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 MoreNew ‘deepfake’ tech to accelerate autonomous car development
A UK-based software company has developed ‘pioneering’ technology inspired by viral videos that, it hopes, will accelerate the...
Read MoreFirst full-sized automated buses to operate in Connecticut in a U.S. first
The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced a partnership with autonomous technology provider Robotic Research LLC to...
Read MoreLyft releases new self-driving vehicle data set and launches $30,000 challenge
Following the release of the Perception Dataset and the conclusion of its 2019 object detection competition, Lyft today shared a new...
Read MoreVolvo will use Waymo’s self-driving technology to power a fleet of electric robotaxis
Waymo is the “exclusive global L4 partner” for Volvo Car Group, the two companies announced Thursday. That means that Volvo will integrate...
Read MoreNew radar allows cars to spot hazards around corners
Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, researchers have developed an automated system that will allow cars to peer...
Read MoreSelf-driving car startup Argo AI expands in Pittsburgh
(TNS) — Argo AI is expanding its presence in the Strip District. The self-driving car startup is taking more space in the Riverfront West...
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 MoreChina’s Didi aims for 1 million robotaxis on its platform by 2030
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing aims to operate more than 1 million self-driving cars through its...
Read MoreNVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz join forces in an autonomous car power play
The race for autonomous driving is on and today NVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz are announcing an agreement to advance the entire fleet of the...
Read MoreRTI joins the Autoware Foundation to expand global collaboration efforts to accelerate autonomous vehicle development
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the largest software framework provider for smart...
Read MoreTesla Autopilot discounted by $1000 ahead of ‘full self-driving’ price jump
Part of Tesla’s business model is charging consumers for software upgrades in their cars. To be clear, the hardware to make these...
Read MoreWeRide, Alibaba’s AutoNavi expand roll-out of robotaxis in Guangzhou’s ride-hailing services market
Chinese smart mobility start-up WeRide is making its fleet of autonomous robotaxis available to more ride-hailing users in Guangzhou,...
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 MoreDemocratic senators raise cybersecurity concerns about autonomous vehicles
Two key senators are pushing to enhance cybersecurity protections for autonomous vehicles absent a comprehensive policy proposal about the...
Read MoreBAIC Group, DiDi expand cooperation to high-level autonomous car R&D
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- BAIC Group and Didi Chuxing (DiDi)’s autonomous driving subsidiary signed on June 19 a framework agreement to...
Read MoreLyft is tapping its drivers to collect data for improving its self-driving vehicles and build HD maps
The robust software powering today’s self-driving vehicles is not static, its continuously evolving and being refined using AI and...
Read MoreWaymo and Uber propose AI techniques to improve self-driving systems
During a workshop on autonomous driving at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2020, Waymo and Uber presented...
Read MoreKaspersky and AVL Software and Functions develop secure autonomous driving controller
Kaspersky and AVL Software and Function have partnered to develop the first successful integration of software and hardware to produce an...
Read MoreCMU method makes more data available for training self-driving cars
A self-driving car must accurately track the movement of pedestrians, bicycles and other vehicles around it. Now, researchers at Carnegie...
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