On Road

The new trials are part of Dubai’s larger autonomous public vehicle ambitions.

The transaction aligns with Magna’s Go-Forward strategy of accelerating investments in high-growth areas and broadens Magna’s ADAS portfolio with complementary products, customers, and geographies.

In the two-year, $50-million project, Kodiak will develop, test and deploy autonomous capabilities for reconnaissance, surveillance, and other high-risk missions.

Funding will support the Sheffield University spin-out’s radical new approach using Antimony to dramatically improve performance over silicon-based sensors, the new architecture being ten times more sensitive and with 50% more range compared to equivalent sensors.

The race towards autonomous road transport is gaining pace, with truck maker Scania and partner TuSimple now testing autonomous hub-to-hub transport in busy, open-road conditions.

With Tesla in their cross-hairs, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen look to create class-leading automated driving systems.

Deep dive: A strong business case and less complex driving mean that self-driving trucks may have many market advantages over other autonomous vehicles.

Intended for autonomous mobility systems, the company’s Oculii adaptive AI radar software and efficient 5-nm CV3 AI domain control SoC are said to enable central processing and fusion of raw 4D imaging radar data for the first time.

The new advance helps Waymo determine weather conditions close to its autonomous vehicles to guide and improve performance.

New vehicle models incorporating automated driving functions rely on trustworthy, accurate, and safe GMV positioning technology.