JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Mobileye, Intel Corp’s Israel-based autonomous driving unit, has signed a contract to supply eight million cars at a European automaker with its self-driving technologies, a company official told Reuters. A general view of a Mobileye autonomous driving test vehicle, at the Mobileye headquarters in Jerusalem, May 15, 2018. Picture taken May 15,… Continue reading Exclusive: Intel’s Mobileye gets self-driving tech deal for 8 million cars
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Entire Nest ecosystem of smart home devices goes offline
For at least a few hours overnight, owners of Nest products were unable to access their devices via the Nest app or web browsers, according to Nest Support on Twitter. Other devices like Nest Secure and Nest x Yale Locks behaved erratically. The as of yet unexplained issues affected the entire lineup of Nest devices,… Continue reading Entire Nest ecosystem of smart home devices goes offline
DENSO Invests in U.S. Startup Metawave to Deliver Smart Radar for Autonomous Cars
KARIYA (Japan) ― DENSO Corporation has taken a stake in Metawave Corporation, a U.S. startup company that develops cutting-edge, millimeter-wave radar sensing technologies to detect vehicles and pedestrians. Metawave announced on May 15, 2018, it raised an additional $10 million from DENSO, Toyota AI Ventures, Hyundai Motor Company, and other strategic investors. DENSO will harness… Continue reading DENSO Invests in U.S. Startup Metawave to Deliver Smart Radar for Autonomous Cars
Press Releases – Passenger car registrations: +2.7% four months into 2018; +9.6% in April
Brussels, 17 May 2018 – In April 2018, the EU passenger car market showed a strong return to growth (+9.6%) after demand declined in March – 1,306,273 new cars were registered last month. In April 2018, the EU passenger car market showed a strong return to growth (+9.6%) after demand declined in March – 1,306,273… Continue reading Press Releases – Passenger car registrations: +2.7% four months into 2018; +9.6% in April
Look, No Hands: Project Waze onto Your Car’s Screen and Control It with Your Voice
Ford and Waze have teamed up to bring the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app to the automaker’s lineup via the iPhone Available globally through Ford SYNC® AppLink®, Waze users can simply plug their iPhone into a SYNC 3-equipped vehicle and project the app directly onto their vehicle touch screen For owners of Ford… Continue reading Look, No Hands: Project Waze onto Your Car’s Screen and Control It with Your Voice
Roadstar.ai Raises $128M in Round-A and Announces 1st Generation Product “Aries”
SHENZHEN, China, May 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — World leading level-4 autonomous technology pioneer Roadstar.ai announced US$128 million in Series-A funding on May 15th, which was led by Wu Capital and Shenzhen Capital Group, joined by Yunqi Partners, CMB International Capital, and Vision Plus Capital. Together with the announcement, Roadstar.ai also released its first self-driving tech kit “Aries”, which is… Continue reading Roadstar.ai Raises $128M in Round-A and Announces 1st Generation Product “Aries”
UPDATE 2-Ford resuming production of lucrative F-150 trucks on Friday
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Wednesday that production of its popular and highly profitable F-150 pickup trucks would resume on Friday at its Dearborn, Michigan, plant, which had been closed for more than a week because of parts shortages caused by a fire at a key supplier. FILE PHOTO: All-new Ford… Continue reading UPDATE 2-Ford resuming production of lucrative F-150 trucks on Friday
Toyota Tech Talks: Jim Adler on Disruption in the Auto Industry and Investing in Startups
From Intuition Robotics’ social companion robot for older adults to Realtime Robotics’ path planning technology for machine movement in the real world ‒ at Toyota AI Ventures, we look to invest in and help innovative startups around the world that are tackling ambitious problems in artificial intelligence, data/cloud, autonomous mobility, and robotics. Learn more from… Continue reading Toyota Tech Talks: Jim Adler on Disruption in the Auto Industry and Investing in Startups
Nissan Energy Solar now on sale in the UK
Nissan Energy Solar is the all-in-one solution that combines solar generation with an energy storage system for UK householders LONDON – Nissan today announces the retail launch of its integrated home energy solution, Nissan Energy Solar. UK customers can now optimize the way their properties create, store and consume energy via the use of world-class… Continue reading Nissan Energy Solar now on sale in the UK
Ford Restarting F-150, Super Duty Production Ahead of Schedule after Fire at Magnesium Parts Supplier
Ford is resuming production of the F-150 pickup at Dearborn Truck Plant on Friday. Ford team has also successfully repaired the supply chain for Super Duty; production targeted to restart by Monday for Super Duty at Kentucky Truck Plant and F-150 at Kansas City Assembly Plant Ford marshaled a global team of experts, that included… Continue reading Ford Restarting F-150, Super Duty Production Ahead of Schedule after Fire at Magnesium Parts Supplier