Driverless Report

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🚩 Biden Administration Investigating Chinese-Made 'Smart Cars' for National Security Risks. “The U.S. Commerce Department will investigate the risks associated with connected cars that incorporate...

The Federal Communications Commission has announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would allow the agency to use its authority to create protections for domestic abuse...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 😕 Robotaxis by GM's Cruise Are Getting Ready To Hit the Streets Again. “As per a report by Bloomberg, the driverless taxi company is in...

While artificial intelligence dominated the sessions at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, location technology remained a solid choice for telecom companies to track people,...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 😐 Waymo's Robotaxi Expansion Plans in California Put On Hold by Regulators. “Waymo’s plan to expand its robotaxi service in Los...

Automated driving spurs GNSS module growth--and potential revenues of $100 million starting in 2026 Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox  has announced new project awards with “major automotive customers”...

Due to flat automotive demand, TomTom  said it would see level sales this year as a backlog of auto orders expires.  The company, which reported...

LEO constellation to offer positioning and navigation capabilities... Saying it wants to provide accurate navigation for autonomous vehicles, Geely Holding Group last week launched 11 Geespace low-Earth orbit satellites....

HERE Technologies and what3words have announced an expansion of their partnership to allow its Location Services application programming interfaces (APIs) customers to use the United Kingdom-based company’s...

Available geolocation data at the center of domestic violence... The Federal Communications Commission is asking the largest automakers and wireless carriers how they retain, share, or sell...

Company has own GNSS augmentation service... Solidifying its position as one of the top industrial users of satellite technology, John Deere DE -0.88%↓ this week signed a deal with SpaceX to...

LAS VEGAS—San Francisco-based Point One Navigation’s Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) corrections technology was used by all autonomous racecars in the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC).  The race, part of...

LAS VEGAS—Despite fears of automotive market saturation, there were dozens of companies offering lidar sensors for automotive and other uses at CES.  Some companies...

LAS VEGAS—Overture Maps Foundation Executive Director Marc Prioleau said at CES that the organization’s main assumption is that the base layers of a map should be open...

HERE Technologies, Mapbox and TomTom court OEMs LAS VEGAS—Among dozens of mobility and auto companies at this year’s CES trade show, mapping companies took the...

HERE Integrates HD Live Map in BMW’s 7 Series’ Personal Pilot, Partners With Techjockey.com HERE Technologies has announced that its HERE HD Live Map, based on UniMap, is...

Autonomous vehicle companies have been getting hammered by the regulatory agencies lately, but May Mobility this week announced a $105 million Series D round.  The round, led...

Gets top job at largest mapping company… After a lengthy search, HERE Technologies has appointed industry veteran Mike Nefkens as CEO.  Nefknes, who most recently was with Boston Consulting Group,...

Porsche said this week that it plans to offer Google GOOG 1.22%↑services for navigation, speech and add an app ecosystem for its future car models.  The premium automaker...

Saying the company withheld video footage of a recent traffic incident, the California Department of Motor Vehicles this week suspended GM GM 3.41%↑ Cruise’s deployment and testing permits.  The suspension comes only...