Introducing Native AR

Introducing Native AR Our new Apple SceneKit SDK + React Native AR SDK By: Adam Debreczeni We’re launching two new AR SDKs at Locate, making it easier for everyone to experience location-based AR in their apps. The new React Native AR SDK enables developers to quickly iterate and build cross-platform. With the new SceneKit SDK, iOS developers… Continue reading Introducing Native AR

E-car startup Nio is preparing for US IPO: China’s Tesla rival: One is already heading for Wall Street

Nio: Since the beginning of May 2018, Nio’s first production vehicle ES8 in China is delivered to customers: An electric SUV with a range of 350 kilometers and a replacement battery system priced from $ 68,000. And he’ll soon get siblings: At the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2017, Nio introduced 11 model prototypes. Nio… Continue reading E-car startup Nio is preparing for US IPO: China’s Tesla rival: One is already heading for Wall Street

Apple’s Autonomous Car Plans Now Look Way Less Ambitious Than They Once Were

A new report has detailed Apple’s crumbling ambitions to build a futuristic car, which have resulted in little more than a partnership with Volkswagen to make autonomous shuttles for the Apple campus. The New York Times piece presents the news that Apple (aapl) had been working with Volkswagen (vlkay) (whose codename at Apple is apparently… Continue reading Apple’s Autonomous Car Plans Now Look Way Less Ambitious Than They Once Were

Apple’s Robot Cars Are Driving In the Slow Lane

A few years ago, I chatted to a senior Volkswagen AG manager who’d been involved in discussions with Apple Inc. about teaming up on autonomous vehicles. In essence, he said, Apple had asked the German autos giant to give it a stack of vehicle and driver behavior data. In return, VW would receive the self-driving system… Continue reading Apple’s Robot Cars Are Driving In the Slow Lane

Apple, Spurned by Others, Signs Deal With Volkswagen for Driverless Cars

Two former Apple employees also recalled how their colleagues built a model of a sport-utility vehicle with four seats facing each other, which some employees tested by sitting inside, similar to a design Mercedes advertised in 2015. As recently as 2016, Apple planned to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build research and development… Continue reading Apple, Spurned by Others, Signs Deal With Volkswagen for Driverless Cars

Superpedestrian Scoops Up $16.5M, Enters Bike-Sharing Frenzy

Bike sharing is the new ride hailing. Similar to what has played out with Uber, Lyft, Didi Chuxing, and other private car-hailing app companies, investors are pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into bike-sharing startups around the world racing to be the leading operator of fleets of bicycles that people can rent on demand. The… Continue reading Superpedestrian Scoops Up $16.5M, Enters Bike-Sharing Frenzy

GM Gets Ready for a Post-Car Future

About a hundred years ago, the United States reached “peak horse.” In 1920 some 25 million horses roamed the plains, boulevards, cul-de-sacs, rodeos, stockyards, ports, farms, and dingy alleys of America—toting freight, plowing fields, fighting wars, carrying passengers on buggy rides, and making a complete mess. According to American Heritage magazine, in 1900 health officials… Continue reading GM Gets Ready for a Post-Car Future

Roadstar.ai Raises $128M in Round-A and Announces 1st Generation Product “Aries”

SHENZHEN, China, May 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — World leading level-4 autonomous technology pioneer Roadstar.ai announced US$128 million in Series-A funding on May 15th, which was led by Wu Capital and Shenzhen Capital Group, joined by Yunqi Partners, CMB International Capital, and Vision Plus Capital. Together with the announcement, Roadstar.ai also released its first self-driving tech kit “Aries”, which is… Continue reading Roadstar.ai Raises $128M in Round-A and Announces 1st Generation Product “Aries”

Chinese self-driving tech startup Roadstar.ai raises industry record funding of $128m

May 16, 2018 Roadstar.ai, a Shenzhen-based AI-powered self-driving technology startup founded by former Google and Tesla engineers, announced that it has raised $128 million in Series A funding round, the biggest-ever investment made into a Chinese startup in the country’s autonomous driving industry. In a statement posted on its website, Roadstar.ai said the latest funding… Continue reading Chinese self-driving tech startup Roadstar.ai raises industry record funding of $128m

Hear from the executives of Innoviz and Oryx Vision about the eyes and ears of the new automobile in Tel Aviv

The success of the autonomous vehicle revolution relies on complicated systems of sophisticated sensors working in harmony to provide the magic of sight to machines. OmerKeilaf, chief executive, Innoviz In Tel Aviv, we’ll hear from experts in the field as they discuss the technological marvels that are the driving force behind the transformation of mobility… Continue reading Hear from the executives of Innoviz and Oryx Vision about the eyes and ears of the new automobile in Tel Aviv