26-year-old CEO takes his autonomous truck company public in $5 billion deal
When Alex Rodrigues started his company Embark Trucks Inc., he couldn’t rent a car without age restrictions. Now 26, Rodrigues becomes one...
Read More2022 WM Motors M7 EV has hardware for Level 5 self-driving
WM Motor, also known as Weltmeister, may sound German, but it’s actually a Chinese electric vehicle startup founded in 2018. The...
Read MoreChinese self-driving startup QCraft enters into partnership with Nvidia, aiming to commercialize and mass produce Level 4 robobuses and robotaxis
QCraft, a Chinese startup co-founded by four former engineers of Google’s driverless car project Waymo, announced on Wednesday that the...
Read MoreMetrolinx introduces new autonomous electric shuttle in Whitby, Canada
In summer 2021, Metrolinx partnered with several agencies to begin testing an autonomous vehicle (AV) that was set to operate within...
Read MoreSelf-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics raises $125M
Kodiak Robotics, one of the last privately held autonomous truck outfits in Silicon Valley, has raised $125 million in new capital,...
Read MoreSelf-driving truck startup Plus, Hennessy Capital pull merger on regulatory uncertainty
Nov 8 (Reuters) – Self-driving truck startup Plus and blank-check company Hennessy Capital Investment Corp V (HCIC.O) have called...
Read MoreMichigan State University introduces electric autonomous bus through collaboration with state, Karsan and ADASTEC
Michigan State University introduced an electric autonomous bus that will serve students, staff and faculty beginning early 2022 as part...
Read MoreToyota arm to spend $30 million studying human interactions with mobility, autonomous vehicles
Toyota says it will spend at least $30 million over the next five years, through its Collaborative Safety Research Center, studying how to...
Read MoreNvidia’s next-generation self-driving toolkit is available for 2024 vehicle models
Automakers, suppliers and startups aiming to roll out automated driving features, robotaxis and self-driving trucks are a little closer to...
Read MoreTorc Robotics collaborates with Applied Intuition to accelerate development and validation of autonomous trucks
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG and a leader in...
Read MoreServe Robotics and Uber expand partnership to bring robotic delivery to Uber Eats
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Serve Robotics, the leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, today announced a...
Read MoreChinese auto giant Geely launches electric truck, its rival to Tesla’s Semi
SHANGHAI — China’s Geely on Monday launched a new electric semi truck as automakers look to bring new technology to the commercial...
Read MoreSelf-driving software developer Aurora goes public
Self-driving technology company Aurora announced it completed its business combination with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, a special...
Read MorePoint One Navigation raises $10M to bring its precise location tech to all vehicles
Drivers who spend any time commuting in a new car or truck have likely experienced ping ponging — a phenomenon when a vehicle equipped...
Read MoreGatik’s self-driving trucks are now making driverless deliveries for Walmart in Arkansas
Autonomous vehicle startup Gatik has reached a new milestone in its partnership with Walmart and within the industry. Gatik said Monday it...
Read MoreeSync™ Alliance and Autoware Foundation join forces to accelerate autonomous vehicle software deployment
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The eSync™ Alliance and the Autoware Foundation have formed a joint work group...
Read MoreGM-backed Cruise seeks California permit for robotaxi fares
Cruise LLC, the self-driving car startup that is majority owned by General Motors Co., filed an application with the State of California...
Read MoreCruise lays out its plan for ‘how’ it will make robotaxis a reality
The string of engineers who spoke Thursday night during a deep dive into Cruise’s autonomous vehicle technology never mentioned Tesla’s...
Read MoreAutonomous driving startup Momenta raises another $500M
In the wake of a $300 million investment from General Motors in September, Momenta, an autonomous driving solution provider from China,...
Read MoreBMW 7 series to reach Level 3 autonomy next year
A string of legacy carmakers, lead by BMW, will look to leapfrog Tesla’s “full self-driving” system next year by into Level 3 autonomous...
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