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Autonomous driving truck supplier Qingtian completes angel round of financing

Posted on Jan 27, 2022 in Finance, News, Trucks

Qingtian Truck Technology, an automated driving truck company, recently announced the completion of an angel round financing worth nearly...

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GM CEO Mary Barra takes first autonomous car ride with Cruise: ‘It’s just surreal’

Posted on Jan 27, 2022 in Cars, News

“It’s just surreal,” General Motors CEO Mary Barra says while testing one of the company’s driverless cars in San Francisco, calling it a...

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Major legal changes needed for driverless car era

Posted on Jan 26, 2022 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Human drivers should not be legally accountable for road safety in the era of autonomous cars, a report says. In these cars, the driver...

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Toyota AV-shuttle bet May Mobility raises $83 million

Posted on Jan 26, 2022 in Finance, News

May Mobility Inc., a self-driving shuttle startup backed by the venture arms of Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW AG, raised $83 million in its...

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VW, Bosch team up on self-driving software to test Tesla

Posted on Jan 26, 2022 in News, Technology

Volkswagen AG is partnering with Robert Bosch GmbH to develop a common software platform to bring hands-free driving functions to the...

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Starship Technologies picks up €50M from the EU’s investment arm to expand its fleet of autonomous delivery robots

Posted on Jan 26, 2022 in Finance, News

Starship Technologies, one of the bigger names in the world of autonomous delivery robots — those little caboose-like, boxy delivery...

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Leading trade association for autonomous vehicles unveils new brand: Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association

Posted on Jan 26, 2022 in News

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association (AVIA) unveiled its new name, replacing...

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NIO’s LiDAR supplier Innovusion joins hands with autonomous driving company Mushroom

Posted on Jan 26, 2022 in News, Technology

Beijing (Gasgoo)- China’s LiDAR supplier Innovusion has inked a strategic cooperation agreement with autonomous driving company Mushroom...

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Honda invests in software startup Helm.ai to strengthen its computer vision and AI development

Posted on Jan 21, 2022 in Finance, News

Japan’s Honda Motor Co. has made an investment in Silicon Valley-based software company Helm.ai in order to strengthen its software...

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Driverless bus test announced in downtown Stavanger, Norway

Posted on Jan 21, 2022 in Buses, News, Technology

Would you get on a full-size driverless bus in city traffic? Public transit users in Stavanger, Norway, will soon get the chance to do...

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Pittsburgh raises concern over self-driving vehicle bill

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 in News, Policy & Regulation

(TNS) — A bill touted to help companies developing self-driving cars test the vehicles in Pennsylvania without an emergency driver...

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Airbiquity strengthens collaboration with Renesas for continued technology integration efforts

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 in News, Technology

SEATTLE, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Airbiquity®, a global leader in connected vehicle services, today announced an advancement in...

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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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