‘Follow the Vehicle’: ŠKODA AUTO and the VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava collaborate on automated car convoy project
ŠKODA AUTO and the VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava are collaborating on new technologies for assistance systems as part of their...
Read MoreUK electric-van startup Arrival to go public in U.S. at $5.4 billion valuation
LONDON — British electric-van startup Arrival, which is backed by Hyundai and BlackRock, has agreed to merge with CIIG Merger to get...
Read MoreFrom robotaxis to e-scooters, Covid is changing how people in China commute
The need for social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic has boosted demand for “individual traveling devices,” according to Chinese...
Read MoreBMW unveils MINI electric van concept to explore what cars could look like in an autonomous future
BMW has unveiled a new concept vehicle under its MINI brand that explores what vehicle design could look like in an electric and...
Read MoreHyundai-backed Motional to launch fully driverless cars in Las Vegas
Motional, the self-driving car operator backed by Hyundai and Aptiv, has received the green light to roll out a test fleet of fully...
Read MoreSupervisors decry lack of local oversight over unmanned vehicles
Cruise, a driverless car company owned by General Motors that recently began testing unmanned autonomous vehicles in San Francisco,...
Read MorePerceptIn to launch the micro-Robot taxi demonstration on public road in Japan
HAMAMATSU, Japan, Nov. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PerceptIn today unveiled the micro-Robot taxi demonstration Mopi (Mobility service by...
Read MoreInside the industry: Will insurers pay if self-driving cars cause crashes?
Until recently, I had few qualms about ranking car insurers alongside estate agents and traffic wardens in the pits of my estimation; they...
Read MoreZipper merging is a frenzied traffic squeeze play on self-driving cars
You are driving along on the highway, minding your own business, when you spy up ahead an indication that your lane is being narrowed out...
Read MoreUber reportedly may sell its self-driving car division to rival Aurora
Uber is in talks to sell its autonomous vehicle unit to startup competitor Aurora Innovation, TechCrunch reported. If it comes to pass,...
Read MoreVW boosts investment in electric and autonomous car technology to $86 billon
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen has raised its planned investment on digital and electric vehicle technologies to 73 billion euros...
Read MoreDaimler will shrink with shift to electric, autonomous cars: CEO
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Daimler DAIGn.DE will be a smaller company five years from now, focused on capturing recurring revenues with...
Read MoreSelf-driving delivery car hits UK roads as government funds multiple AI vehicle projects
AN ELECTRIC car that can drive itself has hit Britain’s roads with the aim of delivering parcels, and experts say it could be a...
Read MoreTop reasons the investment spigot is reopening for self-driving cars
Some are pointedly asking: What’s going on? Readers have fervently lobbed that question as a result of the most recent spate of...
Read MorePlaying it safe. There is no other way to launch self-driving cars
Over the last several decades, Ford and the rest of the auto industry have spent a vast amount of resources developing robust,...
Read MoreHonda says will be first to mass produce level 3 autonomous cars
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it will be the world’s first automaker to mass produce sensor-packed...
Read MoreCruise is teaming up with Walmart for robo-delivery in Arizona
Cruise is partnering with Walmart to test out a delivery service using a fleet of autonomous and electric vehicles. The pilot project will...
Read MorePeugeot, Altran team for driverless car testing
European engineering consultancy Altran is working with car maker Group PSA on validation systems for autonomous driving. Altran’s parent,...
Read MoreSelf-driving delivery firm Nuro raises $500 million as COVID-19 boosts e-commerce
(Reuters) – Self-driving delivery company Nuro, whose R2 unit has no pedals or steering wheel and only room for packages, said...
Read MoreXPeng: Set up for the electrification and autonomous driving revolution
To say 2020 has been full to the brim with interesting developments would be underselling the year’s events. Covid-19 has obviously taken...
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