The most promising aspects of the shuttered startup’s business and technology will be absorbed by Ford and Volkswagen as both OEMs look to develop more ADAS applications inhouse and with other partners.
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VectorNav Technologies Provides GNSS/INS with RTK for Indy Autonomous Challenge
by IAV Staffby IAV StaffVectorNav Technologies, a world leader in inertial navigation solutions, announced today that it has been…
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Driverless CarsFleets and TrucksMachine Control & RoboticsOff RoadOn Road
Ouster’s new REV7 lidar sensors have double the range
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostPowered by a breakthrough L3 digital lidar chip with back-side illumination, its OS range comes with precision and reliability advances and a new OSDome hemispheric view model for industrial automation, crowd analytics, and security applications.
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Driverless CarsOn RoadPublic TransportationTaxis and Ride Sharing
Faction and GoCar Partner For Self-Driving Tourist Cars
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiSelf-driving vehicle startup Faction is partnering with GoCar Tours for driverless delivery of vehicles to…
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Driverless CarsOn RoadSafetyTest and Simulation
Waymo suggests its autonomous cars may be superhumanly safe
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiIn two new studies, Waymo found its autonomous vehicles consistently outperformed even the ideal version of a human driver.
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ADASOn RoadSafety
ZF and Nio strategic cooperation starts with steer-by-wire
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostCompany execs at a signing ceremony this week targeted steer-by-wire technology development, information sharing, and to “jointly promote” the evolution and development of technology within many fields such as autonomous driving and electrification.
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Driverless CarsOn Road
AWS to assist BMW with new cloud-based vehicle data platform
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostThe joint software is intended to accelerate the introduction of new data-driven features, services, and enhancements for drivers, and eventually help all AWS automaker customers advance connected-car and software-defined vehicle capabilities.
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AiMotive, Parkopedia aiming to bring first Level 4 automated valet parking solution to market
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostThe partnership will offer scalable parking navigation and Type 1 automated valet parking for the first time and an improved parking experience without the need for any costly additional infrastructure within parking facilities.
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Driverless CarsOn RoadPublic TransportationTaxis and Ride Sharing
Pony.ai and China’s SAIC Partnering for Level 4 Robotaxi
by Charles Choiby Charles ChoiToyota-backed self-driving vehicle startup Pony.ai is partnering with a division of SAIC Motor, China’s largest…
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Driverless CarsOn RoadTaxis and Ride Sharing
Motional adds Uber for industry-first autonomous ride-hail/delivery-service combination
by Kevin Jostby Kevin JostThe 10-year agreement is expected to create one of the largest deployments of autonomous vehicles on a major ride-hail network, with the potential to reach millions of Uber riders.