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Infineon To Join Baidu’s Autonomous Car Program

Infineon Technologies is joining the Apollo autonomous driving platform developed by Baidu, the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. The announcement was made at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Based on Baidu’s AI and autonomous driving technology and Infineon’s automotive electronics hardware (including its 77 GHz and 24 GHz SiGe radar chips),… Continue reading Infineon To Join Baidu’s Autonomous Car Program

Baidu Sees Maps for Self-Driving Cars as Bigger Business Than Web Search

Baidu, China’s largest search company, may one day have an even bigger business: making the detailed high-definition maps needed for autonomous cars to get around safely. The company believes that in the long term HD maps in China will be a “much bigger business” than Baidu’s search business is today, said Baidu’s chief operating officer,… Continue reading Baidu Sees Maps for Self-Driving Cars as Bigger Business Than Web Search

Ford lays out grand vision for a self-driving car future

LAS VEGAS — Ford CEO Jim Hackett offered an ambitious vision for the automaker’s self-driving vehicle business strategy Tuesday, depicting a future that will be as much as about networks of cars and traffic signals as any particular models. Ford CEO James Hackett smiles while getting ready for an interview next to a self-driving delivery… Continue reading Ford lays out grand vision for a self-driving car future

Intel, Mobileye unveil first autonomous car

The CEO of Intel Corp. Brian Krzanich unveiled the US semiconductor giant’s first autonomous car and announced a new collaboration with China’s carmaker SAIC Motor, during a keynote opening address at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The car includes 12 cameras, radars, laser scanners and computing technologies developed by Mobileye and… Continue reading Intel, Mobileye unveil first autonomous car

Innoviz Technologies Launches InnovizPro™, a High-Resolution, Solid-State Automotive LiDAR Solution Offering …

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of LiDAR sensing solutions, announced today the commercial launch of InnovizPro™, a stand-alone, solid-state, MEMS-based scanning LiDAR solution offering the most accurate and reliable performance of any LiDAR sensor available on the market today. A CES Innovation Awards winner in the Vehicle Intelligence… Continue reading Innoviz Technologies Launches InnovizPro™, a High-Resolution, Solid-State Automotive LiDAR Solution Offering …

Uber is working with Toyota to create a vehicle and system that is built for ride-sharing

Uber is working with Toyota to create a vehicle and system that is built for ride-sharing  RecodeToyota’s Vision For Self-Driving: A Robot Pod Van And Uber, Amazon Collaboration  ForbesToyota teams up with Uber, Amazon, Pizza Hut and more on mobility services  TechCrunchOpening video  YouTubeThis Toyota Pod Is Tomorrow’s Uber, Food Truck, and Amazon Delivery Van  Popular MechanicsFull coverage

Volkswagen plans to dismiss all temporary contract workers in German plants

  Volkswagen plans to dismiss all temporary contract workers in German plants By Dietmar Henning 8 January 2018 On 4 January, the Tagesschau newspaper reported that the Volkswagen Group plans to dismiss its entire temporary contract workforce by 2020. The move is a consequence of the “Future Pact” agreed by VW, the IG Metall union… Continue reading Volkswagen plans to dismiss all temporary contract workers in German plants

Byton’s CES concept car looks destined for the high-tech road

If you could create a car from a blank slate, picking and choosing all the technologies likely to be relevant in the next decade, you would come up with something similar to the concept car startup company Byton just introduced at CES 2018. It’s electric, of course, can drive itself, connects to the internet through… Continue reading Byton’s CES concept car looks destined for the high-tech road

Active On-Demand provides Ford with time critical solution

Mission critical air and ground transport solutions supplier Active On-Demand, Roadrunner Transport Systems company, helped Ford to resume vehicle production after a fire disrupted its operations. Ford needed to have an 87,000-pound die tool, used to cut or shape material using a press, transported from Ohio, USA to Nottingham, United Kingdom. Normally it would take… Continue reading Active On-Demand provides Ford with time critical solution