Shanghai sees intelligent cars as a US$72 billion industry by 2025, unveils plan to spur autonomous driving tech
Shanghai is doubling down on intelligent cars, and specifically autonomous driving technology, as the engine of a high-potential growth...
Read MoreCaocao Mobility and Geely cooperate to create commercial automated driving platform
Caocao Mobility, a Geely-backed online ride-hailing platform, started cooperation related to robotaxis on September 5 with the Smart...
Read MoreIn leaked memo, Aurora CEO weighs spinouts, layoffs and acquisitions against sale to big tech
The chief executive of autonomous vehicle developer Aurora Innovation presented a swath of cost-cutting and cash-generating options to its...
Read MoreWorld’s first self-driving road for cargo transportation planned in China
(ECNS) — A Chinese startup in autonomous driving announced on Tuesday it would engage in the planning and design of the world’s...
Read MoreGM’s Cruise recalls and updates self-driving software in cars following crash
General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit Cruise has recalled and updated software in 80 self-driving robotaxis after a June crash in San...
Read MoreApple’s Car is beloved before it even exists
If semiconductor shortages, recession risks and the once-a-century shift in propulsion weren’t enough to keep auto executives up at night,...
Read More$52M federal grant boosts mobility innovation in Michigan
(TNS) — The Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation is to receive a $52.2 million federal grant from a Department of Commerce program to...
Read MoreCambricon unveils three autonomous driving chips under development
During the 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) on September 1, Chen Tianshi, the chairman of Chinese AI chip firm...
Read MoreComing soon to a road near you: Brighter lane markings
US motorists do only a quarter of their driving at night, but roughly half of all deaths on the road take place after dark. The traffic...
Read MoreAutonomous driving firm Autra Tech partners with ByteDance’s Volcano Engine
Volcano Engine, a cloud services platform owned by ByteDance, reached a formal cooperation agreement on August 31 with Autra Tech, a...
Read MoreBaidu’s Robin Li: Next commercial stage of autonomous driving is L4, not L3
The 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), under the theme “Intelligent Connectivity, Infinite Multiverse,” was held in...
Read MoreGatik & Pitney Bowes partner on medium-duty autonomous trucks
Gatik, a manufacturer of autonomous middle mile logistics, announced a multi-year commercial agreement with global shipping company Pitney...
Read MoreWaymo opens up driverless robotaxi service in downtown Phoenix to vetted passengers
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle developer under Alphabet, is opening up its driverless robotaxi service in downtown Phoenix to vetted local...
Read MoreBaidu’s (BIDU) Apollo Go service strikes 1 million EV autonomous ride milestone in China
Chinese tech giant Baidu (BIDU) beat Wall Street’s Q2 earnings estimates on Tuesday despite several headwinds in China’s economy. Baidu’s...
Read MoreFormer Tesla engineer Guangzhi Cao joins automated driving startup Pegasus
On August 23, Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer, pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from Apple’s automotive department. The...
Read MoreMicrosoft debuts total automotive and mobility solution in China
Microsoft unveiled a total solution for the automotive and mobility sectors on August 28 at 2022 World New Energy Vehicle Congress...
Read MoreAuto insurance watchdog warns that one of the most important features of self-driving cars can fail to spot pedestrians at night
Dozens of companies are working on making the dream of self-driving cars a reality, but a key feature behind every autonomous vehicle...
Read MoreNexar releases its ‘Driver Behavioral Map data’ that can help autonomous vehicles operate more like human drivers
Computer vision company Nexar, which developed a dashcam application that seeks to rid the world of car crashes, has released its Driver...
Read MoreSanborn expands the Sanborn M-Map coverage for autonomous vehicles
The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has successfully completed the collection of geospatial data for 4,250 line miles of highway...
Read MoreElon Musk wants fully self-driving Teslas to go on sale by Christmas
Elon Musk said he wants fully self-driving Teslas to go on sale by the end of this year. Speaking at a conference in Norway on Monday, he...
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