Ford Motor and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working together on a new research project that measures how pedestrians move in urban areas to improve certain public transportation services for ride-hailing and ...
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South Korean electronics giant Samsung has acquired a 2% stake in Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD for $455m. This move is being seen as an attempt by the South Korean firm to foray into automotive industry. Many technology ...
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Jaguar Land Rover is planning to create a fleet of over 100 research vehicles in the next four years to test autonomous and connected technology, with the first cars due to arrive the streets later this year. The company plan to test the ...
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BMW, Intel and Mobileye have joined forces for the development of autonomous cars with an intention to put them on the road by 2021. Through their collaboration, the companies plan to develop future-proofed solutions that allow the ...
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American motor vehicle manufacturing firm Local Motors has unveiled Olli, a self-driving vehicle which incorporates IBM Watson advanced cognitive computing capabilities. The vehicle, which can carry about 12 people, was debuted during the ...
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About 21 million autonomous vehicles will be sold globally by 2035, with the US taking the lead, according to a new projection from IHS Automotive. Deployment in the US will start with various autonomous vehicles in 2020, which will ...
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Honda is showcasing its automated vehicle testing program at GoMentum Station in the US. GoMentum Station features 20 miles of paved roadway on a 5,000-acre site situated in the decommissioned zone of the Concord Naval Weapons Station ...
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The Volkswagen Group is exploiting possibilities of digitalization as the company believes that IT will play an important role in its future operations. At the Group IT symposium held in Wolfsburg, Germany, members of the Volkswagen Group ...
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Driverless cars are expected to take the world by storm from 2020 onwards, and BMW is already planning its entry. BMW has announced that it plans to release a fully functional autonomous vehicle as soon as 2021. It’s one of the ...
Automaker Ford has invested $182.2m in technology firm Pivotal to speed up cloud-based software development. Headquartered in San Francisco, Pivotal is a cloud-based software company accelerating digital transformation for enterprises. ...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Google’s Self-Driving Car Project announced a collaboration to work on the development of autonomous vehicles. As part of the collaboration, Google's self-driving technology will be integrated ...
Automakers Ford, Volvo along with technology giant Google and taxi-hailing firms Uber and Lyft have joined forces to push US regulators to draft regulations that support self-driving cars deployment. The coalition, dubbed the Self-Driving ...
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Ford announced a plan to invest more than $1bn over the next 10 years to modernise its Dearborn, Michigan facility. It would be developed as a better workplace which will foster innovation as the company looks to transform itself from an ...
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Ford is testing its autonomous vehicles in complete dark using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology. This technology enables the autonomous vehicles to 'see' in complete darkness. This technology is being used in conjunction ...
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DENSO International America Inc of Southfield, MI, USA (a subsidiary of Japan-based automotive technology, system and component supplier DENSO Corp) has invested in TriLumina Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which manufactures and integrates ...