Volkswagen has launched its own mobility services company, Moia, which will focus primarily on autonomous vehicles. The move will allow the German firm to compete with Uber and Lyft. Moia will connect the car with the new mobility ...
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The UK Government has unveiled £390m of funding to support the development of low emission vehicles and autonomous vehicles. The announcement was part of UK finance minister Philip Hammond's first budget speech in the Parliament. ...
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Volvo is gearing up for a driverless car trial involving 100 cars that will be unmarked due to fears that motorists will bully the vehicles. The trial is set to get underway in 2018 in London, and will use versions of the Swedish ...
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A self-driving vehicle has been tested in public for the first time in the UK. The demonstration in Milton Keynes was coordinated by the Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) and marked the completion of the LUTZ Pathfinder project, which has ...
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Volkswagen is systematically moving ahead with its transition to the mobility world of tomorrow initiated by the "TOGETHER – Strategy 2025" program for the future. The Group presented its next steps on the road to becoming a ...
Bosch and TomTom to jointly demonstrate autonomous driving technology, with Bosch's demo vehicle being equipped with TomTom's HD Maps and RoadDNA technology at Australian F1 Grand Prix circuit at Albert Park. TomTom HD Map and RoadDNA are ...
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Microsoft have signed an agreement to work on next-generation connected car technologies and driving experiences The services, based on Microsoft's Azure cloud service, will include advanced navigation, ...
HERE has unveiled next generation vehicle-sourced data services for automotive industry, intended at making driving safer for billions of people across the world. Ahead of this week's Paris Motor Show, HERE outlined how its Open Location ...
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Ford and the University of Michigan are teaming up to accelerate autonomous vehicle research and development with a first-ever arrangement that embeds Ford researchers and engineers into a new state-of-the-art robotics laboratory on ...
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NVIDIA has introduced its newest system on chip (SoC) to power next generation autonomous vehicles at the Hot Chips conference in Cupertino, California. Speaking at the conference, we revealed the architecture and underlying technology of ...
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Volvo Cars and ride-hailing company Uber are joining forces for the development of next generation autonomous driving cars. As part of the deal, the companies will start a project that will develop new base vehicles, which can be ...
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Ford is planning to mass produce driverless cars and introduce them in commercial operation in a ride-hailing service by 2021. To help speed up development of self-driving cars, Ford is investing in or collaborating with four startups on ...
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Innoviz Technologies, an Israeli startup developing advanced sensors and systems enabling fully autonomous vehicles, has raised $9m in Series A financing round. Investors include Mr. Zohar Zisapel, Vertex Venture Capital, Magma Venture ...
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The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has selected Delphi Automotive as a strategic partner in implementing autonomous mobility concepts, through its technologies in advanced safety and automated software. Delphi will provide a ...
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Workshops for repair specialists at Automechanika Frankfurt are a long-standing tradition and, this year, trade visitors can choose between twelve different professional-development courses – free of charge and in German or English. ...
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