AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas airport has begun testing a driverless shuttle outfitted with cameras and sensors to ensure passengers are transported safely and without the danger of being hit. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Friday announced the electric autonomous vehicle called Easy Mile EZ10 will be tested for six months in an environmental and… Continue reading Texas airport tests driverless electric passenger shuttle – Yahoo News
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Lucid Begins Work On Factory In Arizona – CleanTechnica
Cars Published on July 19th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley July 19th, 2019 by Steve Hanley Lucid is one company that would be happy to eat the lunch of the major manufacturers who can’t be bothered to make electric cars. This week, it finally broke ground on its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona. David Salguero… Continue reading Lucid Begins Work On Factory In Arizona – CleanTechnica
Read the full email Uber CEO wrote to employees about why the company was laying off 400 workers – Business Insider
Uber on Monday fired 400 marketing employees from its marketing, shrinking the department to about two-third its previous size. In an email to all staff, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the move was not to de-emphasize marketing at the ride-hailing’s marketing efforts, but rather to streamline them after ten years of growth. Read more: Uber employees… Continue reading Read the full email Uber CEO wrote to employees about why the company was laying off 400 workers – Business Insider
Nissan to cut 12,500 jobs worldwide – BBC News
Japanese car giant Nissan has said it will cut 12,500 jobs around the world, more than double the amount previously announced. It will reduce its production capacity and the number of models it produces by 10% by the end of 2022, but it did not say where the cuts will fall. It comes as the… Continue reading Nissan to cut 12,500 jobs worldwide – BBC News
An Interview with Atlis Motor Vehicle CEO Mark Hanchett and Lead Designer Ross Compton – Core77.com
Electric vehicles, you’ve heard they’re going to be everywhere soon. That’s a realistic forecast for dealer lots at least, as most manufacturers are ready or close to introducing new all-electric models. Watch out for VW’s launch of the ID hatchback later in 2019, the first EV of an 8 model lineup. Porsche is close to… Continue reading An Interview with Atlis Motor Vehicle CEO Mark Hanchett and Lead Designer Ross Compton – Core77.com
Cruise’s Modified Strategy Marks A Mega Phase Shift In Self-Driving Car Industry – Forbes
Cruise, the self-driving car element of GM, made an announcement that could be seen as a healthy sign that the driverless car industry is embracing the tech race and now the trust race too. Photocredit: AP When you are knee-deep in a particular industry it can be difficult at times to notice when an overall… Continue reading Cruise’s Modified Strategy Marks A Mega Phase Shift In Self-Driving Car Industry – Forbes
VinFast Starts Production Of Two Cars Designed By Pininfarina At Its New Plant – Retail News Asia
The first two cars designed by Pininfarina for the Vietnamese brand VinFast will be manufactured in the new plant which was inaugurated by VinFast Production and Trading LLC at Dinh Vu Industrial Zone, Cat Hai, Hai Phong. It is built on an area exceeding 500,000 square meters out of the 335 hectares of the entire… Continue reading VinFast Starts Production Of Two Cars Designed By Pininfarina At Its New Plant – Retail News Asia
Kaarta using Velodyne’s lidar technology in new mobile street mapping system – Traffic Technology Today
Real-time mobile 3D reality capture and mapping technology firm Kaarta has included smart and powerful laser scanning equipment from Velodyne Lidar Inc. in its new Stencil 2-32 ground surface mapping system for infrastructure and asset management. Kaarta’s patent-pending technology, rooted in advanced robotics, accurately transforms the real world into 3D digital twins, streamlining workflow, reducing… Continue reading Kaarta using Velodyne’s lidar technology in new mobile street mapping system – Traffic Technology Today
Quanergy and Chery Join Forces to Launch New Era of Autonomous Vehicles and Smart Cities – Embedded Computing Design
Quanergy Systems, Inc. will be working with Chery Automobile as its LiDAR partner to accelerate advancements in autonomous driving and smart cities throughout China. Quanergy will be contributing its S3 automotive grade solid state LiDARs, which have no moving parts, as well as its QORTEX DTC (Detection, Tracking, Classification), based on LiDAR hardware and AI… Continue reading Quanergy and Chery Join Forces to Launch New Era of Autonomous Vehicles and Smart Cities – Embedded Computing Design
