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ArticleDaimler Trucks presents automation center, sets up global e-mobility group
Freightliner eCascadia [left] and eM2 [right]Image: DaimlerDaimler Trucks & Buses is establishing a new Automated Truck Research and Development Center in Portland, Oregon. This US facility is developing, fine-tuning, testing and validating automated driving systems, in collaboration with other Daimler Trucks centers in Stuttgart and Bangalore. Other Daimler business ...
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PSA suspends joint venture activity in Iran
PSA Group is suspending all joint venture activity in Iran, following the withdrawal of the US government from a three-year-old multilateral pact aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
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ArticleUbimax partners with DAQRI on AR smart glasses, Porsche rolls out AR for technicians
Image: UbimaxUbimax, developer of wearables and augmented reality (AR) products, has announced a strategic co-operation with DAQRI, maker of AR glasses. DAQRI, based in Los Angeles and Dublin, is to provide its AR hardware for Ubimax Frontline, an AR software stack.A successful proof of concept trial has been carried ...
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ArticleGoodyear to test intelligent tires at Mcity in Michigan
Image: University of MichiganGoodyear plans to extend its research into ‘intelligent’ connected, sensor-equipped tires and will carry out testing with electric and autonomous vehicles at the Mcity Test Facility [pictured]. Mcity, a public-private partnership led by the University of Michigan, has a 16-acre site of roads and traffic infrastructure ...
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ArticleDaimler's Smart app gets smarter features
Smart 'ready to drop+' service allows package delivery to the car's trunk (Image: Daimler)Smart has added a ‘ready to spot’ service to its ‘ready to’ app to help drivers locate their vehicle – whether they’ve forgotten exactly where they’ve parked it, or if it has been stolen.The app guides ...
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ArticleCivil Maps, Renovo to cooperate on AV technology
Image: RenovoCivil Maps, creator of an edge-computing HD mapping and localization platform, is to collaborate with Renovo, currently testing a fleet of autonomous vehicles in San Jose, California. The two companies will integrate Renovo’s AWare self-driving operating system with Civil Maps’ platform, said to be a lightweight and highly ...
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ArticleSoftbank invests in GM's Cruise driverless-car unit
GM acquired Cruise in 2016 to speed up development of autonomous cars (Photo: GM)Softbank will invest $1.1 billion in GM Cruise Holdings, adding more financial muscle to General Motors' plan to ready autonomous-driving technology for commercial implementation in 2019.The US automaker is also committing an additional $2.25 billion of ...
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ArticleHyundai Mobis outlines autonomous driving sensor strategy
Image: Hyundai MobisHyundai Mobis has announced its intentions to develop sensors for all-autonomous driving by 2020. The Korean supplier said it is developing both high- and entry-level radars with a view to production from next year.It is working with Germany’s SMS and ASTYX on five radars for 360-degree detection, ...
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ArticleToyota Mobility Foundation and Alan Turing Institute to research AI for traffic management
Image: Alan Turing InstituteThe Toyota Mobility Foundation is supporting the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, on an AI project to optimize traffic flow in mobility systems. The programme aims to transition complex traffic management from static systems into dynamic, optimized systems ...
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Infineon to lead auto IT security research alliance
The Infineon-led consortium has 15 partners from industry and academia (Image: Infineon)Infineon is to lead a three-year research project looking at IT security for self-driving cars. The €7.2 million SecForCARs programme (Security for Connected, Autonomous Cars) is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research, and will explore ...
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ArticleWaymo to buy an additional 62,000 Chrysler Pacificas
Waymo already operates 600 driverless Chrysler Pacificas (Photo: Waymo)Waymo will buy an additional 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica minivans from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, as the Google affiliate ramps up its driverless transportation service. The first of the new batch of Pacificas will be delivered later this year.FCA said in a press ...
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ArticleDENSO, Hyundai, Toyota all invest in Metawave for smart radar
Image: MetawaveDenso Corporation, Hyundai’s investment division Hyundai Cradle, and Toyota AI Ventures have all taken stakes in the start-up Metawave Corporation, which has raised an additional $10million from these three and other new strategic investors.Metawave has core technologies for expanding radar detector range, improving recognition performance, and reducing size ...
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ArticleMIT researchers present dynamic lane-change algorithm for AVs
Image: MIT NewsResearchers from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have presented a new lane-changing algorithm for autonomous cars. This creates and reassesses ‘buffer zones’ around a vehicle and is said to allow for more aggressive lane changes than existing simple ...
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ArticleTenneco, Schaeffler plan to make "dumb" components smart
Executives from automotive tier suppliers at the automotiveIT International conference in Atlanta explain how, with the help of sensor technology, traditional mechanical car components can be equipped with new digital functionality.
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ArticleNvidia exec: simulation technology can play key role in AV testing
Norman marks, Nvidia’s automotive chief, sees a bigger role in digital simulations.
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ArticleHERE launches new over-the-air tech for connected vehicles, joins OneMap Alliance
Image: HERE TechnologiesHERE Technologies is launching HERE OTA Connect, a new over-the-air technology for secure transfer of data, software and firmware between the cloud and a vehicle. This has been designed to integrate into an OEM’s own back-end and is available as a standalone product, although HERE is to ...
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ArticleConsortium creates CAN Data Diode for vehicle cybersecurity
Image: IrdetoA consortium including America’s National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA), Irdeto, Geotab and DG Technologies has developed a CAN Data Diode hardware device in collaboration with the University of Tulsa. Created in the university’s Student CyberTruck Experience (CyTex) program, this is said to secure a truck’s electronic logging ...
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ArticleVolkswagen opens Konnect co-working campus in Tel Aviv to support tech start-ups
Konnect, the new Volkswagen Group Campus in Tel Aviv, Israel, has been opened to provide a co-working space for local tech start-ups and to support collaborations. Themes for the work to take place there include connectivity, smart navigation, sensors, simulators, cybersecurity, e-mobility and big data, with a view to pushing ...
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ArticleAEye introduces ‘Dynamic Vixels’, promises more perceptive AV data capture
Image: BusinesswireAEye has announced a new real-time data type said to enable its artificial perception systems to see ‘more like humans’. Dynamic Vixels can now be deployed to enhance the Californian company’s iDAR (Intelligent Detection and Ranging) system: these combine pixels from 2D cameras with voxels from its Agile ...
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ArticleBMW to expand cooperation with China's Tencent
Image: BMW GroupBMW Group is to expand its co-operation and joint research work with the Chinese cybersecurity research team Tencent Keen Security Lab. It has been carrying out security tests both internally and with independent third parties, and a project with Tencent Keen explored potential vulnerabilities in the head ...
