Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors, has finally been given the green light to start charging fares for its driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted Thursday to award Cruise with a driverless deployment permit, the final hurdle the company needed to jump to begin operating its… Continue reading Cruise can finally charge for driverless robotaxi rides in San Francisco
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Virginia Tech Study Confirms Higher Frequency Hazard Lighting Provides Significant Safety Improvement Over Traditional Hazard Lights
Drivers slow down and move over much sooner vs. traditional hazard lighting, which hasn’t changed in 71 years HOUSTON, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A new on-road study conducted by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) found that more obvious and visible hazard lighting improved advance warning to oncoming drivers – resulting in direct driver responses that… Continue reading Virginia Tech Study Confirms Higher Frequency Hazard Lighting Provides Significant Safety Improvement Over Traditional Hazard Lights
Why I Ride with Waymo: Ralph
Hey there, Ralph. It’s nice to connect! Can you start off by sharing how you first got involved with Waymo One? Well, I live in Chandler right in the middle of the Waymo One territory, so I’ve seen the cars around, but I first got involved during my time writing for the East Valley Tribune.… Continue reading Why I Ride with Waymo: Ralph
Strong Compute raises $7.8M seed round to speed up ML training pipelines
Strong Compute, a Sydney, Australia-based startup that helps developers remove the bottlenecks in their machine learning training pipelines, today announced that it has raised a $7.8 million seed round. The round includes a total of 30 funds and angels, including the likes of Sequoia Capital India, Blackbird, Folklore and Skip Capital, as well as Y… Continue reading Strong Compute raises $7.8M seed round to speed up ML training pipelines
United States Transportation Markets Report 2022: Shared Mobility Services, Public Transit Electrification, Multimodal Connectivity, and Autonomous Mobility to Spur Transformational Growth
DUBLIN, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “United States Transportation Growth Opportunities” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This study provides an overview of the United States transportation industry, identifying innovative developments, focus areas, growth drivers, and growth opportunities. It offers an in-depth look into the transportation trends and initiatives of 20 states across… Continue reading United States Transportation Markets Report 2022: Shared Mobility Services, Public Transit Electrification, Multimodal Connectivity, and Autonomous Mobility to Spur Transformational Growth
Luminar hires execs from Apple, Nvidia and Tesla
Luminar, the U.S. lidar company, is the latest to poach executives from Apple, Nvidia and Tesla in the continuing talent war in automated driving and autonomous vehicle technology. Christopher “CJ” Moore, director of autonomous systems at Apple and former director of Tesla’s Autopilot software, has joined Luminar as VP of software. Taner Ozcelik, founder of… Continue reading Luminar hires execs from Apple, Nvidia and Tesla
The Station: All the news out of TC Sessions: Mobility, #PoorElon and a sobering NHTSA report
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hi frens, welcome back to The Station, your weekly guide to everything going on in the world of transportation. First up, TechCrunch finally got back onstage and in-person… Continue reading The Station: All the news out of TC Sessions: Mobility, #PoorElon and a sobering NHTSA report
Argo AI is testing fully driverless vehicles in Miami and Austin
The latest self-driving startup to allow its vehicles to roam the streets without a human minder is Argo AI, the startup backed by Ford and Volkswagen. Last week, the company announced that it is testing its fully driverless vehicles in Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas. Argo employees will ride in the passenger seat of the… Continue reading Argo AI is testing fully driverless vehicles in Miami and Austin
Waymo is expanding its driverless program in Phoenix
Waymo is pulling the human safety driver out of its recently expanded robotaxi operations in downtown Phoenix, Dmitri Dolgov, co-CEO of Waymo, announced on the TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility stage on Wednesday. “We will be starting fully autonomous, rider-only operations in the downtown Phoenix area that will…be on the fifth generation of our system on the… Continue reading Waymo is expanding its driverless program in Phoenix
Aurora expands autonomous freight pilot with FedEx in Texas
Aurora Innovation, an autonomous vehicle technology company, has expanded its self-driving freight pilot with FedEx to include a new lane from Fort Worth to El Paso, Texas. The startup has been hauling freight for FedEx between Dallas and Houston since September 2021, which has involved making the 240-mile trip every night. The new lane challenges… Continue reading Aurora expands autonomous freight pilot with FedEx in Texas