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It is applying its in-house vehicle, software, and autonomous driving hardware to a collaboration with UPS on an autonomous electric cargo vehicle pilot program in the UK and with the European Institute for Innovation and Technology to test driverless public transport in Europe and Milton Keynes.

Forecasters still see long-term adoption in certain segments, with mobility-as-a-service and robotaxis expected to lead the transition to an autonomous vehicle future, while broad deployments of Level 2+ and Level 3 automated driving systems will reach at least 31% of new vehicle sales globally by 2035.

According to James Jeffs, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, the rate of autonomous technology improvement demonstrates the potential for them to far exceed human levels of safety in the future.

The startup plans to integrate its vehicles into the existing rail network alongside conventional freight trains, setting the path for customer testing on U.S. railways and its long-term goal of decarbonizing freight on rail.

At the IAA Mobility 2023 show next week, Schaeffler will exhibit the first electric demonstrator and its electrification and steering technology and the plans for Mobileye to provide its SAE Level 4 autonomous driving system.

This week’s best practice for developing ADS safety performance thresholds based on human driving behavior follows last month’s publication for continuous monitoring and improvement after deployment, as its Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium accelerates support for AV advancement.

The new pilot program will run for six months in downtown Orlando’s Creative Village.

Google’s sibling Waymo is focusing on robo-taxis instead of autonomous trucking.

According to Yole Intelligence, Chinese passenger car OEMs and robotaxi technology companies are driving the automotive lidar market, which is expected to grow globally to about $4.5 billion in 2028.

Its Commercial Vehicles unit is using a fleet of self-driving prototypes based on the ID. Buzz on German roads with ridesharing subsidiary MOIA, with simultaneous testing of identical prototypes in North America aimed at external mobility and transport sector companies.