Tag: Waymo/Google

FCA and Waymo expand autonomous driving tech partnership to LCVs

L4 Waymo Driver technology is to be integrated into FCA’s Ram ProMaster LCV for goods movement. FCA and Waymo announced that they have taken the next significant steps in the expansion of their successful autonomous driving technology partnership. Waymo will now work exclusively with FCA as its preferred partner for the development and testing of… Continue reading FCA and Waymo expand autonomous driving tech partnership to LCVs

@FCA: FCA and Waymo Sign Exclusive Agreement for Light Commercial Vehicles

July 22, 2020 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – FCA and Waymo announced today that they have taken the next significant steps in the expansion of their successful autonomous driving technology partnership. Waymo will now work exclusively with FCA as its preferred partner for the development and testing of class 1-3 light commercial vehicles for goods movement for… Continue reading @FCA: FCA and Waymo Sign Exclusive Agreement for Light Commercial Vehicles

Self-driving startup Aurora expands public road testing to Texas

Ed Ludlow, Bloomberg Published 2:53 p.m. ET July 20, 2020 Even as some robo-taxi developers are tapping the brakes, self-driving startup Aurora Innovation Inc. is expanding its testing operations to Texas, adding a third state to its existing public-road proving grounds in California and Pennsylvania. Aurora, founded by Chris Urmson, a former head of Google’s… Continue reading Self-driving startup Aurora expands public road testing to Texas

Self-driving industry takes to the highway after robotaxi failure

When Sebastian Thrun was starting Google’s self-driving car project in 2009, commercialising the technology was not on anyone’s mind. “We focused on the technology more than anything else, not the go-to-market plan,” he says. “That might sound bizarre, but we all knew that if we could solve this problem, then you could do what you… Continue reading Self-driving industry takes to the highway after robotaxi failure

Autonomous vehicle startup AutoX lands driverless testing permit in California

AutoX, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Alibaba, has been granted a permit in California to begin driverless testing on public roads in a limited area in San Jose. The permit will allow AutoX to test its autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver behind the wheel. This is the third company to receive a… Continue reading Autonomous vehicle startup AutoX lands driverless testing permit in California

Navistar teams up with TuSimple to produce self-driving trucks by 2024

Navistar and TuSimple deepened their two-year relationship on Wednesday, announcing plans to develop and begin producing autonomous semi trucks by 2024. The strategic partnership includes Navistar taking an undisclosed stake in self-driving trucks startup TuSimple. The plan is to move away from retrofitting the Navistar International commercial trucks that TuSimple currently uses and instead develop… Continue reading Navistar teams up with TuSimple to produce self-driving trucks by 2024

Meet the Winners of the Waymo Open Dataset Challenges

In March 2020, we launched the Waymo Open Dataset Challenges, inviting researchers to build and test their machine learning models using Waymo’s diverse self-driving dataset. We received over 100 submissions from around the world and invited the winners to present their work at our virtual Workshop on Scalability in Autonomous Driving at CVPR 2020. Today,… Continue reading Meet the Winners of the Waymo Open Dataset Challenges

Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide starts driverless testing

WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle startup, said on Friday it has become the first autonomous company to start fully driverless vehicle testing in China, as the world’s biggest auto market accelerates the development of autonomous technologies. Three-year-old WeRide, backed by Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi, said in a statement that it started tests on Wednesday on… Continue reading Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide starts driverless testing

Amazon plans at least $100m to retain Zoox talent after $1.3b deal

Amazon.com Inc plans to create at least $100 million in stock awards to retain the 900-plus employees of Zoox, the self-driving car startup it offered to buy last month, and can walk away from the deal if large numbers of them turn down job offers from the technology giant. Amazon, which is aggressively expanding into self-driving technology, announced June 26 it had agreed to… Continue reading Amazon plans at least $100m to retain Zoox talent after $1.3b deal