autonomous vehicles

Capitol Hill hearing took on lease-purchase agreements, truck size and weights

The technology aims to improve the way heavy vehicles stop while operating autonomously.

The news comes days after its parent company nixed a partnership with Groupe Renault.

The company launches today, with Walmart as a partner.

Apple is looking to buy autonomous driving technology startup Drive.ai, which might help the company gain ground against its bigger competitors in the self-driving niche.

Michelin Group announced it will partner with Swedish-based self-driving startup company Einride this week at the Movin’On Summit for sustainable mobility in Montreal.

Fiat Chrysler’s merger bid with Renault is the type of consolidation that the auto industry needs at the moment to expedite innovation and the development of futuristic tech.

Autonomous vehicles can be commercially deployed only after it convincingly addresses public and government concerns on safety and reliability.

Israeli startup TriEye, whose Short-Wave-Infra-Red (SWIR) sensing technology is able to see in adverse weather and night-time conditions, announced a $17M Series A funding round on May 28, led by Intel Capital. Other investors include Marius Nacht, co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies, and TriEye’s existing investor Grove Ventures, headed by TriEye chairman Dov Moran, […]

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Ford to lay off 7,000 as part of major restructuring

Einride has introduced a Level 4 autonomous electric truck that will transport cargo between a warehouse and a terminal in DB Schenker’s facility.

Top DOT official ranks HOS #1 on freight priority list.

Drivent is a self-driving technology company that is creating a suite of solutions that integrate with autonomous vehicles and provide exceptional user experiences.

The partnership between ride-sharing company Lyft (NYSE: LYFT) and Google-affiliated, self-driving car technology company Waymo is just one initiative in Lyft’s strategy to stake a claim in the emerging market for on-demand consumer transportation services, company officials said on May 7. Lyft confirmed Waymo’s announcement that Waymo will use Lyft’s platform to deploy 10 self-driving […]

McKinsey has brought out a report that talks about how increasing passenger density in urban spaces is a strong indicator for an increase in ridesharing demand in the decade ahead.

Elon Musk has stated that Tesla would be launching fully autonomous cars by the end of this year, and that he expects to see one million autonomous Tesla cars on the road by 2020.

Matilda is a smart transport hub that helps the elderly and the disabled people by providing real-time information on the schedules of their public transportation, mainly targeted at autonomous vehicles of the future.

Daimler Trucks is buying a majority stake in Torc Robotics, another play in the company’s efforts to expand its presence in the self-driving commercial vehicle market.

In partnership with Reliance Partners …Before autonomous driving systems are commercially available, it is essential to not just work on functional safety but also on cyber security, so as to ensure that the vehicle is completely safe to drive around once deployed.