Tag: autonomous vehicle

May 13, 2024

General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said May 13 that it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Cruise said during the testing, it will check the vehicles’ performance against the company’s […]

March 21, 2023

General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit on March 20 asked California for permission to test the cars across the entire state. Cruise already is running an autonomous ride-hailing service in its hometown of San Francisco after testing for more than […]

March 7, 2023

Honda is set to unveil its newest autonomous robot that is designed to lighten a load of construction-related works in the future. The Japanese automobile firm confirms that it will reveal more information about the third-gen Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) […]

October 21, 2022

Autonomous vehicle companies and suppliers have collectively spent around $75 billion developing self-driving technology, with scant sign of meaningful revenue emerging from robocar services. This has spelled disaster for Aurora Innovation, TuSimple Holdings and Embark Technology, whose shares have each […]

July 6, 2021

Radical changes are propelling the automotive industry forward as electrification transforms vehicles from mechanical systems into electronic wonders. Massive advances in sophisticated electronics and computer systems are making self-driving cars a reality. In response, automotive manufacturers and suppliers have rallied […]

June 10, 2021

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has partnered with autonomous vehicle developer Waymo to move freight with self-driving trucks in Texas. Through this limited pilot program, Waymo’s autonomous trucking unit, Waymo Via, will transport loads along Interstate 45 between facilities in Houston […]

March 25, 2021

Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo offered a look inside the day-to-day testing of its self-driving trucks on public roads through a virtual ride-along event for members of the press. During the March 24 live demonstration, a Class 8 tractor outfitted with […]

August 13, 2020

The team designed an algorithm that allows an autonomous ground vehicle to improve its existing navigation systems by watching how a human driver remote-controlled the same vehicle, calling the approach ‘adaptive planner parameter learning from demonstration’ – APPLD. The approach […]

June 2, 2020

Volkswagen AG has closed on its $2.6 billion investment in Argo AI, the Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle start-up announced in a blog post Tuesday. The German automaker’s deal with Argo and Ford Motor, which acquired a majority stake in the start-up […]

January 21, 2020

Cruise LLC, the autonomous-car startup majority owned by General Motors, plans to show its first vehicle designed to operate without a driver on Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said. The vehicle Cruise has been developing along with GM is […]

June 11, 2019

TEL AVIV, Israel — Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford said the automaker will rely on startups much more than in its past as it attempts to navigate challenges to its traditional business. Speaking at the 7th annual EcoMotion mobility […]

April 17, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars, evaluating the companies’ technology while also still working on its own lidar unit, three people familiar with […]

March 7, 2019

FRANKFURT — Revenues from autonomous driving will not ramp up until 2030 and beyond, the CEO of German auto supplier Continental AG said on Thursday. “Until 2030, the market will be driven mainly by assistance systems. Significant revenues will only […]

October 9, 2018

Even if self-driving cars never make it to the streets in large numbers — or if they are deployed only in geofenced areas — the huge amount of money invested in the technology will have benefits that could improve all […]

October 3, 2018

The company has agreed to pay $750mn in advance for the minority stake in Cruise and will also contribute another $2bn over the next 12 years. As part of the deal, Honda, GM and Cruise will develop autonomous vehicles in […]

February 23, 2018

YOKOHAMA (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co is taking its first steps to becoming an operator of autonomous vehicle services, hoping to break into a segment set to be dominated by Uber [UBER.UL] and other technology firms. While automakers for more […]

January 24, 2018

The age of the autonomous vehicle will usher in sweeping changes to transportation, energy consumption, passenger safety, and business efficiency. But before autonomous cars can transform modern life, cities will have to transform themselves. Smart cities will be the linchpins […]

January 5, 2018

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — To address cyber security, one of the largest hurdles in autonomous vehicle development, FEV North America, Inc. (FEV) has developed a test system to provide flexible, end-to-end security test coverage. The FEV […]

November 14, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors’ Maven car-sharing service has grown significantly since its launch in 2016, with help from a quiet partner that has made sure the service’s vehicles are always fueled, clean and road-ready. Now that partner, San Francisco […]

September 26, 2017

WASHINGTON — A coalition of supporters of self-driving cars on Tuesday said that it will run ads this week in social media and Washington newspapers, in an effort to convince Congress to adopt sweeping legislation to boost the nascent industry. […]