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Toyota, Aisin and Denso to Invest $2.8bn for Automated Driving Research
Mar 7, 2018Toyota, Denso Corp and Aisin Seiki said that they will establish a new company in Tokyo, Japan to provide fully-integrated, production-quality software for automated driving. The new company, dubbed Toyota Research Institute-Advanced ...
Tags: Toyota, Automated Driving
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Hyundai Exhibits Self-Driving Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
Feb 8, 2018Hyundai has showcased what it claims to be the world's first self-driven fuel cell electric Vehicle. A fleet of Hyundai Motor Company’s next generation fuel cell electric cars have succeeded in completing a self-driven 190 ...
Tags: Hyundai, Electric Vehicle
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Ford Increases Planned Investments in Electrification to $11bn by 2022
Jan 23, 2018American automaker Ford is planning to invest more than $11bn in electrification from 2015 to 2022. The company said it will also expand its electrified vehicle lineup with a total of 40 vehicles globally, which will include 16 full ...
Tags: Ford, electric vehicles
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Volkswagen, Hyundai Motor Partner with Self-Driving Startup Aurora
Jan 15, 2018Volkswagen and Hyundai Motor have partnered with US self-driving technology startup Aurora Innovation to speed up their autonomous car programs. The partnerships were announced at CES 2018 in Las Vegas, US. Aurora, which designs and ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Hyundai Motor
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Renault Unveils Obstacle Avoidance Feature for Autonomous Cars
Nov 9, 2017Groupe Renault has debuted what it claims to be the world’s first in autonomous obstacle avoidance that matches professional test drivers. Renault Open Innovation Lab, which is based in Silicon Valley, developed the new feature for ...
Tags: Autonomous Cars, Renault
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GM Acquires Lidar Technology Firm Strobe
Oct 11, 2017General Motors (GM) has is advancing self-driving vehicle deployment acquired with the purchase of Strobe. Financial details about the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Strobe’s engineering team will be ...
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Baidu Creates $1.5bn Fund to Invest in Emerging Autonomous Driving Projects
Sep 25, 2017Chinese search engine giant Baidu has created a new CNY10bn ($1.5bn) Apollo Fund to invest in more than 100 new and emerging autonomous driving projects in the next three years. The company has also released Apollo 1.5, its latest ...
Tags: Autonomous Driving, Apollo
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Autonomous Vehicle Technology Firm Nauto Raises $159m Financing
Jul 24, 2017Self-driving vehicle technology developer Nauto has closed a $159m series B financing round for its growth and global expansion. A subsidiary of SoftBank and Greylock Partners led the round. Others participating in the round were ...
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Google's Waymo Pulls Plug on Firefly Self-Driving Car
Jun 16, 2017Google’s self-driving subsidiary Waymo is retiring its prototype autonomous vehicle, dubbed Firefly. The Firefly vehicle, which has no wheel and pedals, was developed as a platform to experiment and learn, but not for mass ...
Tags: Google, autonomous vehicle
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General Motors Produces 130 Self Driving Chevrolet Bolt EVs
Jun 15, 2017General Motors has manufactured the first set of 130 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles equipped with self-driving technology at its Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan. These vehicles will join a fleet of 50 self-driving Bolt EVs already ...
Tags: General Motors, Self Driving EV
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Waymo Orders 500 More Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Minivans
Apr 28, 2017FCA US will supply an additional 500 of its Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to Waymo’s self-driving program. Last year, the automobile company delivered 100 modified minivans to Waymo. Production of the 500 minivansi s expected ...
Tags: Chrysler, Hybrid minivans
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GM to Invest $14m in New Cruise Automation Development Facility
Apr 18, 2017General Motors (Gm) said it will invest $14m on a new facility in San Francisco for Cruise Automation to accelerate the development of autonomous cars. GM acquired the driverless tech startup last March. The new R&D facility, which is ...
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Embark Unveils Self-Driving Truck
Mar 1, 2017US-based Embark has unveiled its self-driving truck technology to the public. The company—which gained approval by the State of Nevada earlier this year to begin testing its truck on public roads—has created a technology that ...
Tags: Self-Driving Truck, Embark
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Waymo Sues Uber for Alleged Theft of Self-Driving Technology
Mar 1, 2017Waymo has filed a lawsuit against Uber and its subsidiary Otto for allegedly stealing key parts the self-driving technology. The self-driving subsidiary of Google claims that one of its former employees Anthony Levandowski had downloaded ...
Tags: Waymo, Self-Driving Technology
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Taiwan LED Stocks Rally
Feb 21, 2017Global demand for LED chips has been picking up strongly, and is expected to finally exceed supply in 2017. In addition, Apple has recently patented a new smartphone solution that would use a range of Micro LEDs for fingerprint recognition. ...
Tags: LED chips, LED industry
