Tag: Autonomous

Google Emails Show Internal Concern Over Losing Driverless Lead

Three years ago, the head of Google’s self-driving car project emailed co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to sound an alarm. “Over the last six months we have stopped playing to win and instead are now playing to minimize downside,” Chris Urmson wrote. The source of his worry: Uber. That missive from Urmson, who left… Continue reading Google Emails Show Internal Concern Over Losing Driverless Lead

BYTON Partners with Leading Self-Driving Technology Company Aurora

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Today, BYTON, an innovator of smart, premium electric vehicles, announced a partnership with Aurora, a leading self-driving technology company. The partnership will help BYTON incorporate Level 4 (L4) autonomous-driving vehicle capabilities into BYTON vehicles and enable BYTON to become among the very first… Continue reading BYTON Partners with Leading Self-Driving Technology Company Aurora

NVIDIA will power Continental’s self-driving car platform

Rick Wilking / Reuters German automotive components producer Continental has partnered with NVIDIA to produce a full-scale self-driving car platform. It will use the GPU maker’s autonomous vehicle hardware and software setup, DRIVE, to make a unified platform that prospective automakers and others can build their own self-driving cars upon. NVIDIA will provide the Xavier… Continue reading NVIDIA will power Continental’s self-driving car platform

Toyota’s Way Changed the World’s Factories. Now the Retool

Over decades, Toyota Motor Corp. built a corporate culture that was the envy of the manufacturing world. Now the auto industry’s most-emulated company is overhauling the way it brings its vaunted production system to every corner of the business. The automaker last month created a single group, staffed with 200 employees, to manage the Toyota Production System,… Continue reading Toyota’s Way Changed the World’s Factories. Now the Retool

Continental and NVIDIA Partner to Enable Worldwide Production of Artificial Intelligence for Self-Driving Cars

Continental CEO Dr. Degenhart: “Together with NVIDIA, we will deliver the complete AI self-driving solution from the cloud to the car.” The partnership will create a sensing, planning and acting supercomputer on wheels 2021 introduction for Continental self-driving vehicle systems based on NVIDIA DRIVE AI Car computer and Continental sensors Auburn Hills, Mich., February 5,… Continue reading Continental and NVIDIA Partner to Enable Worldwide Production of Artificial Intelligence for Self-Driving Cars

Geely wants to join Daimler

The Chinese car giant Geely wants to join Daimler. According to media reports, the Chinese automaker Geely is to enter Mercedes-Benz and buy large blocks of shares there. Geely also owns the company Volvo, which is also active in the field of autonomous driving and especially with Uber work together. Mercedes-Benz is also developing autonomous… Continue reading Geely wants to join Daimler

Hyundai at BMW Cooperation Group

The manufacturer Hyundai joins the BMW Alliance – probably as the last member. As late as December last year, there were disagreements in the cooperation group with BMW with the goal to realize autonomous driving until 2021. The difference of opinion involved other cooperation members. Only reluctantly, BMW agreed to the further recording, which probably… Continue reading Hyundai at BMW Cooperation Group

Bosch Daimler: efforts intensified

The cooperation between Bosch and Mercedes-Benz for the development of autonomous driving is gaining momentum. With the already made statement that you already start this year tests with appropriate vehicles, should probably show the will to fight, which has the cooperation. The cooperation, consisting of Mercedes-Benz and the supplier Bosch, wants – like other manufacturers… Continue reading Bosch Daimler: efforts intensified