Tag: autonomous vehicles
Mapping Companies Launch Slew of Products, Partnerships at CES
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...
California Shuts Down Cruise Deployment and Testing Permits, Waymo Partners With...
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...
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...
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,...
Hexagon and Hitachi Zosen To Provide Terrastar-X Enterprise Corrections in Japan
Hexagon’s Autonomy and Positioning division and Hitachi Zosen have announced an agreement to launch the TerraStar-X Enterprise correction service in Japan. Among other applications, TerraStar-X Enterprise will provide lane-level...
Industry Layoffs Continue as Waymo Cuts Staff
Other location industry companies follow with cuts
Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo laid off employees earlier this week in a move that came after large cuts at parent company Alphabet and Google GOOG 1.59%↑ . ...
