Baidu and Pony.ai announced last week that they have received permits to offer fully autonomous ride-hailing services in the Chinese capital, Beijing. As early as 2022 it became clear that this is what it is all about. Baidu and Pony.ai are ready to offer their robotic taxi fleets to humans. At that time the licenses… Continue reading Baidu & Pony.ai provide robot taxi services in Beijing
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Ride hands-free with Ultra Cruise, but there’s cost pressure here too
The US group General Motors presents new Ultra Cruise technology. And there are savings plans at Cruise. General Motors revealed what to expect from its new Ultra Cruise technology. It will be introduced in 2024 with the Cadillac Celestiq. The advanced next-generation driver assistance system is designed to enable hands-free driving 95% of the time.… Continue reading Ride hands-free with Ultra Cruise, but there’s cost pressure here too
Waymo Open Dataset Updates and Challenges 2023
Waymo introduces a dataset extension brimming with sensor data and labels. Waymo presents regularly records available for research. Because autonomous driving alone does not bring much. However, the data is not provided to competitors. Waymo also launched its fourth Waymo Open Dataset Challenges 2023, to which researchers are invited. Since the Waymo Open Dataset was… Continue reading Waymo Open Dataset Updates and Challenges 2023
China Releases Smart Vehicle Base Map Policy
Recently, the Ministry of Natural Resources of China published a guideline to build a standard system for intelligent vehicle base maps. This policy emphasizes the standardization of cards in relation to general applications, production updates, application service, quality assurance and security management. Promoting the coordinated development of these cards and geographic information with other industries… Continue reading China Releases Smart Vehicle Base Map Policy
Cruise Soon to Test Origin Vehicles in Austin, Texas
During a presentation at SXSW, CEO Kyle Vogt announced that Cruise, the self-driving unit under GM, will be testing its self-developed Robotaxi “Origin” on Austin’s public roads for the next few weeks. Although the Origin Vehicles Not going to be open to the public for now, Cruise plans to test-drive the Origins on Austin’s public… Continue reading Cruise Soon to Test Origin Vehicles in Austin, Texas
Honda builds autonomous construction vehicle
Honda has developed a new autonomous vehicle designed to move things around construction sites. The third generation Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) can move up to two pallets of goods without human assistance. Honda is known for its vehicles and robots and in recent years has tried to combine these two things with the AWV. The… Continue reading Honda builds autonomous construction vehicle
Advanced developments in autonomous driving in Styria
While semi-automated driving with distance or lane departure warning systems is already available in many cars, intensive research into fully autonomous driving is being carried out in Styria. The Center for Autonomous Driving ALP.Lap is currently testing a system on the southern autobahn (A2) between Graz-Ost and Laßnitzhöhe, in which messages or commands from the… Continue reading Advanced developments in autonomous driving in Styria
Investigations at TuSimple completed
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has closed its investigation into an accident involving a TuSimple autonomous truck with no penalties imposed. TuSimple announced that it had responded to multiple inquiries from the FMCSA following the April 6 non-injury related incident on Interstate 10 in Arizona. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) declined to… Continue reading Investigations at TuSimple completed
New investigation into fatal Tesla accident
According to the fire department, a Tesla hit a fire truck. The driver died at the scene of the accident. The NHTSA has taken up the investigation. On Wednesday the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that they were launching a new special investigation into a fatal accident in February in California has opened… Continue reading New investigation into fatal Tesla accident
Argo AI founders launch new project with autonomous trucks
After startup is before startup: what are the founders of Argo AI doing now? The founders of the now closed start-up Argo AI, which specialized in autonomous vehicles and was backed by Ford and Volkswagen, have launched a new company. This focuses on autonomous truck transport and ride-hailing services and is based in Pittsburgh in… Continue reading Argo AI founders launch new project with autonomous trucks