Self-driving startup Aurora in agreement with Reinvent SPAC
(Bloomberg) — Driverless technology startup Aurora Innovation Inc. has agreed to go public via a merger with Reinvent Technology Partners...
Read MoreToyota buys U.S. mapping, road data firm to bulk up driverless tech
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp’s research arm said on Thursday it acquired U.S.-based Carmera, a provider of maps and data for...
Read MoreSelf-driving startup Aurora in agreement with Reinvent SPAC
(Bloomberg) — Driverless technology startup Aurora Innovation Inc. has agreed to go public via a merger with Reinvent Technology...
Read MoreThere’s a shortage of truckers, but TuSimple thinks it has a solution: no driver needed
(CNN)Right now, there’s a shortage of truck drivers in the US and worldwide, exacerbated by the e-commerce boom brought on by the...
Read MoreBaidu Apollo, ON Semiconductor co-develop studio for autonomous driving image sensors
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Baidu’s autonomous driving unit Apollo and the U.S.-based semiconductor supplier ON Semiconductor recently set up...
Read MoreLidar supplier AEye inks deals with Continental, TuSimple
July 14 (Reuters) – Self-driving sensor maker AEye Inc on Wednesday said it had struck deals with German automotive supplier...
Read MoreToyota buys U.S. mapping, road data firm to bulk up driverless tech
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp’s research arm said on Thursday it acquired U.S.-based Carmera, a provider of maps and data for...
Read MoreFuture Mobility Europe virtual summit – in case you missed it!
More than 30 expert speakers and 750+ delegates came together on July 13th and 14th for Future Mobility Europe, a two-day virtual summit...
Read MoreExperts: Fleets, public transit would benefit from AV tech
Introducing autonomous vehicle (AV) technology into fleet vehicles and public transit could increase safety, efficiency and equity, say...
Read MoreUnmanned delivery firm White Rhino Auto receives nearly $10 million in Pre-A funding
On Thursday, Chinese autonomous driving company White Rhino, announced that it had secured nearly $10 million in Pre-A financing led by...
Read MoreToyota’s tech arm plans major hiring push in self-driving race
(Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp.’s software and technology arm plans to embark on an ambitious hiring and acquisition spree as...
Read MoreChina’s ECARX to acquire stake in Volvo’s Zenseact
Geely’s Volvo Cars confirmed Chinese connected car technology company ECARX plans to acquire a stake in its autonomous driving software...
Read MoreCulture eats AI self-driving cars for lunch
As many headlines will ostensibly tell you, culture is apparently quite hungry and always eating someone’s breakfast, lunch, or dinner....
Read MoreFrom swerving into a median to narrowly missing poles, videos of Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving update don’t inspire much confidence
Earlier this month, Tesla rolled out a long-awaited update to its Full Self-Driving software for beta testers. It’s impressive...
Read MoreON Semiconductor intelligent sensing technologies enable 360° vision in AutoX Gen5 self-driving platform
PHOENIX, Ariz. – July 15, 2021 – ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON), today announced that its image sensing and LiDAR technologies power key...
Read MoreWaymo endures accidents and harassment in Chandler
Waymo’s self-driving cars continue to fall victim to incidents involving harassment and physical damage more than four years after they...
Read MorePininfarina Teorema concept is a Kamm tail electric shuttle for the autonomous future
Italian design house Pininfarina, presented the Teorema, a fully electric and autonomous concept car with a focus on design and...
Read MoreExisting auto insurance system well-positioned to handle autonomous vehicle claims: Travelers Canada exec
Canada’s existing auto insurance structure is well-positioned to resolve claims and provide fair and timely compensation to accident...
Read MoreHow Germany hopes to get the edge in driverless technology
FRANKFURT — In Hamburg, a fleet of electric Volkswagen vans owned by a ride-hailing service roams the streets picking up and dropping off...
Read MoreHyundai Motor to pilot autonomous demand-responsive ‘RoboShuttle’ service
Hyundai Motor Company announced that it will begin a test operation of its RoboShuttle (named after ‘Robot’ and ‘Shuttle’) service on...
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