Press Release AID’s goal of bringing autonomous driving to urban mobility services by 2021 is being supported by an ambitious strategic Partnership Program. München, Germany – December 18, 2018. AID-Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of AUDI AG and the ‘center of excellence’ for urban autonomous driving in the Volkswagen Group, announced today… Continue reading AID teams up with Luminar for advanced LiDAR sensing technology – RealWire
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Driverless car bill a disaster waiting to happen – Baltimore Sun
Despite almost daily reports of crashes or non-responsive technology on public roads involving driverless cars, Congress is trying to hitch a new law to Santa’s sleigh in the form of the year-end-keep-the-government-open spending bill, just ahead of a new majority come January. Today, all motor vehicle operators, particularly commercial drivers, are required to pass a… Continue reading Driverless car bill a disaster waiting to happen – Baltimore Sun
The future of urban mobility will be shaped by these six issues
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
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
Workhorse Group to Exhibit SureFly Electric Octocopter at 2019 Detroit Auto Show
CINCINNATI, Dec. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) announced today that it will exhibit its SureFly eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff & landing) octocopter on the main floor of the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, aka the North American International Auto Show, January 14-17th. Workhorse’s SureFly eVTOL personal air vehicle is a revolutionary design,… Continue reading Workhorse Group to Exhibit SureFly Electric Octocopter at 2019 Detroit Auto Show
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
Uber looks to improve JUMP’s unit economics with next-gen bikes
As Uber continues to expand the footprint of JUMP bikes, it’s aiming to make the fleet of bikes smarter and easier to unlock, ride and charge. At Uber’s Pier 70 offices in San Francisco, JUMP Head of Product Nick Foley showed off the new bikes, which are aesthetically similar but should improve unit economics thanks to… Continue reading Uber looks to improve JUMP’s unit economics with next-gen bikes
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