Robotaxi start-up Pony.ai valued at $8.5 billion after fresh funding
Pony.ai, an autonomous driving company based in the U.S. and China, said Monday it is now valued at $8.5 billion after a fresh injection...
Read MoreLiDAR is the secret sauce for connected vehicles and smart city adoption
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently released its 2020 annual traffic crash...
Read MoreWhy should I feel safe around autonomous vehicles?
As the tech behind autonomous vehicles continues to become more sophisticated, and self-driving vehicles advance along the SAE’s...
Read MoreThe top five best-equipped countries to support autonomous vehicles – Who’s leading the self-driving revolution?
Imagine a not so distance future where you’re sitting in your electric vehicle (something truly luxurious since you’re so successful in...
Read MoreAI legal personhood distresses AI ethicists since people could deviously scapegoat machines to avoid apt human responsibility, including in the case of AI-based self-driving cars
Legal personhood is a perhaps surprisingly controversial topic. Actually, when you think mindfully about it, there has been a longstanding...
Read MoreLidar, cameras, action: not all cars see the same
NEW YORK, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — People have been dreaming about self-driving cars for nearly as long as cars have been...
Read MoreKia unveils ‘Automode’ autonomous driving tech that will debut on the EV9 SUV
Much as Hyundai did yesterday, Kia has announced an electrification road map at its 2022 Investor Day, promising to have 14 fully electric...
Read MoreJiDU to unveil robot car concept at Beijing auto show
Wednesday marks the first anniversary of the formal establishment of JiDU, Baidu‘s car-making arm. In the afternoon, Xia Yiping, CEO of...
Read MoreJacksonville Transportation Authority awards Balfour Beatty, Beep and V2R Team country’s largest-ever public sector autonomous shuttle project
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) selected the Balfour Beatty Vision...
Read MoreStarship Technologies raises another $42M to fuel the growth of its fleet of self-driving delivery robots
Starship Technologies, one of the bigger players in the world of autonomous delivery robots — the small, boxy vehicles that self-drive...
Read MoreZero roadway deaths means seeing everything sooner, clearer and farther with breakthrough technology
PLEASANTON, Calif., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Neural Propulsion Systems (NPS), a pioneer in autonomous sensing platforms, issued...
Read MoreAI deciding how to distribute harm breeds dicey AI ethics dilemma, markedly so for nascent AI-based self-driving cars
Let’s discuss the pickle of sometimes having to by degree distribute harm. We’ll start with something easy and entailing relatively...
Read MoreLidar leading the way to safe self-driving cars
NEW YORK, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Once only a concept seen in movies, the world of autonomous driving is fast becoming a bona...
Read MoreAutonomous driving logistics firm Inceptio Technology secures $188M financing round
Autonomous driving truck firm Inceptio Technology announced on Monday it has secured $188 million in B+ round equity financing. Prior to...
Read MoreBaidu Apollo Go Robotaxi services begin in China’s Shanxi province
The city of Yangquan in China’s Shanxi Province has issued a pilot license for carrying out autonomous driving services to Apollo Go, the...
Read MoreComputer driven autos still years away despite massive investment
Despite the hype that liberation day will dawn soon and cars will drive themselves, there’s no realistic chance that full-on self-driving...
Read MoreTesla starts rolling out of Full Self-Driving Beta in Canada
Tesla has officially started rolling out its Full Self-Driving Beta in Canada – marking the first official international expansion of the...
Read MoreLidar developer Robosense is reportedly set to close on a $379 million funding round, the largest single investment in the nascent industry
Lidar developer Robosense, which is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, and is one of the country’s leading suppliers of the...
Read MoreBaidu to support BYD’s smart driving business
STAR Market Daily learned on Friday that Shenzhen-based electric vehicle firm BYD has chosen Baidu as its official smart driving business...
Read MoreMercedes-Benz targets U.S. for hands-free driving certification this year – CEO
BERLIN, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) hopes to acquire certification for Level 3 autonomous driving in the United...
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