Self-driving industry takes to the highway after robotaxi failure
When Sebastian Thrun was starting Google’s self-driving car project in 2009, commercialising the technology was not on anyone’s mind. “We...
Read MoreAurora will test its fleet of self-driving cars and semi trucks in Texas
Aurora, the startup founded by former lead engineer for Google’s self-driving project Chris Urmson, is bringing its fleet of test vehicles...
Read MoreTuSimple finds a partner to help it build a fleet of robot semi trucks
US truck maker Navistar is joining forces with TuSimple, a leading autonomous vehicle startup, to build a self-driving semi truck that can...
Read MoreSingapore tops Autonomous Vehicle Readiness Index
Singapore has emerged as the country best prepared for the adoption and acceptance of autonomous vehicles (AV), as it ranked first in...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles’ potential to remove discrimination in transportation
The political economy of autonomous vehicles is poised to improve if not radically change the discrimination and racism that is built into...
Read MoreUni to join £1m self-driving vehicles project
Loughborough University is to take part in a new £1m project with Highways England to assess how suitable the country’s motorways are for...
Read MoreSelf-driving tech is becoming a game of partnerships
BUILDING A SELF-DRIVING car was never going to be easy. But Karl Iagnemma says he didn’t expect it to be this hard. “Vehicles are these...
Read MoreTuSimplelaunches the world’s first autonomous freight delivery service
While the auto industry remains focused on developing self-driving cars, a handful of promising startups are developing self-driving...
Read MoreWaymo targets southwest freight corridor for autonomous truck tests
As it moves forward with autonomous truck development, Waymo plans to focus its 2020 testing efforts on the southwest shipping corridor...
Read MoreTuSimple seeking $250 million in new funding to scale self-driving trucks
TuSimple,the self-driving truck startup backed by Sina, Nvidia, UPS and Tier 1 supplier Mando Corporation, is headed back into the...
Read MoreStarsky Robotics founder discusses future of autonomous trucking
Automated technology developers are shooting for the moon when they could instead be implementing ground-level initiatives in trucking...
Read MoreNikola sets truck production schedule, envisions autonomous model
Zero-emission truck maker Nikola Corp., which recently jumped to a publicly traded company from its startup perch, has begun building...
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 More“Disciplined innovation:” Kodiak Robotics releases safety self-assessment
Automated truck developer Kodiak Robotics submitted a Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment (VSSA) report to USDOT’s National Highway Traffic...
Read MoreWill first autonomous vehicles deliver packages, not people?
While most autonomous-vehicle startups have focused on ride-sharing applications, analyst Colin Langan argues the self-driving delivery...
Read MoreSimpler is safer: Occam’s safety razor
When it comes to autonomous safety, simpler is almost always better. That might seem strange. The consequences of an autonomous car...
Read MoreDGWorld to boost Jebel Ali Port with autonomous vehicles
DP World will equip the Jebel Ali Port with a fleet of Autonomous Internal Terminal Vehicles (AITVs) as part of a contract with DGWorld....
Read MoreWhat happens when cars can ‘see’?
Dairy giant Land O’Lakes recently made history. It hired a Silicon Valley startup to deliver 20 tons of butter across America by truck....
Read MoreEinride launches freight mobility platform for planning and emissions insights
Einride, a Swedish startup building driverless electric trucks, has launched a new “intelligent” freight mobility platform for shippers...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars are being trained in virtual worlds while the real one is in chaos
Brandon Moak felt as if a freight train had hit him. It was mid-March, and the cofounder and CTO of the autonomous- trucking startup...
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