Dec 17, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Defense
A university in South Carolina is teaming up with the U.S. Army to create models for self-driving military vehicles. The research project at Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research in Greenville will be funded by a $18 million grant from the...
Dec 17, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Rideshare
Lyft announced on Wednesday that it will begin offering fully autonomous vehicles to its customers in 2023. In partnership with Motional, the cars will be available in a select group of U.S. cities that have yet to be announced. Motional has worked with...
Dec 10, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Testing
Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, has started testing self-driving vehicles without driver monitors in San Francisco, the company said Wednesday. The company plans to begin testing a handful of vehicles, followed by a “very methodical and...
Dec 10, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Rideshare
Uber has officially sold its autonomous car division to startup Aurora. Now, the private transport platform has reached an agreement for Joby Aviation to acquire Uber Elevate, its fleet of flying taxis. After years of trying to get their air taxi business off the...
Dec 3, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Testing
Waymo plans to open a new testing site in Ohio for its driverless autonomous vehicles that will focus on dense, urban areas, the company said Tuesday. The new site being built at the Transportation Research Center near Columbus will allow the company to work on motion...
Dec 3, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured
The world has been inching toward fully autonomous cars for years. In China, one company just got even closer to making it a reality. On Thursday, AutoX, an Alibaba (BABA)-backed startup, announced it had rolled out fully driverless robotaxis on public...
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