Jun 18, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Detroit, Featured
Ford’s new hands-free-driving product will be available on its Mustang Mach-E electric car. The Dearborn, Mich., auto giant said in a news release its new Ford Co-Pilot360 Technology will open up “hands-free driving on more than 100,000 miles of divided...
May 28, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Investment
Autonomous vehicle (AV) startup Aurora today announced it has roughly doubled its workforce to 500 people (up from 250 as of May 2019) and committed to hiring workers across the company as it welcomes 22 remote interns and a trio of executives. Aurora’s hiring spree —...
May 21, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles
Waymo says it’s beginning to leverage AI to generate camera images for simulation by using sensor data collected by its self-driving vehicles. A recent paper coauthored by company researchers including principal scientist Dragomir Anguelov describes the...
May 21, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles
China is using autonomous vehicles in cities and hospitals across the country to combat covid-19 and advance smart cities. Countries around the world have responded to the covid-19 coronavirus with lockdowns, restrictions, and technology solutions that...
May 14, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Investment, Mobility
Even before the extra $750 million, Waymo’s funding round was among the largest, if not the largest, in multibillion-dollar investments around self-driving cars. General Motors’ Cruise unit raised $1.15 billion in May 2019, while Uber closed $1 billion from...
May 6, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Investment
In the months since the coronavirus prompted shelter-in-place orders around the world, entire companies, industries, and economies have been decimated. One market that appeared poised to escape the impact was autonomous vehicles, particularly in the case of companies...
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