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Read MoreYandex begins testing self-driving cars in Michigan
Moscow-based tech giant Yandex today announced it has expanded testing of its self-driving cars to Michigan. A fleet of Yandex’s driverless vehicles recently hit Ann Arbor city streets, including the company’s fourth-generation autonomous Hyundai Sonatas created in partnership with Hyundai Mobis....
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Read MoreSelf-driving startup Argo AI hits $7.5 billion valuation
Autonomous vehicle technology startup Argo AI is valued at $7.5 billion, just a little more than three years after the company burst on the scene with a $1 billion investment from Ford....
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Read MoreFormer Ford president joins self-driving radar startup’s board
(Bloomberg) — Joe Hinrichs, a former top executive at Ford Motor Co. who left the company earlier this year, is making a tentative return to the auto industry by joining the board of a startup developing technology for self-driving cars and driver-assistance features....
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Read MoreAutonomous vehicle startupAutoX lands driverless testing permit in California
AutoX, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Alibaba, has been granted a permit in California to begin driverless testing on public roads in a limited area in San Jose....
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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 operate without a human driver on highways and local roads. As part of the deal, Navistar is taking a minority stake in TuSimple — though neither company would disclose the size of Navistar’s investment....
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Read MoreMobileye wins permit to test autonomous vehicles in Germany
Mobileye, Intel’s driverless vehicle R&D division, today announced that German certification body TÜV Süd awarded it a recommendation for a permit to drive its autonomous vehicles on public roads in Germany, including urban and rural areas as well as the Autobahn at up to 130 kilometers (~80 miles) per hour in real-world traffic. Mobileye — which says testing will begin now in and around Munich...
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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 that includes Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. That is the region where it expects to launch autonomous trucking and develop partnerships, Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle unit, said in a media briefing June 30....
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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 automate public transit buses – a first in the U.S....
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