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Autonomous driving startup TuSimple makes deal with Foton

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 in News, Technology, Trucks

On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that TuSimple, an autonomous driving technology startup, is in talks with commercial vehicle maker, Foton,...

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Pony.ai debuts 6th generation autonomous driving system

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

On Thursday, Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai revealed its sixth generation autonomous driving system. The system features...

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Mercedes-Benz acquires stake in lidar maker Luminar, will use its sensors for future autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

Mercedes-Benz announced it will integrate Luminar’s lidar sensors into future production vehicles to enable autonomous driving...

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Mitsubishi partners with Cartken to break into the robotic delivery world

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 in News, Technology

Mitsubishi Electric, the automaker’s electronics equipment manufacturing company, is starting a pilot program to explore the value of...

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Synopsys targets automotive with ARC functional safety processors

Posted on Jan 19, 2022 in News, Technology

When you mention heterogeneous processing (processing by multiple types of execution units, such as CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, NPUs, ISPs, etc.),...

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Baidu’s automobile manufacturing arm JiDU unveils logo for robot car

Posted on Jan 18, 2022 in Cars, News

On Tuesday, Baidu’s automobile division, JiDU Auto, officially unveiled the logo for its robot car, marking the beginning of a new...

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Westwell unveils world’s first intelligent battery-swap driverless commercial vehicle, Q-Truck

Posted on Jan 18, 2022 in News, Technology

Westwell held a media conference in Shanghai on January 15, announcing the mass production of the world’s first intelligent battery-swap...

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Toyota Ventures backs seed extension into Agtonomy, turning tractors into autonomous vehicles

Posted on Jan 18, 2022 in News, Technology

Agtonomy co-founder and CEO Tim Bucher was born and raised on a farm and was deep into his own farming business when he took a computer...

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BlackBerry QNX, China’s Black Sesame Technologies to build autonomous driving platform

Posted on Jan 18, 2022 in News, Technology

Beijing (Gasgoo)- China’s chip supplier Black Sesame Technologies announced that it had joined hands with BlackBerry QNX to build an...

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New York Times ad warns against Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving”

Posted on Jan 17, 2022 in Cars, News

A full page advertisement in Sunday’s New York Times took aim at Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software, calling it “the worst software ever...

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Autonomous driving startup WeRide’s mileage passes 10 million

Posted on Jan 17, 2022 in News, Technology

WeRide, an autonomous driving technology company, announced on Monday that the mileage of its autonomous driving on open roads exceeded 10...

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DeepRoute.ai reaches agreement with Zvision Technologies

Posted on Jan 17, 2022 in News, Technology

On Monday, DeepRoute.ai reached a strategic cooperation with Zvision Technologies, a manufacturer of solid-state MEMS lidars. The deal...

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Autonomous driving start-up Wayve bags $200 million from Microsoft, Virgin and Baillie Gifford

Posted on Jan 17, 2022 in Finance, News

LONDON — U.K. autonomous driving start-up Wayve has been backed by a host of big name investors including Microsoft, Virgin and Baillie...

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Testing for autonomous driving scenarios as complex as the real world

Posted on Jan 14, 2022 in News, Technology

Demonstrated for the first time at CES 2022, the Radar Scene Emulator from Keysight Technologies Inc. represents another step ahead for...

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J.B. Hunt will be Waymo’s first self-driving freight customer

Posted on Jan 14, 2022 in News, Trucks

Waymo Via, the autonomous vehicle company’s trucking and cargo transportation unit, is expanding its existing partnership with logistics...

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GM taps Qualcomm chips for self-driving system due out in 2023

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 in News, Technology

At this month’s Consumer Electronics Show, GM said that it will use a cluster of three chips developed by Qualcomm as the brains of...

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California reviews whether Tesla’s self-driving tests require regulatory oversight

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Jan 12 (Reuters) – California is evaluating whether Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) self-driving tests require regulatory oversight,...

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New test system a milestone in development of connected vehicles

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 in News, Technology

One of the principles that makes autonomous driving possible is communication with the surrounding environment. It must happen...

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Embark to develop autonomous truck tech to navigate snow

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 in News, Technology, Trucks

Embark Trucks has a plan to develop and deploy technology that would allow trucks equipped with Embark’s autonomous technology to navigate...

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Local Motors, the startup behind the Olli autonomous shuttle, has shut down

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 in Buses, News

Local Motors, the company that crowdsourced and built the Olli autonomous shuttle as well as the Rally Fighter, will be shutting down...

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