TomTom (TOM2) announced that it has joined the MIH Consortium as the mapmaker and navigation supplier. The Foxconn-initiated MIH Consortium is bringing strategic partners like TomTom together from across the automotive industry to build the next generation of electric vehicles (EV), autonomous driving, and mobility service applications. MIH Consortium considers TomTom as a significant addition… Continue reading TomTom partners with MIH Consortium for navigation applications
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Project Titan: Apple Deploys More Drivers to Test Autonomous Cars
Apple is expanding its autonomous car testing program and has enrolled new drivers to be used for safety. (Autonomous driving, Apple) Go to Source
Innoviz Announces Filing of Annual Report on Form 20-F
TEL AVIV, Israel, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: INVZ), a leading provider of high-performance LiDAR sensors and perception software, today announced that it filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Annual Report on Form 20-F can… Continue reading Innoviz Announces Filing of Annual Report on Form 20-F
TIME100 Most Influential Companies
Under CEO Jensen Huang, chipmaker NVIDIA’s processors have quietly become essential to everything from cryptocurrency mining and NFTs to self-driving cars. Although the $600 billion chip titan failed to achieve market domination this year—it abandoned a planned $40 billion acquisition of British rival Arm over potential antitrust concerns—its investments in AI and experimental technology are… Continue reading TIME100 Most Influential Companies
Polestar’s Dennis Nobelius on the Sustainable Performance Brand’s Plans
Four words: smart, sustainable, Super Bowl. Polestar’s commercial during the big game made it clear no-compromise electric vehicles are now mainstream. Polestar Chief Operating Officer Dennis Nobelius sees driving enjoyment and autonomous-driving capabilities complementing one another in sustainable vehicles that keep driving — and the driver — front and center. NVIDIA’s Katie Washabaugh spoke with… Continue reading Polestar’s Dennis Nobelius on the Sustainable Performance Brand’s Plans
Taking our next step in the City by the Bay
This morning in San Francisco, a fully autonomous all-electric Jaguar I-PACE, with no human driver behind the wheel, picked up a Waymo engineer to get their morning coffee and go to work. Since sharing that we were ready to take the next step and begin testing fully autonomous operations in the city, we’ve begun fully… Continue reading Taking our next step in the City by the Bay
US agency to review if Pony.ai followed crash reporting order
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday said it will review whether startup technology firm Pony.ai complied with government reporting requirements for driverless crashes. Pony.ai earlier this month agreed to issue a recall for some versions of its autonomous driving system software after an October crash in California. The recall, which the NHTSA said was the “first recall of an automated driving… Continue reading US agency to review if Pony.ai followed crash reporting order
New Lotus Eletre all-electric SUV marks new era for British firm
Lotus is entering a new era and a new sector of the market with its first-ever SUV, the all-electric Eletre. Retaining the British brand’s naming convention of models starting with an E, the Lotus Eletre has been described as “a momentous point in our history” by the brand’s managing director, Matt Windle. Based on an… Continue reading New Lotus Eletre all-electric SUV marks new era for British firm
Kia’s EV9 SUV will move from concept to reality in 2023
If you thought it wouldn’t be long before Kia turned the Concept EV9 into a production model, you guessed correctly. The automaker has revealed that a road-ready version of the electric SUV will be available in Europe in 2023. There was no mention of launches in North America or other regions, but it’s an SUV… Continue reading Kia’s EV9 SUV will move from concept to reality in 2023
StradVision and ZF Partner to Accelerate The Future of Automated Driving Perception Technology
“The partnership with StradVision considerably extends our autonomous driving perception and sensor fusion capabilities,” said Marc Bolitho, head of Engineering of the Electronics and ADAS division at ZF Group. “Together with our sensors, middleware platform and high-performance computing solutions, this vision perception software expertise from StradVision can provide a key component of our environmental sensor… Continue reading StradVision and ZF Partner to Accelerate The Future of Automated Driving Perception Technology