BMW and Mercedes The corona crisis caused the automakers’ business to collapse. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt BMW and Daimler’s car subsidiary Mercedes Benz have canceled their development cooperation for highly automated driving for cost reasons. After intensive examination, they came to the conclusion that now was not the right time to do so due to the… Continue reading Reason for costs: BMW and Daimler put joint project for autonomous driving on ice
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Beep Partners With USDOT, AV Industry, And State Transportation Departments For AV Test Initiative
ORLANDO, Fla., June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Beep, an Orlando-based autonomous shuttle service provider, is among 17 initial participants selected by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for the Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing Initiative (AV TEST Initiative). The AV TEST Initiative is focused… Continue reading Beep Partners With USDOT, AV Industry, And State Transportation Departments For AV Test Initiative
Audi sets up Silicon Valley office to develop automated driving systems for US market
Audi has opened an office in Silicon Valley that aims to adapt and develop advanced driver assistance systems for the U.S. market. The Audi Automated Driving Development (A2D2) R&D office will be located in San Jose and initially staffed with about 60 employees. The company said A2D2 will have the “flexibility to quickly develop new… Continue reading Audi sets up Silicon Valley office to develop automated driving systems for US market
US regulators will share automated vehicle test data with the public
Sponsored Links Waymo The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a new initiative that will give you access to more information on automotive vehicle tests conducted by various companies. It’s a voluntary effort called Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing (c) Initiative, which aims to increase transparency in the industry. The… Continue reading US regulators will share automated vehicle test data with the public
Driverless cars show the limits of today’s AI – The Economist
IN MARCH Starsky Robotics, a self-driving lorry firm based in San Francisco, closed down. Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, its founder, gave several reasons for its failure. Investors’ interest was already cooling, owing to a run of poorly performing tech-sector IPOs and a recession in the trucking business. His firm’s focus on safety, he wrote, did not go… Continue reading Driverless cars show the limits of today’s AI – The Economist
US to unveil voluntary self-driving testing data-sharing effort
U.S. states have a variety of regulations governing self-driving testing and data disclosure and there is currently no centralized listing of all automated vehicle testing. WASHINGTON: U.S. auto safety regulators will unveil on Monday a voluntary effort to collect and make available nationwide data on existing autonomous vehicle testing. U.S. states have a variety of… Continue reading US to unveil voluntary self-driving testing data-sharing effort
U.S. to unveil voluntary self-driving testing data-sharing effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. auto safety regulators will unveil on Monday a voluntary effort to collect and make available nationwide data on existing autonomous vehicle testing. U.S. states have a variety of regulations governing self-driving testing and data disclosure and there is currently no centralized listing of all automated vehicle testing. California, for example, requires… Continue reading U.S. to unveil voluntary self-driving testing data-sharing effort
The Station: Cruise cuts, Waymo snags more cash and a VC Mobility survey – TechCrunch
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. Hi and welcome back to The Station. I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. If you’re interested in all the future and present ways people… Continue reading The Station: Cruise cuts, Waymo snags more cash and a VC Mobility survey – TechCrunch
Rivian makes cuts and names new chief operating officer
Amazon-backed EV startup Rivian has laid off about 40 employees at its engineering and design center in Plymouth, Michigan, The Verge has learned. The cuts, which the company has confirmed to The Verge, were made across departments and included engineers, recruiters, and others, according to two former employees. The company has also made a number… Continue reading Rivian makes cuts and names new chief operating officer
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing rakes in $500m for autonomous driving unit
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing announced on Friday that its autonomous driving subsidiary has raked in $500 million in what is the firm’s first external funding round since Didi created the subsidiary in 2016. Led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and claimed to be the largest fundraising round in China’s autonomous driving sector, the transaction… Continue reading Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing rakes in $500m for autonomous driving unit