Category: Automotive

Waymo goes dark except for fully driverless rides

Sponsored Links REUTERS/Caitlin O’Hara Waymo is joining Uber and Lyft in curtailing its ride services to limit the spread of COVID-19, with a notable exception. The Alphabet-owned company has paused both Waymo One service with human overseers in Phoenix as well as its California self-driving tests in order to protect the “health and safety” of… Continue reading Waymo goes dark except for fully driverless rides

@XPeng: Xpeng P7 receives road test permit for U.S. road tests2020/03/17

March 16, 2020 – The Xpeng P7 received its import permit for research purposes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) last week. Such permits allow vehicles manufactured outside the U.S. to be tested on public roads in the United States.Xpeng Motors has also received a renewed Autonomous… Continue reading @XPeng: Xpeng P7 receives road test permit for U.S. road tests2020/03/17

Toyota partners with China’s Momenta on high definition maps for autonomous cars

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Toyota is pictured at Bangkok Auto Salon 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand, July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp has partnered with Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta to develop a high definition (HD) mapping platform in China for autonomous driving vehicles, Momenta said in a… Continue reading Toyota partners with China’s Momenta on high definition maps for autonomous cars

AbCellera’s Coronavirus “Neutralizing” Antibody Leads Enter Screening

March 17th, 2020 Xconomy National —  Vancouver-based biotech AbCellera Biologics has identified more than 500 antibodies that could potentially be turned into medicines to treat the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus. Now scientists at the National Institutes of Health, with which the company has been working to prepare medical countermeasures for pandemic outbreaks, are testing the candidates… Continue reading AbCellera’s Coronavirus “Neutralizing” Antibody Leads Enter Screening

County deems Tesla a ‘non-essential’ business during shelter-in-place order

Tesla is not an essential business according to the Alameda County Sheriff, a declaration that could force the automaker to shutter some of its operations in the county under a shelter in-place directive that was ordered  because of the global spread of COVID-19, a disease caused by coronavirus. The county, which includes Fremont, where Tesla’s… Continue reading County deems Tesla a ‘non-essential’ business during shelter-in-place order

Passenger traffic drops by two-thirds at Sea-Tac due to coronavirus; aid sought

Restaurants at Sea-Tac International Airport are continuing to serve passengers on a grab-to-go or order-to-go basis. (Port of Seattle Photo) The number of airline passengers taking off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has fallen by two-thirds, due to the coronavirus outbreak and its effect on air travel, officials at the Port of Seattle said today. Sea-Tac… Continue reading Passenger traffic drops by two-thirds at Sea-Tac due to coronavirus; aid sought

Lime temporarily shuts down in CA, WA and some European countries to slow coronavirus

Lime scooters on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Lime is pausing its e-scooter and e-bike services in California, Washington, Italy, France, and Spain, starting Tuesday. The company said the closures are intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. In Lime’s remaining markets, the company is expanding its cleaning procedures and… Continue reading Lime temporarily shuts down in CA, WA and some European countries to slow coronavirus