagines mass transit with electric self-driving vehicle for dromos
priestmangoode has revealed an electric, autonomous vehicle designed for high capacity urban transport. autonomous network transit (ANT)...
Read MoreAeva and ZF to bring first FMCW LiDAR to production for autonomous driving applications
Aeva, a company building next-generation sensing for autonomous vehicles (earlier post), and ZF are partnering to bring the first...
Read MoreBooming demand for Innodisk’s CAN bus solutions amid pandemic and autonomous vehicle trend
TAIPEI, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Innodisk’s CAN bus expansion modules are taking the world by storm. Unprecedented demand...
Read MoreNames like Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ are dangerously misleading, study shows
Does it really matter if Tesla’s advanced driving system is called “Autopilot” but it doesn’t actually take over...
Read MoreGermany wants to permit driverless cars across the country by 2022
Despite coming down hard on Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, Germany isn’t totally against the concept of self-driving cars. Sure,...
Read MoreToyota Research launches $800m investment fund in move to Woven Planet
The Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development (TRI-AD) has set up a global investment fund called Woven Capital as part of...
Read MoreBaidu launches its ‘Apollo Go’ robotaxiservice in China’s capital city of Beijing
Three weeks after launching its “Apollo Go” robotaxi service in the Chinese city of Cangzhou, China’s tech giant Baidu...
Read MoreCruise’s AI enables driverless vehicles to navigate uncommon scenarios
Driverless startup Cruise today detailed a homegrown tool — the Continuous Learning Machine — that tackles on-the-road prediction tasks....
Read MoreVirginia autonomous driving firm invests $8.5 million in second facility, expects to triple workforce
A developer of self-driving vehicle technology recently announced an expansion that is expected to triple its current workforce. Torc...
Read More5GAA expects 5G-V2X basic car automation in 2024, cooperation in 2026
Wireless engineers, automakers, and governments have spent years preparing for a future where autonomous cars will communicate with each...
Read MoreNASA safety expert joins Torc Robotics self-driving truck team
BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Former NASA safety engineering executive John Marinaro has joined Torc Robotics, the...
Read MoreAmazon jobs UK: Online retail giant hiring new Cambridge team for exciting driverless delivery service
Online retail giant Amazon is set to hire a new team of engineers to help develop driverless deliveries in the UK and globally, following...
Read MoreStradVision selects BlackBerry to drive advancements across South Korean automotive industry
WATERLOO, ON and SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced...
Read MoreYandex self driving group gets $150 million, partners with Uber to bring autonomous vehicles to U.S.
On paper, a lot is happening with Yandex’s self-driving vehicles. Yandex NV YNDX -1.2%, a Russian multinational company that...
Read MoreHefei licenses DiDi to have autonomous car road tests
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- DiDiChuxing (DiDi) has been given green light to conduct road tests for autonomous cars by Hefei government, the...
Read MoreAurrigo makes breakthrough in driverless pods technology
A Coventry-based company has created 10 new jobs over the past year to meet rising demand across the world for the driverless pods it has...
Read MoreGM and Honda join forces as the post-coronavirus consolidation of the auto industry begins
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the global auto industry faced a period of unprecedented change. Many automakers weren’t dealing...
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