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Self-driving delivery firm Nuro raises $500 million as COVID-19 boosts e-commerce

Posted on Nov 9, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

(Reuters) – Self-driving delivery company Nuro, whose R2 unit has no pedals or steering wheel and only room for packages, said...

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Plus/FAW joint venture first to certify self-driving truck in China

Posted on Nov 9, 2020 in News, Trucks

Self-driving truck technology provider, Plus, has passed China’s national certification test and met all the key safety and...

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Chinese autonomous truck startup Inceptio raises $120 mln from CATL, others

Posted on Nov 9, 2020 in Finance, News, Trucks

SHANGHAI: China’s Inceptio Technology, a startup developing self-driving trucks, said on Monday it has raised $120 million in its...

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Beijing’s self-driving vehicle road test mileage tops 2 mln km

Posted on Nov 8, 2020 in Infrastructure, News

The safe driving mileage of autonomous vehicle road tests in Beijing exceeded 2 million km by the end of October, according to the Beijing...

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Why Tesla’s Full Self-Driving is such a big deal: 4D data continuity & trajectory projection

Posted on Nov 7, 2020 in Knowledge Center, News, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

In a video by YouTuber Dr. Know-it-all Knows it all, the good doctor shared his thoughts on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta and why...

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Autonomous driving startup Pony.ai raises $267 million in latest funding round

Posted on Nov 6, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

Autonomous driving startup Pony.ai, which is backed by Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. and is working with the automaker on self-driving...

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Test of self-driving taxi begins in Tokyo

Posted on Nov 6, 2020 in Cars, News

An unprecedented road test of a self-driving taxi using a fifth-generation, or 5G, ultrahigh-speed wireless network started in Tokyo on...

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Volkswagen CEO says will tweak strategy to maintain electric, autonomous push

Posted on Nov 6, 2020 in Cars, News

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen will tweak its strategy to maintain investment momentum for developing electric and autonomous cars...

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Mercedes-Benz no longer interested in autonomous race

Posted on Nov 5, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Mercedes-Benz has revealed that it will back away from the autonomous vehicle race and avoid morphing into a mobility company, as so many...

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Inflexor Ventures invests in Steradian Semiconductors

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

Early-stage technology-focused VC fund Inflexor Ventures on Wednesday said it has invested an undisclosed sum in Steradian Semiconductors,...

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Foresight completes integration of NVIDIA platforms for use in autonomous machines and vehicles

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 in News, Technology

Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq and TASE: FRSX), an innovator in automotive vision systems, announced today that it has...

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Consumer Reports says Cadillac’s Super Cruise automated driving system outperforms Tesla’s Autopilot

Posted on Nov 3, 2020 in News, Technology

Electric automaker Tesla, which now has become the world’s most valuable automaker, pioneered the use of autonomous driving...

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Self-driving firm Pony.ai gets funding from China carmaker FAW

Posted on Nov 3, 2020 in Cars, Finance, News

(Bloomberg) — Self-driving technology startup Pony.ai struck a funding agreement with carmaker FAW Group, calling it the first...

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Waymo moved its self-driving cars in San Francisco to a ‘secured location’ in case of election chaos

Posted on Nov 3, 2020 in Cars, News

Waymo is pulling its autonomous vehicles out of San Francisco in anticipation of Election Day unrest, The Verge has learned. The Google...

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Daimler invests in Lidar startup to bolster self-driving truck effort

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology, Trucks

Daimler AG’s truck unit is investing in a laser-sensor startup to strengthen and boost its development of self-driving trucks in the U.S....

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Alibaba-backed autonomous car firm AutoX to test in four more cities

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese autonomous vehicle startup AutoX, backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said it is preparing...

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HORIBA MIRA: Self-driving boost as automotive powerhouse teams up with Vodafone to deploy 5G at Midlands headquarters

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in News, Technology

In a welcome boost for Britain’s self-driving revolution, automotive powerhouse HORIBA MIRA is teaming up with Vodafone to bring 5G to its...

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Driverless shuttle takes road test at Tunney’s Pasture

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Buses, News

A self-driving shuttle is being put through its paces at Tunney’s Pasture this week in what its backers are calling the first test...

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These are the countries that trust self-driving cars the most

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Knowledge Center, News, Reports

Chinese company Baidu is testing a driverless taxi service in two Beijing districts at the moment and it looks like China is in fact the...

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FMCSA plans information collection on automated driving systems

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in News, Technology, Trucks

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will announce plans to submit an Information Collection Request associated with a project...

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