According to the AVIA, these federal policy recommendations will help unlock AVs’ full capacity to provide greater safety and mobility.
Argo AI team joins Ford’s new self-driving startup Latitude AI
Latitude’s work will build off of Ford’s hands-free, highway-driving technology called BlueCruise, which has already logged more than 50 million miles.
Breaking down Tesla’s Full Self Driving recall
Tesla’s recall affects almost 363,000 Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y vehicles equipped with Full Self Driving Beta software.
Waymo starts fully driverless testing in LA
Waymo announced its starting completely driverless testing in Los Angeles, making it the third city to see driverless Waymo vehicles.
Motional to start nighttime robotaxi rides in Las Vegas
The rides will be given in Motional’s IONIQ 5 robotaxi with a safety driver behind the wheel, on certain routes along the Las Vegas Strip.
RoboTire installs another system with Discount Tire
RoboTire is continuing to work with Discount Tire with its latest installation at a store in Arlington, Texas.
Cruise hits 1 million driverless miles
Cruise’s fully driverless vehicles have traveled over one million miles just 15 months after the company gave its first driverless ride.
Zoox gives first rides in purpose-built AVs
The rides are available exclusively to Zoox employees between the company’s two main buildings at its headquarters in Foster City, CA.
Inside Zoox’s upgraded robotaxi test fleet
Zoox’s upgraded testing fleet is paving the way for its purpose-built autonomous vehicle to start rolling out onto roads.
Phantom AI brings in $36.5M
Phantom AI, based in Mountain View, California, aims to quickly democratize autonomous driving by advancing ADAS technologies.
Epson signs Motion Automation Intelligence as distributor in central and southeast regions
Epson’s Robots offer customers value and simplicity through Motion Ai’s manufacturers and Premier Automation Solutions
Oxbotica brings in $140M for AV software
Oxbotica aims to use the investment to drive expansion into new geographical markets and more quickly deploy its autonomy software.
Microsoft to invest more than $10M in Gatik
Microsoft plans to invest $10 million into the autonomous trucking startup as part of a funding round that would value Gatik at more than $700 million.
Volvo Cars now fully owns autonomous driving company Zenseact
Volvo said the acquisition is a strategic step towards owning more of its software that will power key functionalities in future cars.
Owl AI launches 3D Thermal Ranger evaluation kit
Owl AI has launched a monocular 3D Thermal Ranger computer vision product for advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles.
Linux Foundation launches Overture Maps Foundation
The Linux Foundation announced it formed the Overture Maps Foundation, a collaborative effort to create interoperable open map data.
NVIDIA DRIVE OS earns safety certification
TÜV SÜD has determined that NVIDIA’s DRIVE OS 5.2 software meets the ISO 26262 ASIL B standard, which targets functional safety in road vehicles’ systems.
How Waymo tests its collision avoidance capabilities
Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet, recently gave some insight into how it trains its Waymo Driver to avoid collisions on the road.
WPI launches Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Institute
Vladimir Vantsevich and Lee Moradi, two professors at WPI, have established an Autonomous Vehicle Mobility Institute (AVMI).
Cruise starts autonomous rides in 2 new cities
Cruise’s CEO and co-founder Kyle Vogt announced that the self-driving company has started operations in Austin and Chandler, Arizona.
Waymo expands service area in 2 cities
Waymo announced that it is expanding its service area in both San Francisco and Phoenix.
Cruise expands service area as NHTSA opens investigation
Cruise announced that it expanding its service area just days after the NHTSA opened an investigation into the company’s driving system.