Mar 25, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing
Yandex, Russia’s multi-hyphenate internet giant, began testing its autonomous cars on Moscow’s icy winter roads over three years ago. The goal was to create a “universal” self-driving vehicle that could safely maneuver...
Mar 25, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business
Self-driving vehicles should ideally accomplish a few things: convenience for operators/owners of vehicles, cost reduction for commercial vehicles (no driver), and safer roads (fewer and less severe crashes). This last item, if true, will significantly lower the risks...
Mar 18, 2021 | Agriculture, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Robots
Monarch Tractor, a startup cofounded by a member of the Mondavi wine family, is leveraging technology more commonly associated with battery-powered Teslas and autonomous Waymo vans to create electric robotic tractors it says can make farming safer and more...
Mar 18, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Infotainment
The German automaker unveiled the eighth generation of its long-running iDrive infotainment system on Monday. The upgraded suite features a curved display, enhanced voice command system, and massively improved artificial intelligence is at the heart of it all. The...
Mar 18, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Featured
Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, will acquire self-driving startup Voyage in another major autonomous vehicle merger. The announcement came less than a week after news first surfaced that the two companies were in talks about an acquisition. The...
Mar 18, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Telecommunications
BlackBerry was issued a patent for “methods and systems for autonomous vehicle refueling.” The Waterloo, Ontario-based technology company applied for the patent on Aug. 23, 2017, and it covers a signaling system for autonomous vehicles. The patent was granted through...
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