China’s Baidu announces that the world’s first autonomous driving compute unit is ready for production
The race to develop self-driving vehicles is not just in Silicon Valley. In China, the world’s biggest auto market, companies are...
Read MoreThis autonomous, electric vehicle concept for medical transport claims to be ‘pandemic proof’ — take a look
Design consultancy Manyone released a concept for autonomous, “pandemic-proof” electric vehicles. NemBots (non-emergency...
Read MoreSelf-driving startup Argo AI hits $7.5 billion valuation
Autonomous vehicle technology startup Argo AI is valued at $7.5 billion, just a little more than three years after the company burst on...
Read MoreProsecutors suggest a27 monthprison term for former Waymo engineer, Anthony Levandowski
Prosecutors have suggested a 27 month prison term for self-driving vehicle engineer Anthony Levandowski, The Information reports....
Read MoreFord’s slumping sales buoyed by autonomous vehicle investment
Washington, DC (CNN Business)Ford reported Thursday that its revenues fell 50% in the second quarter, but it posted a profit due to...
Read MoreRTI joins the Baidu Apollo autonomous driving partner ecosystem
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the largest software framework provider for smart...
Read MoreStradVision joins South Korea’s K-Unicorn Project, a tech industry investment program for fast-growing startups
SEOUL, South Korea, July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — StradVision, whose AI-based camera perception software is a leading innovator in...
Read MoreToyota Research Institute – Advanced Development forming Woven Planet Holdings and two new operating companies
Effective January 2021, Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development, Inc. will expand and improve its operations into a holding...
Read MoreBMW patents joystick to replace steering wheel in autonomous cars
The road to the autonomous driving future is certainly not going to be easy. Some car makers are even starting to doubt we’ll ever get...
Read MoreContinental is supercharging the development of driver-assistance tech
No self-driving cars are available today, but like it or not, they’re coming. Automakers and supplier companies around the world are...
Read MoreBMW iVenturesinvests in GenXComm, a company improving the performance of 5G networks using photonic circuits
The long-awaited rollout of ultra-fast 5G networks promises to greatly improve the performance of mobile devices worldwide, but 5G...
Read MoreLucid Air EV introduces DreamDriveautonomous tech with OTA updates
Full details of the Lucid Air are not yet available, but we are getting a better picture of exactly what you’ll be getting with this...
Read MoreElon Musk says Tesla doesn’t want to crush rivals, and the company is open to licensing its self-driving software and battery technology
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric automaker is considering getting into the business of lending software and supplying hardware to its...
Read MoreHorizon Robotics, FAW’s tech subsidiary to ally on AI, ADAS, autonomous driving
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese leading AI chip developer Horizon Robotics inked on July 23 with FAW (Nanjing) Technology Development (called...
Read MoreLidar startup taps investment banker as new CFO
Luminar Technologies Inc.’s new finance chief is set to promote the company’s new distance measurement technology for self-driving cars,...
Read MoreSelf-healing software for driverless cars
Researchers in Austria are testing out self-healing technology that corrects the internal errors of software used for driverless cars....
Read MoreCOAST Autonomous selects LeddarTech’ssolid-state LiDAR technology as the most reliable solution to achieve maximum safety levels for its autonomous “Bigfoot” delivery vehicle
QUEBEC CITY and PASADENA, Calif., July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, an industry leader in environmental sensing...
Read MoreIndustry survey finds >57% of auto tech leaders expect COVID-19 to increase consolidation; >85% predict lasting impact on shared mobility
A global survey of more than survey found that more than 120 auto tech leaders by Informa Tech Automotive Group found that 57% expect that...
Read MoreElon Musk on Tesla self-driving: ‘I can almost go from my house to work with no intervention’
Elon Musk said that he is testing Tesla’s latest alpha built of its self-driving system and claim that he can “almost” go from his house...
Read MoreSt. Petersburg, Fla., officials consider AV shuttle pilot
(TNS) — A driverless shuttle could carry people up and down Bayshore Drive this fall, if city and county officials sign off on it. The...
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