Report: Amazon to pay $1 billion+ for self-driving tech firm Zoox
Amazon is expected to announce a deal as early as today to purchase self-driving vehicle technology provider Zoox for upwards of $1...
Read MoreAutonomous driving business models: Part one
Autonomous driving is one of the most disruptive developments witnessed. It will change the way we think of cities, roads, parking,...
Read MoreDriveU.auto, a LiveU spinout, comes out of stealth with $4M
Teleoperators who remotely monitor and control autonomous vehicles rely on high-performance connectivity to transfer 4K video, multiple...
Read MoreThe political economy of autonomous vehicles
In the 1960s flying cars, moving walkways, smart homes, smart watches, talking robots, video conferencing even tanning beds were things of...
Read MoreAImotive raises $20 million for driver-assistance and self-driving car software
AImotive has raised a $20 million round to further develop its software for self-driving cars and advanced driver assistance. This brings...
Read MoreOhio gets $4.4M for autonomous trucking corridor
Ohio has received a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build an autonomous trucking corridor along a freeway...
Read MoreWhy investors are abandoning ride-hailing and automotive startups because of COVID-19
Once the darlings of venture capital and private equity, mobility and automotive startups are falling on hard times in 2020, thanks to the...
Read MoreVW finalizes investment in self-driving tech company Argo AI
Eleven months after Volkswagen Group announced a $2.6 billion investment in self-driving startup Argo AI, the deal has closed....
Read MoreDidi Chuxing’srobotaxi unit lands $500 million from Softbank-led group
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing service, said it has raised $500 million for its autonomous vehicle business from an investment...
Read MoreVolkswagen’s board approves multi-billion dollar alliance with Ford to develop electric & commercial vehicles
German carmaker Volkswagen AG said on Thursday its supervisory board had approved several projects in a multibillion-dollar alliance with...
Read MoreAmazon buying Zooxmay save $20 billion, put Tesla on its heels
(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc.’s talks to buy driverless vehicle startupZoox Inc. has analysts speculating the deal could save the...
Read MoreAmazon said to be in talks to buy self-driving startupZoox
Amazon may be preparing to make a big move into the self-driving vehicle world as the logistics giant is said to be in “advanced” talks to...
Read MoreHow will Waymo monetize autonomy?
Autonomous driving will be huge a beneficiary of the lingering effects of social distancing. Just as with e-Commerce for grocery,...
Read MoreRenewable Energy Project’s autonomous vehicle wins federal funding
The Renewable Energy Vehicle Project (REV) at The University of Western Australia has teamed up with local start-up company Stealth...
Read MoreShould Intel spend $900 million chasing driverless cars during a crisis?
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) recently agreed to buy Moovit, an Israeli MaaS (mobility as a service) solutions company, for $900 million to...
Read MoreWaymo’s first external fundraising round just grew to $3 billion
Waymo’s first external fundraising round, initially expected to bring in $2.25 billion for the self-driving company, just grew to $3...
Read MoreVCs are gearing up for a post-pandemic auto industry
It’s been a nerve-wracking few years for the traditional auto industry given the surge of ride-hailing startups and the expansion of Tesla...
Read MoreVolkswagen trucks boss sees autonomous investments under pressure
FRANKFURT: Autonomous vehicle technologies will be among the first to be starved of investment as the auto and truck industry seeks to...
Read MoreIntel to buy smart urban transit startupMoovit for $1B to boost its autonomous car division
Some big M&A is afoot in Israel in the world of smart transportation. According to multiple reports and sources that have contacted...
Read MoreTesla confirms self-driving as a subscription service but brace yourself for the price
Tesla has confirmed that it will offer its Full Self-Driving package (FSD) as a subscription service, but you should brace yourself for...
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