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Hyundai Mobis to Test Self-Driving Car in US

Apr 24, 2018

South Korean automotive supplier Hyundai Mobis said it will soon test its autonomous car model, named M.BILLY, in Michigan, US. The testing will be for level 3 and level 4 autonomous driving system development. The company currently has ...

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Delphi to Buy Self-Driving Start-up Nutonomy for $450m

Oct 27, 2017

UK-based auto-spare parts supplier Delphi Automotive has agreed to acquire self-driving car startup nuTonomy for $450m. The deal includes an upfront price of $400m and an earn-out of $50m. nuTonomy was founded in 2013 by Karl Iagnemma ...

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Alphabet Leads $1bn Investment in Uber Rival Lyft

Oct 23, 2017

CapitalG, a growth investment fund under Alphabet has led $1bn round of investment in ride-hailing company Lyft. With this investment, Lyft’s valuation has gone up to $11bn. CapitalG’s partner David Lawee will be joining ...

Tags: CapitalG, Rival Lyft

GM Acquires Lidar Technology Firm Strobe

Oct 11, 2017

General 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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Continental Demonstrates Future of Highly Automated Driving on Highways

Jul 20, 2017

Continental has showcased its Cruising Chauffeur, a self-driving car platform which provides an insight into the company’s vision of the future of what it calls “highly automated driving” on highways. Highly automated ...

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Audi Researching Use of Time in Self-Driving Car

Jul 19, 2017

Audi has joined hands with Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, Germany, to find out what is important for making optimal use of time in a self-driving car. The company started the 25th Hour, a project that is aimed at studying how to make ...

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Renault, Sanef Partner on Road Safety of Autonomous Vehicles

Jul 12, 2017

Groupe Renault and Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (Sanef) have partnered to develop advanced solutions for autonomous vehicles. The cooperation will develop communications between self-driving ...

Tags: Renault, Autonomous Vehicles

Volvo Cars, Autoliv Partner with Nvidia to Develop Advanced Systems for Self-Driving Cars

Jun 29, 2017

Volvo Cars and Autoliv have partnered with Nvidia for the development of advanced systems and software for self-driving cars. The three companies will work together with to develop next generation self-driving car technologies. Zenuity ...

Tags: Volvo Cars, Autoliv Partner

Google's Waymo Pulls Plug on Firefly Self-Driving Car

Jun 16, 2017

Google’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

Training Documents Reveal More About Apple's Self-Driving Car Plans

Apr 24, 2017

This month Apple received a permit to test autonomous vehicles on California roads, which suggested the company was moving forward with its self-driving car plans after months of speculation as to whether the project had been shelved. ...

Tags: autonomous vehicles, Self-Driving Car

Maybe Apple's Self-Driving Car Project Isn't a Write-off After All?

Apr 17, 2017

Months after the firm was thought to have cooled its 'Project Titan' automotive ambitions, Apple has received a permit to test autonomous vehicles on California roads. The Department of Motor Vehicles in the company’s home state ...

Tags: Apple, Mercedes, BMW

Lyft Raises $600m in Funding

Apr 13, 2017

US ride-hailing firm Lyft has raised $600m in new round of financing at a $7.5bn valuation. The investors in the funding round include KKR, Baillie Gifford, Alliance Bernstein, Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) ...

Tags: Lyft, self-driving car

The Apple Car Might Not Have Been Scrapped After All

Apr 5, 2017

Last year, following a ton of speculation, it emerged Apple may have scaled back its self-driving car ambitions, after many expected it to announce its own autonomous vehicle. A Bloomberg report from October claimed the iPhone maker had ...

Tags: Apple Car, iPhone

Uber Halts Self-Driving Cars Tests in Arizona After Crash

Mar 28, 2017

Ride-hailing company Uber has reportedly suspended its self-driving car tests, after one of the vehicles met with an accident in the City of Tempe, Arizona, US. The accident involved a Volvo SUV from Uber, which was carrying two engineers ...

Tags: Self-Driving Cars, Uber

Renault-Nissan Alliance, Transdev to Develop Mobility Services System for Self-Driving Vehicles

Mar 1, 2017

Renault-Nissan Alliance and Transdev have signed a research contract to jointly explore development of mobility services with fleets of electric driverless vehicles for public and on-demand transportation. The companies will collaborate ...

Tags: Self-Driving Vehicles, Renault

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