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Former Waze and Google Executive Named Chief Marketing Officer at E INC
Emma Weisberg Joins Parent Organization of Canada’s Fastest Growing Automotive Company TORONTO, Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – E Automotive Inc. d/b/a E INC (TSX: EINC) (the “Company” or “E INC”) today named its first Chief Marketing Officer, Emma Weisberg. Bringing nearly two decades of experience leading marketing and sales for global brands, Weisberg is joining the… Continue reading Former Waze and Google Executive Named Chief Marketing Officer at E INC
Waze now shows EV charging stations on its driving map
Waze can finally help you locate and drive to nearby electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the US, letting you find EV pit stops just as easily as you would a gas station. You can also search for charging stations along your route, which should make it a bit less stressful to find a place… Continue reading Waze now shows EV charging stations on its driving map
Designed to deliver: Bringing the benefits of our 5th generation hardware to trucking
At Waymo, we’re developing one core autonomous driving platform—the Waymo Driver—consisting of hardware and software, which builds the foundations of a Driver that can scale across multiple geographies, vehicle types, and use cases. Because we engineer an autonomous driver that can navigate these different modalities side by side, system requirements and skills learned from one… Continue reading Designed to deliver: Bringing the benefits of our 5th generation hardware to trucking
G.M. Says Dan Ammann, C.E.O of Driverless Unit Cruise, Is Leaving
The high-profile head of Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous-driving unit, is leaving the company, the carmaker said Thursday. The executive, Dan Ammann, a former investment banker who is from New Zealand, gave up his job as G.M.’s president to take over Cruise at the beginning of 2019. Since then, expectations for autonomous driving have cooled as… Continue reading G.M. Says Dan Ammann, C.E.O of Driverless Unit Cruise, Is Leaving
Waymo says self-driving car that struck pedestrian in San Francisco was in manual mode
A Waymo self-driving Jaguar I-Pace that struck a pedestrian in San Francisco on Wednesday evening was in manual mode, the company told TechCrunch in response to an initial report posted on Reddit. Waymo says the vehicle was in manual mode at the time, meaning the human safety driver who was behind wheel was actually driving.… Continue reading Waymo says self-driving car that struck pedestrian in San Francisco was in manual mode
GM announces Cruise CEO Dan Ammann is stepping down
Dan Ammann, the CEO of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, is stepping down, the automaker announced late Thursday. Kyle Vogt, the co-founder of Cruise and its chief technology officer, will take over as interim CEO. Ammann is the latest CEO of an AV company to step… Continue reading GM announces Cruise CEO Dan Ammann is stepping down
Waymo says test vehicle was in manual mode when it struck a pedestrian in San Francisco
A Waymo autonomous vehicle struck a pedestrian in San Francisco Wednesday night, according to a post on Reddit. A spokesperson for the Alphabet-owned company confirmed the incident on Twitter but clarified that the vehicle was in manual mode at the time of the collision. The incident took place in the Lower Haight neighborhood of San… Continue reading Waymo says test vehicle was in manual mode when it struck a pedestrian in San Francisco
Motional and Uber partner to launch autonomous delivery pilot in Santa Monica in 2022
Motional, a driverless technology company, is partnering with Uber to launch an autonomous delivery pilot in Santa Monica, according to Motional. Uber Eats customers will be able to order restaurant meal kits to be delivered to them via one of Motional’s retrofitted all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxis by early next year. The partnership will be… Continue reading Motional and Uber partner to launch autonomous delivery pilot in Santa Monica in 2022
Pony.ai loses a trial license in California
The start-up Pony.ai loses its test license in California due to an accident. The Chinese start-up Pony.ai loses in the US state California his license for testing autonomous driving on public roads. The reason for this is an accident caused by a company vehicle. [embedded content] It is the first license loss a California company… Continue reading Pony.ai loses a trial license in California