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Self-driving trucks startup Kodiak Robotics snags investment, partnership from Bridgestone

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in Finance, News, Trucks

Tire-making giant Bridgestone has taken a minority stake in Kodiak Robotics, the Silicon Valley-based startup developing autonomous...

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TuSimple’s self-driving truck network expanding eastward via Texas

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in News, Trucks

June 16 (Reuters) – Self-driving truck technology company TuSimple Holdings Inc (TSP.O) said on Wednesday it will open a new Texas...

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The secret is out that confidential computing is a hot trend and seriously crucial to AI and for self-driving cars too

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Let’s play a spying game. A friend of yours wants to write down a secret and pass along the note to you. There is dire concern that an...

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General Motors to boost its electric vehicle & autonomous driving investments by 30% to $35 billion

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in Finance, News

U.S. automaker General Motors has just made one of the biggest financial commitments in its 100+ year history. The company announced on...

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Louisiana creates rules for self-driving delivery devices

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has created a framework for self-driving delivery robots to drop off packages on the state’s...

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Lidar pioneer Velodyne unveils its next-generation Velabit sensor

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in News, Technology

Velodyne Lidar Inc. unveiled its next-generation Velabit lidar sensor on Monday. The improved sensor addresses the cost, safety, and...

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Automotive driving demand for HPC

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in Perspective, Technology

Among the new process nodes introduced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. at its 2021 Virtual Technology Symposium was N5A, which...

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GM-backed Cruise secures $5 billion credit line as it prepares to launch self-driving robotaxis

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in Cars, Finance, News

Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, has secured a new $5 billion line of credit as it prepares for commercialization of...

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Chinese startup Pony.ai plans to launch a driverless robotaxi service in California in 2022

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in Cars, News

Pony.ai, the robotaxi startup that operates in China and the United States, has started testing driverless vehicles on public roads in...

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LeddarTech congratulates the MILLA Group’s debut of their autonomous POD equipped with the Leddar Pixell at two major June events, including the French Grand Prix 2021 F1 Race

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 in Buses, News, Technology

QUEBEC CITY, June 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, a global leader in Level 1-5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, is pleased...

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Luminar unveils ‘Blade’ lidar that’s integrated into vehicle body

Posted on Jun 15, 2021 in News, Technology

Ever since the first Velodyne lidar sensors first began appearing on the automated vehicles in the DARPA Grand Challenge in the mid-2000s,...

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GM-backed Cruise secures $5 billion credit line as it prepares to launch self-driving robotaxis

Posted on Jun 15, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, has secured a new $5 billion line of credit as it prepares for commercialization of...

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Rep. Bob Latta reintroduces self-driving vehicle bill

Posted on Jun 15, 2021 in Editor’s Picks

Legislation meant to facilitate access to autonomous vehicles nationwide has again come before the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Bob...

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Rep. Bob Latta reintroduces self-driving vehicle bill

Posted on Jun 14, 2021 in News, Policy & Regulation

Legislation meant to facilitate access to autonomous vehicles nationwide has again come before the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Bob...

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Hyperdrive Daily: China’s Amazon for autonomous driving data

Posted on Jun 14, 2021 in Technology

China’s Online Autonomy Shop Thanks to e-commerce, the world has gotten used to buying all sorts of daily necessities online. Automakers...

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Virginia county pursues autonomous, work zone safety tech

Posted on Jun 14, 2021 in Buses

Autonomous and connected vehicle technology is moving forward in Virginia in the form of driverless shuttles and safety improvements...

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Here’s how ransomware is going to fiendishly impede AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 14, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

Ransomware is being continually mentioned in the daily news and appears to be a seemingly unstoppable fiendish craze....

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Internal whistleblowers might just blow the lid off some quite dicey AI self-driving cars

Posted on Jun 12, 2021 in Cars, Perspective

There is the old saying that you ought to not look in the kitchen when you go to some restaurants or eateries for a bite to eat. When you...

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Startups and VCs refocus autonomous vehicle efforts

Posted on Jun 12, 2021 in Perspective

Investors have poured billions into startups promising to get self-driving cars on the road to shuttle passengers and parcels. Now, the...

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Hyperdrive Daily: AV safety is whatever (insert self-driving company name) says it is

Posted on Jun 12, 2021 in Perspective

Last week, self-driving startup Aurora Innovation released a Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment – basically, a report on how it develops AV...

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