Stand at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 90th Street for a couple minutes and you’ll notice that, like many other New York City street corners, it’s loud. Cars and buses zoom by and horns blare. The occasional bike jockeys for space. Waves of pedestrians cross the three-lanes to enter Central Park. That same intersection… Continue reading The future of urban mobility will be shaped by these six issues
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U.S. Grocer Kroger Has Begun Making Autonomous Deliveries
Autonomous Deliveries Grocery store giant Kroger just announced that its autonomous vehicle delivery service is officially going driverless, thanks to a partnership with self-driving car startup Nuro. Earlier this year, the supermarket chain announced it will work with Nuro to launch a driverless delivery service in Scottsdale, Arizona. The program used a fleet of Toyota Priuses, equipped with… Continue reading U.S. Grocer Kroger Has Begun Making Autonomous Deliveries
Levandowski’s Pronto.ai plans to ship automated driving systems for trucks in 2019
Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, has taken his newest autonomous vehicle technology company out of stealth mode with a product aimed at the commercial trucking industry. Technically, Levandowski involvement in a self-driving trucking company was first revealed by… Continue reading Levandowski’s Pronto.ai plans to ship automated driving systems for trucks in 2019
Nuro deploys autonomous delivery cars without safety drivers
A few months after Nuro href=”https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/16/nuro-and-kroger-are-deploying-self-driving-cars-for-grocery-delivery-in-arizona-today/”>deployed self-driving cars to deliver groceries in partnership with Kroger, the autonomous delivery startup is deploying its custom delivery bots. Up until now, Nuro was relying on Prius vehicles and safety drivers. Now, its delivery service in partnership with Kroger will be completely driverless and without a safety driver on board. Nuro has… Continue reading Nuro deploys autonomous delivery cars without safety drivers
Skip unveils scooters with cameras and locks
Under the guidance of Shalin Mantri, a former product lead at Uber for its advanced technologies group, Skip is gearing up to make its scooters smarter and improve its businesses unit economics. “When I think about opportunities to figure out our unit economics,” Mantri, who joined Skip from Uber in November, told TechCrunch. “It’s no… Continue reading Skip unveils scooters with cameras and locks
Controversial engineer: I travelled over 3,000 miles in a self-driving car
Technology Anthony Levandowski, involved in the Uber-Waymo lawsuit, launches automated driving system with hands-free trip across US Anthony Levandowski demonstrates the capabilities of his advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) called Co-Pilot. Photograph: Mark Harris for the Guardian Anthony Levandowski, the controversial engineer at the heart of a lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, claims to have… Continue reading Controversial engineer: I travelled over 3,000 miles in a self-driving car
Volkswagen may have to step up electric car plans to meet EU CO2 targets
BERLIN/FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) may have to step up its plans for mass production of electric vehicles in order to meet tougher-than-expected European targets to cut greenhouse emissions from cars, its chief executive said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A car with the Volkswagen VW logo badge is seen on display at the North American… Continue reading Volkswagen may have to step up electric car plans to meet EU CO2 targets
UPDATE 2-VW may have to step up electric car plans to meet EU CO2 targets
BERLIN/FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) may have to step up its plans for mass production of electric vehicles in order to meet tougher-than-expected European targets to cut greenhouse emissions from cars, its chief executive said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A car with the Volkswagen VW logo badge is seen on display at the North American… Continue reading UPDATE 2-VW may have to step up electric car plans to meet EU CO2 targets
TechCrunch Reports on AEye’s $40M Series B Funding Led by Taiwania Capital
TechCrunch announces AEye’s close of Series B funding. Led by Taiwania Capital and including returning investors Kleiner Perkins, Intel Capital, Airbus Ventures, and Tyche Partners, the artificial perception pioneer and creator of iDAR raised $40 million, bringing its total funding to roughly $61 million.
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Audi pulls the curtain back on its self-driving car program
Of all the luxury car brands, Audi has been the most aggressive in terms of putting semi-autonomous technology into its production cars. (See the A8 sedan, a version of which can’t be sold in the US thanks to its partially automated features.) Now the German automaker is offering a sneak peek of its effort to… Continue reading Audi pulls the curtain back on its self-driving car program