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Report: Apple working with TSMC on self-driving car chips, model is ‘similar to Tesla’

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in News, Technology

A sketchy report from Digitimes today claims that Apple is trudging ahead with work on its self-driving car project. The report says that...

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dSPACE and LeddarTech join forces to drive development of lidar innovations for self-driving cars

Posted on Dec 9, 2020 in News, Technology

PADERBORN, Germany, and QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — dSPACE and LeddarTech®, a leader in level 1-5 ADAS and...

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FIA names Siemens “Official Supplier of Urban Mobility Advocacy Solutions”

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in News, Technology

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As an “Official Supplier of Urban Mobility Advocacy Solutions” for the...

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Apple developing LiDAR mapping tech & touch sensitive contextual dashboard for Apple Car

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Apple is continuing its development of technology that could end up in a potential Apple Car, including LiDAR barrier detection systems...

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Autonomous vehicle: How safe is safe enough?

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

How safe is safe enough? This is a question which has perplexed the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry since its inception. Every time I...

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New electronic module to safeguard self-driving vehicles against total failure of onboard electrical systems

Posted on Dec 6, 2020 in News, Technology

Autonomous electric vehicles draw power from two sources: a high-voltage battery and, additionally, a conventional 12-volt battery that...

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What can “Tesla Full Self-Driving” do? Where does it struggle? (Video)

Posted on Dec 5, 2020 in Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Last Friday, November 27, Tesla Chief Engineering Officer Elon Musk tweeted that the rather advanced beta version of Tesla’s Full...

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Einride’s next-generation ‘Pod’ promises NVIDIA-powered unmanned electric heavy freight

Posted on Dec 4, 2020 in News, Technology, Trucks

Einride, a Swedish company focusing on autonomous electric trucks, announced today that their next-generation Pod will use NVIDIA’s “Orin”...

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Israeli lidar startup Innoviz in talks to merge with SPAC

Posted on Dec 4, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

(Bloomberg) — Innoviz Technologies Ltd., an Israeli startup focused on lidar, laser sensors used in autonomous vehicles, is in talks...

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Luminar going public makes 25-year-old Austin Russell one of world’s first, and youngest, self-driving billionaires

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 in News, Technology

Tesla isn’t the only upstart auto industry player having a big year. Luminar, which creates lidar technology critical to many automakers’...

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Developing autonomous vehicles faster with end-to-end solutions from dSPACE on Microsoft Azure

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 in News, Technology

San Jose (Silicon Valley), CA, December 3, 2020. dSPACE will offer customers its comprehensive solutions for data-driven development of...

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Nexteer and Continental joint venture CNXMotion develops brake-to-steer technology

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 in News, Technology

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Leveraging technology building blocks from its parent companies Nexteer Automotive...

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Trimble and SiriusXM establish alliance to deliver Trimble RTX GNSS corrections via satellite radio for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Dec 3, 2020 in News, Technology

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and Sirius XM Connected Vehicles Services Inc., a subsidiary...

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Elon Musk is ‘extremely confident’ Tesla will release full autonomy in ‘some jurisdictions’ next year

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Elon Musk now says that he is “extremely confident” that Tesla will release full autonomy to customers in “some jurisdictions” in 2021....

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Keep your eyes on the road — even in a self-driving car

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 in News, Technology

The appeal of self-driving vehicles is the promise that drivers will be able to do other tasks on the road or simply enjoy the ride as...

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Velodyne Lidar announces autonomous driving collaboration with Ford Otosan

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 in News, Technology, Trucks

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. has announced that it is collaborating with Ford Otosan on product development and testing of autonomous heavy...

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Magna camera system advances AV technology

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

When self-driving cars hit the road in large numbers, there’s a good chance some of Magna’s technology will be onboard....

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AI study set to boost autonomous vehicles and cybersecurity

Posted on Dec 1, 2020 in News, Technology

A Lancaster University researcher is set to conduct Artificial Intelligence (AI) research to revolutionise its use in autonomous vehicles...

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McKinsey & Company: Private autonomous vehicles: The other side of the robo-taxi story

Posted on Dec 1, 2020 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

In the past few years, autonomous driving (AD) has generated sizable interest. The buzz started with a wave of bold announcements by tech...

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Cognata is to partner with a leading South Korean LiDAR perception company – Seoul Robotics to help build automotive and smart city solutions using synthetic sensor data

Posted on Nov 30, 2020 in News, Technology

REHOVOT, Israel, Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cognata, Ltd., a leading provider of simulation software and training data for ADAS...

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