Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News: Tesla Could Rollout Robotaxi...
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😮 Tesla Executives Confirm Robotaxi on Track for June. “At the Tesla Q4 2024 Earnings Call, we found out that Tesla TSLA -4.27%↓ now has a...
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😮 Lyft to Go Driverless in 2026 as Company Plans to Roll out Autonomous Car. “In a social media post, the rideshare company’s...
Deutsche Telekom and Swift Navigation Expand Skylark PPS into Eastern Europe
Deutsche Telekom and San Francisco-based Swift Navigation have expanded Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service into Eastern Europe, the companies said. Skylark is now available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Poland, Romania,...
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😧 GM’s Cruise to Cut 1,000 Jobs as Robotaxi Service Shuts Down. “General Motors GM -1.11%↓ is cutting almost half of the workforce in the Cruise driverless...
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👌 Kodiak Has Made Its First Driverless Truck Deliveries to Customer Atlas Energy. “Kodiak Robotics has officially handed off two autonomous trucks to...
FTC and GM Agree to Connected Car Information Ban
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached an agreement with General Motors GM 2.81%↑ and its OnStar business unit for allegedly collecting and selling consumer data from millions of vehicles in...
Samsara Expands Stellantis Relationship, Enabling Access to Millions of European Connected...
In a potentially huge deal, Samsara IOT 0.31%↑, through an integration with Stellantis’ Data as a Service company Mobilisights, will provide businesses across Europe with access to vehicle...
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🏛 Court Rejects San Francisco’s Waymo Challenge. “In a lawsuit filed in December 2023, claimed that the California Public Utilities Commission had erred...
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🚘 Autonomous Vehicles Are Having a Moment and Other Vibes From CES 2025. “My big takeaway: Autonomous vehicles are back, and the...
U.S. Government Bans Sale or Import of China’s Connected Vehicles
The new rule also bans Chinese companies from testing self-driving cars on U.S. roads
Citing national security issues, the U.S. Commerce Department this week announced a final rule that...
Qualcomm Makes Slew of Auto Announcements at CES 2025
LAS VEGAS—Qualcomm Technologies $QCOM had a huge presence at CES 2025,
primarily focusing on its automotive market with collaborations with Alps Alpine, Amazon AMZN 0.01%↑, Leapmotor, Mahindra, Hyundai Mobis, and Royal Enfield.
Most automakers are...
CES Wrap Up: 140,000 Attendees and AI Everywhere
Las Vegas—CES 2025 predictably focused on AI with a surprisingly robust autonomous vehicle presence. Location technology companies also attended in droves, whether it was a...
CES: HERE Technologies Partners With AWS in $1 Billion Maps Deal
10-year partnership allows mapmaker to automate processes, CEO says
LAS VEGAS—In a mammoth $1 billion cloud infrastructure deal, HERE Technologies and Amazon Web Services AMZN 0.00%↑ (AWS) plan to support AI-powered...
CES 2025: Partnerships and New Products
CES 2025: Partnerships and New Products
LAS VEGAS—While still not a pre-pandemic levels, CES 2025 was big, noisy and
exhausting. It featured most mapping companies, a...
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👌 NHTSA Finally Releases New Rules for Self-Driving Cars — But There's a Twist. “Regulators say they’ll ease rules allowing for fully driverless...
Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News: GM Abandons Cruise…
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🤔 GM Abandons Cruise Robotaxi Business, Steers Self-Driving Technology Into ADAS. “After spending $10 billion, General Motors GM 0.55%↑ is quitting the self-driving robotaxi business and...
HERE Technologies Takes Top Spot in Omdia’s 2024 Location Platform Index ...
HERE Technologies was named as the top mapping and location vendor in Omdia’s 2024 Location Platform Index. Such companies as Google GOOG 1.05%↑, TomTom and Mapbox were also evaluated for strategy, capabilities and market...
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💰 Pony AI's Valuation Hits $5.25 Billion After Nasdaq Debut.
😮 Baidu's Supercheap Robotaxis Should Scare the Hell Out of the US. “And here’s...
FCC Adopts C-V2X Auto Safety Spectrum Rule
The Federal Communications Commission late last month adopted final rules for cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology, which critics believe was 20 years too long in the making. The FCC...
Will Trump Ease Way For AVs?: Weekly Connected and Autonomous...
Photo: Qualcomm is targeting $22 billion from automotive and IoT markets at its Investor's Meeting this week (Qualcomm).
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📌 Trump Team Is Seeking...