BP Funds Fast-Charging Battery Maker
BP Ventures has provided US$20 million in funding to an Israeli startup that makes ultrafast-charging batteries, which aims to make it possible for electric cars to charge in just five Continue Reading
Exclusive: Intel’s Mobileye gets self-driving tech deal for 8 million cars
Mobileye, Intel Corp’s Israel-based autonomous driving unit, has signed a contract to supply eight million cars at a European automaker with its self-driving technologies, a company official told Reuters. A Continue Reading
Toyota Research Institute constructing automated vehicle test facility in Michigan
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is constructing a closed-course test facility to develop automated vehicle technology. Construction permits were filed this week to transform an approximately 60-acre site at Michigan Technical Continue Reading
China Auto Exec on Self-Driving Cars: ‘You Can’t Just Put Some Sensors on Top’
China has made self-driving auto technology a national priority, but the recent U.S. fatality involving an autonomous test car is prompting calls for the Chinese government to slow those efforts Continue Reading
Waymo Orders Up to 20,000 Jaguar SUVs for Driverless Fleet
As Uber Technologies Inc. reels from a fatal crash involving one of its autonomous vehicles, rival Waymo is moving ahead, buying as many as 20,000 Jaguar vehicles for its robot Continue Reading
NVIDIA introduces DRIVE Constellation simulation system for testing autonomous vehicles in the cloud
NVIDIA has introduced a cloud-based system for testing autonomous vehicles using photorealistic simulation, creating a safer, more scalable method for bringing self-driving cars to the roads. NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation is Continue Reading
Beijing releases licenses for self-driving car road testing
Beijing issued temporary license plates for Baidu’s self-driving vehicles for public road testing on Thursday. The capital has opened 33 roads of a total length of 105 kilometers for autonomous Continue Reading
Too Much Sun Could Wreak Havoc on Driverless Cars
Self-driving cars are still working to master the snow . It turns out that excessive sun can also pose a problem for the coming wave of robot drivers. The threat Continue Reading
GM to build production versions of Cruise AV self-driver at Orion plant; roof modules at Brownstown
General Motors will build production versions of its Cruise AV ( earlier post ) at its Orion Township assembly plant in Michigan. Roof modules for GM’s self-driving vehicles will be Continue Reading
RoboTaxis Won’t Be Taking Over Any Time Soon
The Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a leading automotive research firm, just released a new study that casts doubt over autonomous and electric vehicles taking a huge share of traditional Continue Reading