All autonomous articles – Page 2

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    Ford creates new AV organization

    2018-07-26T12:54:05Z

    Image: FordFord Motor Company has created a new organization called Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, to be based at its campus under development in Corktown, Detroit. The new company is tasked with accelerating Ford’s autonomous vehicle business and capitalizing market opportunities, and will include Ford’s activities in self-driving integration; AV ...

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    J.D. Power and Harman form alliance to leverage connected car data

    2018-07-24T16:53:11Z

    Image: HarmanJ.D. Power, supplier of consumer insights, data analytics and automotive industry advisory services, is forming an alliance with Harman to share in-car data from the Harman Ignite cloud platform. This will give insight into how customers interact with their cars’ digital services and the areas or functionalities which ...

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    BMW Group, Suning Logistics, Hyundai join Baidu Apollo open AV platform

    2018-07-11T16:01:02Z

    Zhenyu Li, VP and general manager, Baidu’s Intelligent Driving Group, with Klaus Fröhlich, board member for development, BMW AG.Image: BMW AGBMW Group and Suning Logistics have both announced that they are joining Apollo, Baidu’s open, shared autonomous driving platform. Apollo, launched in July 2017, now involves 118 global partners ...

  • Bosch und Daimler: Metropole in Kalifornien wird Pilotstadt für automatisiertes Fahren
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    Bosch and Daimler announce pilot automated driving trial in California

    2018-07-11T15:58:25Z

    Image: DaimlerBosch and Daimler have announced a pilot trial of fully-automated and driverless driving in an as-yet unnamed metropolitan city in California, with a test fleet hitting the road in the second half of next year. Daimler Mobility Services is expected to be the operator of a fleet of ...

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    Visteon and ZongMu Technology agree joint development of autonomous solutions

    2018-07-11T06:19:34Z

    Image: ZongMu TechnologyVisteon Asia Pacific and China’s ZongMu Technology have confirmed their cooperation to jointly develop autonomous driving technologies from Level 3 upward. A self-parking solution integrating Visteon’s DriveCore autonomous driving platform and ZongMu’s autonomous parking system [pictured] is the first product announced.The Visteon DriveCore platform comprises hardware, in-vehicle ...

  • 2018 - Rouen Normandy Autonomous Lab – Expérimentation Renault ZOE robot taxi
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    Renault and partners test on-demand AVs on-road in Rouen; Kroger and Nuro to trial driverless deliveries

    2018-07-03T11:32:00Z

    Image: RenaultThe first European on-road trial of a shared mobility service using autonomous vehicles is beginning near Rouen, France. The partners in this Rouen Normandy Autonomous Lab initiative are Groupe Renault, Métropole Rouen Normandie, Transdev Group and Matmut, and the on-demand service will be open for public use from ...

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    Ford introduces cloud-based open platform for fleet data

    2018-06-15T11:09:06Z

    Image: FordFord Commercial Solutions – a business unit of Ford Smart Mobility – has launched an open platform called Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC) for fleets to manage data flow to and from their vehicles. Aimed primarily at large company fleets, telematics providers and fleet management companies, the TMC uses ...

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    Commsignia announces new 5G-enabled cellular C-V2X products for self-driving cars

    2018-06-11T17:46:03Z

    Image: CommsigniaV2X provider Commsignia, based in Santa Clara, California, has announced two new products to support the Cellular Vehicle-To-Everything (C-V2X) and 5G ecosystem. Its roadside and onboard units, ITS-RS4 and ITS-OB4 respectively, use the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset for radio communication and are offered as standalone products or with ...

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    Innoviz partners with HiRain on LiDAR and computer vision for autonomous systems

    2018-06-11T17:43:24Z

    Image: InnovizIsraeli LiDAR and computer vision technology provider Innoviz Technologies is partnering with HiRain Technologies to supply autonomous driving systems to Chinese carmakers.Beijing-based automotive electronics supplier HiRain is integrating Innoviz’s MEMs-based solid-state LiDAR into its products, which are developed with an eye to mass production. It is supporting Levels ...

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    Daimler Trucks presents automation center, sets up global e-mobility group

    2018-06-08T11:05:12Z

    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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    Local Motors partners with Robotic Research to optimize development and production

    2018-04-23T08:39:19Z

    Local Motors designed the Olli autonomous shuttle bus to be 3D printed [Image: Local Motors]Local Motors is partnering with Robotic Research, best-known for its work for the US Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, to further develop Olli, its autonomous-driving shuttle bus. They will collaborate on integrating new sensor ...