MWC Las Vegas Focuses on 5G, Connectivity. Not So Much Location…

LAS VEGAS—While this year’s MWC Las Vegas 2023 trade show here focused on the carrier’s 5G efforts, connectivity solutions and AI, location industry participation was only visible...

Hexagon Expands TerraStar-X GNSS Correction Service to South Korea 

Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division and Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) have agreed to bring the TerraStar-X Enterprise Correction Service to South Korea.  The GNSS correction service provides convergence and lane-level...

Mapbox Raises $280 Million From Softbank, Broadens Auto Footprint

Company says funding will fuel investments into AI location services and broaden its footprint in the automotive industry. Mapbox has announced the completion of a $280 million Series...

Turbulent Approval for Autonomous Vehicles in San Francisco

CPUC passed AV expansion in city, despite traffic jams, blocked emergency vehicles After much controversy, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) last week granted GM GM -1.47%↓ Cruise and Waymo permission to use roads...

Loadsmith To Equip 800 Trucks With Kodiak Autonomous Technology

Kodiak Robotics has announced that logistics platform Loadsmith will equip 800 trucks with Kodiak’s self-driving technology, the Kodiak Driver. The companies say Kodiak-equipped autonomous trucks will serve as...

Google Is Laying Off Waze Employees

Google GOOG 1.88%↑ is laying off employees at its map company Waze, CNBC reported this week.  The reason is that Google is transitioning Waze over to its advertising system, said Chris...

OMF Previews Data Schema and Reference System, Adds Member

The Overture Maps Foundation has announced the Overture Reference System and Data Schema that allows developers to add such features as real-time traffic, road closures, construction information, reviews and ratings...

Point One Expands Footprint in Europe With Septentrio

Company to compete in competitive industrial autonomy, precision agriculture, logistics and delivery, robots and autonomous vehicles markets San Francisco-based Point One Navigation, along with European partner Septentrio,...

TomTom Traffic Data Powers New PTV Group Automated Transport Modeling Solution

TomTom  has announced it is integrating its traffic data with PTV Group’s automated transport modeling solution, PTV Model2Go.  The deal allows PTV Group to leverage TomTom’s...

Intel To Sell Part of Mobileye for $1.5 Billion

Lidar manufacturer's stock has doubled since last year's IPO Intel Corp. INTC 0.00 plans to sell a part of Mobileye Global MBLY 0.00, maker of...