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Daimler, Swiss Re launch mobility insurance venture

Posted on Oct 12, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

FRANKFURT: Swiss Re and carmaker Daimler announced a joint automotive and mobility insurance venture on Monday, seeking to tap into a...

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Stuttgart airport set to welcome highly automated and driverless parking with the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Posted on Oct 12, 2020 in News, Technology

Automated parking to drive down the airport stress: Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, and the parking garage operator Apcoa want to introduce...

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Elon Musk says Tesla will release a beta version of its ‘Full Self-Driving’ feature next week to some drivers. It probably won’t make the cars fully autonomous.

Posted on Oct 12, 2020 in News, Technology

Tesla will release a new beta version of its “Full Self-Driving” driver-assistance package next week, Tesla CEO ElonMusk...

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Split-second ‘phantom’ images can fool Tesla’s Autopilot

Posted on Oct 11, 2020 in News, Technology

SAFETY CONCERNS OVER automated driver-assistance systems like Tesla’s usually focus on what the car can’t see, like the white...

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Nissan will provide automated driving technology in all future models

Posted on Oct 9, 2020 in News, Technology

Self-driving: It’s not just for Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) owners! Japanese automaker Nissan (OTC:NSANY) announced on Thursday that it will...

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ST enabling industry on its journey towards autonomous driving

Posted on Oct 9, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

There continues to be a strong acceleration in transitioning to serve new mobility trends, including increasing vehicle electrification,...

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REE hits the track with 3 modular EV platforms

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 in News, Technology

REE Automotive (REE), the electric vehicle platform leader reshaping e-Mobility, today releases an all-new video showing not one, but...

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Envisics nabs $50M for its in-car holographic display tech at a $250M+ valuation

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

The jury is still out on what might become the most viable business models for augmented reality technology, but in the meantime a startup...

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Volvo’s new patent would let drivers slide a steering wheel out of the way when their car is driving itself

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 in Cars, News, Technology

Although driver-assistance systems are the new craze, true autonomous vehicles — cars that will allow for driving without any human...

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BMW uses Unity 3D to create virtual world for autonomous driving development

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 in Cars, Technology

BMW needs to amass 150 million virtual miles of testing for its autonomous driving technology before it will be ready for customers, so...

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When AV software meets human driver…

Posted on Oct 6, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

A key question about autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is whether an AV software driver can match the capabilities of human drivers — and...

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ZF outlines Wabco acquisition benefits

Posted on Oct 6, 2020 in News, Technology

ZF says it is accelerating the development of its product and systems portfolio to enable intelligent commercial vehicles following the...

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Ford owns 13.06M shares in recently-publicVelodyne Lidar

Posted on Oct 6, 2020 in Finance, News, Technology

Ford Motor Company F recently announced the holding of a 7.6% ownership stake in Velodyne Lidar Inc. post Monday’s trading session. This...

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This startup has a plan to build the missing link for self-driving cars

Posted on Oct 6, 2020 in News, Technology

For several years, technology companies have dangled the promise of a lidar sensor with no moving parts that is also small and cheap...

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VSORA introduces small footprint, low-power PetaFLOPSplatform enabling L4/L5 autonomous driving

Posted on Oct 6, 2020 in News, Technology

PARIS, Oct. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VSORA, a provider of high-performance silicon intellectual property (IP) solutions for...

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Redefining LiDAR – Will perception software become the eyes of AVs?

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in Perspective, Technology

California-based LiDAR specialist, AEye has developed iDAR (Intelligent Detection And Ranging), a perception system that acts as the eyes...

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Teslas can now roll through green lights automatically

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in News, Technology

Tesla continues to tweak and update its Autopilot system, likely in preparation for a Full-Self Driving beta set to launch in about a...

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Autonomous trucking startupLocomation to leverage Nvidia Drive Agx Orin for human-guided autonomous convoying

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in News, Technology, Trucks

Locomation, the leading provider of safe and reliable autonomous truckingtechnology, today announced it will leverage the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX...

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DeepMapannounces DeepMap HDR for auto OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers; validates and improves crowd-sourced map data for high-performance hands-free driving

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 in News, Technology

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — DeepMap, a global leader in autonomous driving technology, today announced DeepMap...

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Tesla Autopilot gets ‘moderate’ grade from European vehicle safety authority while Audi, BMW and Mercedes get top marks

Posted on Oct 3, 2020 in News, Technology

A European vehicle safety authority gave “very good” marks to Audi, BMW and Mercedes for their driver assistance systems, and gave Tesla’s...

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