Waymo, is the commercial spin-off of Google’s self-driving car project, has entered into a partnership with Renault Group and Nissan Motor Co. to aid in development of self-driving systems for a range of vehicles for passengers and goods. The companies will work together exclusively to develop technology for vehicles that may be deployed in France […]
Uber Technologies unveiled its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. Uber said they XC90s will still have human controls such as steering wheels and brake pedals, while packing factory-installed steering and braking systems designed for computer control. In the past, Uber had purchased about 250 Volvo XC90s and retrofitted them for self-driving use. […]
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Tuesday (Oct. 30) issued Waymo the state’s first permit to test self-driving cars on public roads without a human in the driver’s seat. Alphabet’s autonomous-driving subsidiary has had permission to test autonomous vehicles with safety drivers since 2014, but it can now dispense with humans to test three dozen test vehicles in […]
Taxi firm Addison Lee is betting its customers will be ready to, in London at least, in just three years’ time. It has joined forces with self-driving software specialist Oxbotica, and says the tie-up means it will offer self-driving taxis in the capital by 2021. The move will pit it against rival ride-hailing app Uber, […]
Last week, Mobileye, the Intel-owned manufacturer of driver-assistance systems, announced it would compete in the race to create a fully driverless car, unveiling a fleet of prototype vehicles in Jerusalem that navigate city streets without the use of lasers or radars, which rivals have relied on heavily in tests. A Bloomberg Businessweek reporter had an […]
Volvo and Uber have announced a deal that will see Volvo providing 24,000 SUVs over the coming years for Uber’s autonomous driving push. Volvo will provide Uber with top of the line XC90 SUVs along with some XC60 mid-size SUVs. Volvo doesn’t make self-driving cars at this time and notes that Uber will be […]
Waymo Self-driving cars in Arizona are starting to navigate local roads without a human in the driver’s seat. Alphabet’s autonomous car unit, Waymo, is phasing out the need for a test driver in its vehicles. Save for the passengers inside, a subset of the company’s self-driving cars will operate by themselves on public roads in […]
Delphi Automotive said it plans to acquire Boston-based autonomous vehicle software supplier NuTonomy in a deal that could be valued at $450 million. The acquisition, which is expected to close before the end of this year, will nearly double Delphi’s 100-plus automated driving team with NuTonomy’s 100 employees, including 70 engineers and scientists. NuTonomy counts Lyft, as […]
Telsa is reportedly developing its own AI chip for automated cars with AMD. Sanjay Jha, CEO of GlobalFoundries, a spin-off of AMD, spilled the beans at its conference in Santa Clara, California, CNBC reports. GlobalFoundries later said Jha didn’t mean to explicitly name Tesla as a partner, but was instead pointing to Tesla as an […]
Samsung Electronics wants to become a major player in autonomous driving, building on its recent $8 billion acquisition of audio and auto parts supplier Harman and its prominence in mobile communications markets. Samsung will form a separate business unit within Harman to house self-driving products and is plowing $300 million into a new fund investing […]
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