Waymo Opens China Subsidiary

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Not Everyone Likes Waymo’s Arizona Testing

CNBC Full story at the Link above... While Waymo's self-driving cars are getting a little heat from residents in Arizona, at least one industry expert says...

Toyota to Invest $500 Million in Uber as Part of Autonomous...

Business Insider Toyota will invest $500 million into Uber, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Toyota plans to focus its...

AutoX Launches First California Self-Driving Grocery Delivery

Business Insider Full story above. AutoX, a self-driving car startup testing in California, has launched the state's first grocery delivery pilot program using autonomous cars...

Autonomous Vehicles Prone to Hacking

Back in the day, security advocates claimed that GPS and other navigation systems could be hacked with $5 worth of gear bought at a...

Apple Wants to Own Map Data…and Acts Accordingly

Recent stories indicate that Apple plans to operate its new Maps function in-house—instead of relying on TomTom and other companies for mapping.    TechCrunch first...

Massachusetts Expands Autonomous Vehicle Testing to 15 Cities

Fox 25 Boston News Full story available at link above. BOSTON - On Thursday Massachusetts leaders approved a major expansion of the use of self-driving cars...

Uber Driver Streaming Video Before Fatal Crash

Reuters Read the full Reuters story at the link above... SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber car...

Innoviz Enters Chinese LiDAR Market

KFAR SABA, ISRAEL and BEIJING, CHINA -- June 6, 2018 -- Innoviz Technologies and HiRain Technologies a partnership to bring Innoviz’s LiDAR and computer...

TomTom and Toyota to Offer Drivers a Navigation App that Mirrors...

TU-Automotive, Detroit, MI, USA, June 5, 2018     Today, TomTom (TOM2) launched a new navigation app that can be mirrored to Toyota vehicles’ in-dash...

Mapbox Partners with Microsoft, Intel and Softbank Group for Self-Driving Car...

Reuters Read full story at the link above. (Reuters) - Mapping startup Mapbox Inc said on Wednesday it is teaming up with Microsoft Corp, Intel Corp...

Hexagon Buys AutonomouStuff

Press Release. Hexagon AB has announced the acquisition of AutonomouStuff, a leading suppliers of integrated autonomous vehicle solutions. Founded in 2010, US-based AutonomouStuff is pioneering turn-key...

Waymo to Buy 62,000 Chrysler Pacificas for Autonomous Fleet

Automotive News Read full story at the link above. Google affiliate Waymo will purchase up to 62,000 additional Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans from FCA US starting...

SoftBank Invests $2.25 Billion in GM’s Cruise

ZDNet Full story at the link above. SoftBank Vision Fund will claim a 19.6 percent stake in General Motors Cruise Holdings, the automaker's autonomous vehicle unit,...

Taoglas Names Shamblin Vice President of Engineering

Taoglas announced that wireless and antenna industry veteran Jeff Shamblin has joined Taoglas as vice president of engineering. Shamblin, who holds 77 issued patents related...

Cognata Creating Human-Car Exchanges for Autonomous Vehicle Testing

Israel-based Cognata said it is creating large-scale data sets that mimic every aspect of human-car interactions with high-level realism and variations. “Those datasets are being...

Could Driverless Cars Halt Distracted Driving Completely?

Another study that should call for autonomous vehicle introductions? Although not a formal part of its recent study on distracted driving, personal finance site Finder.com...

Lyft and Aptiv Plan 30 Self-Driving Car Fleet

Lyft plans to partner with Aptiv to rollout 30 self-driving cars in Las Vegas this summer, according to published reports. Lyft and Aptiv will operate...

Waymo Self-Driving Van Crashes in Arizona

ABC 15 Full story at the link above... Interesting, Waymo said it could have detected the same type of crash an Uber had earlier this year...now...

Hangar and Vapor IO to Deliver Autonomous Robotics at the Kinetic...

Edge computing company Vapor IO and Hangar announced the rollout of Hangar’s Autonomous Robotics for Industry on top of Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge platform,...