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Apple’s Car is beloved before it even exists

Posted on Sep 2, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

If semiconductor shortages, recession risks and the once-a-century shift in propulsion weren’t enough to keep auto executives up at night,...

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$52M federal grant boosts mobility innovation in Michigan

Posted on Sep 2, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

(TNS) — The Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation is to receive a $52.2 million federal grant from a Department of Commerce program to...

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Cambricon unveils three autonomous driving chips under development

Posted on Sep 2, 2022 in News, Technology

During the 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) on September 1, Chen Tianshi, the chairman of Chinese AI chip firm...

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Autonomous driving firm Autra Tech partners with ByteDance’s Volcano Engine

Posted on Sep 1, 2022 in News, Technology, Trucks

Volcano Engine, a cloud services platform owned by ByteDance, reached a formal cooperation agreement on August 31 with Autra Tech, a...

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Baidu’s Robin Li: Next commercial stage of autonomous driving is L4, not L3

Posted on Sep 1, 2022 in News, Technology

The 2022 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), under the theme “Intelligent Connectivity, Infinite Multiverse,” was held in...

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Why we invested in Faction

Posted on Aug 31, 2022 in Finance, Perspective, Technology

TDK Ventures has identified the energy-saving and environmental advantages that electric vehicles can deliver as a major focus area for...

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Waymo opens up driverless robotaxi service in downtown Phoenix to vetted passengers

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle developer under Alphabet, is opening up its driverless robotaxi service in downtown Phoenix to vetted local...

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Will transit agencies fight or yield to the self-driving revolution?

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Transit operators and transit fans have, since almost the beginning, cast a wary eye on the arrival of the self-driving car, and in...

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Former Tesla engineer Guangzhi Cao joins automated driving startup Pegasus

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in News, Technology

On August 23, Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer, pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from Apple’s automotive department. The...

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Subjective attribute engineering vital to ADAS and autonomous development

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

A consumer’s decision to purchase a vehicle is, more often than not, driven by its attribute performance, such as the way the vehicle...

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Microsoft debuts total automotive and mobility solution in China

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in News, Technology

Microsoft unveiled a total solution for the automotive and mobility sectors on August 28 at 2022 World New Energy Vehicle Congress...

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Auto insurance watchdog warns that one of the most important features of self-driving cars can fail to spot pedestrians at night

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Dozens of companies are working on making the dream of self-driving cars a reality, but a key feature behind every autonomous vehicle...

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Nexar releases its ‘Driver Behavioral Map data’ that can help autonomous vehicles operate more like human drivers

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in News, Technology

Computer vision company Nexar, which developed a dashcam application that seeks to rid the world of car crashes, has released its Driver...

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Sanborn expands the Sanborn M-Map coverage for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in News, Technology

The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has successfully completed the collection of geospatial data for 4,250 line miles of highway...

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The future of autonomous vehicles speeds ahead

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Trimble’s Louis Nastro, director of on-road strategy and marketing at Trimble Autonomy, explains how autonomy on your terms is essential...

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Elon Musk wants fully self-driving Teslas to go on sale by Christmas

Posted on Aug 29, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

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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Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun pictured with firm’s autonomous test car

Posted on Aug 29, 2022 in Cars, News, Technology

Lei Jun, the founder and CEO of Beijing-based tech giant Xiaomi, posted a photo of himself and one of the firm’s automated driving test...

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Driving toward the automobile’s electric, autonomous future

Posted on Aug 29, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

IT’S A HEADY time to be a car executive. Lawmakers worldwide are pushing the auto industry to electrify, and fast. US companies are under...

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The future is autonomous

Posted on Aug 29, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Autonomous vehicle technology aka “self-driving cars” is evolving at a rapid pace and there’s no doubt that the technology is here to...

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How Google’s self-driving car will change everything

Posted on Aug 27, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Imagine getting into your car, typing — or, better yet speaking — a location into your vehicle’s interface, then letting it drive you to...

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