Jan 20, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Technology
The German automaker is also taking an equity stake in the Orlando, Florida-based company, acquiring a total of 1.5 million shares. Based on Luminar’s share price of $13.45 at market close January 19th, Mercedes-Benz is purchasing approximately $20.2 million worth of...
Jan 13, 2022 | Agriculture, Autonomous Vehicles
Farmers will soon be able to operate a 30,000 lbs John Deere tractor from an app. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, Deere announced it will release a fully autonomous version of its signature green and yellow 8R tractor for purchase this...
Jan 13, 2022 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Hydrogen
Of all the topics I have written about recently, autonomous flying taxis seem like the most far-fetched – or should I say pie-in-the-sky! However, the fact is that around 20 companies – from well-known names like Airbus and Hyundai, to new, inventor-led startups are...
Jan 13, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Mapping
Embark is planning to develop and publicly demonstrate a capability which leverages the Company’s patent-pending Vision Map Fusion (VMF) technology to enable Embark-equipped trucks to navigate snowy conditions autonomously by the end of winter 2022. In June...
Jan 13, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Robots
Serve Robotics, an Uber spinout that builds sidewalk delivery robots, is deploying its next generation of robots that are capable of completing some commercial deliveries without a human in the loop, according to the startup. That means in certain operational...
Jan 6, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
General Motors is going to sell fully autonomous vehicles to regular people by the middle of the decade, the company’s CEO Mary Barra declared during her speech at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show. It was a bold claim that is sure to cause waves in the auto...
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