self-driving cars
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Porsche envisioned a self-driving minivan with this three-row sliding-door concept.
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Argo AI self-driving cars to join Lyft's Miami network before 2021 is out
Argo AI self-driving cars will join Lyft's Miami network in 2021 and the network in Austin in 2022.
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Tesla makes Full Self-Driving available as $199 monthly subscription
You can now subscribe to Tesla's Full Self-Driving feature instead of purchasing it outright for $10,000.
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Geely-backed Ecarx buys 15% of Volvo self-driving unit Zenseact
A new deal with Ecarx is expected to help self-driving technology company Zenseact expand into China.
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VW Group strategy calls for single platform, battery cell and software system for most cars by 2030
The Volkswagen Group is in for a major shakeup in the coming decade.
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Audi teases an electric A8 successor with Grand Sphere concept
Audi's new Grand Sphere concept is set to spawn a production version in 2025.
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Volvo together with its in-house self-driving technology arm Zenseact announced Wednesday that owners of its next-generation vehicles will be able to supply real-time data gathered from sensors to help in the development of electronic driver-assist features, including future fully self-driving systems. Volvo owners will be able to choose whether this data is collected, and much of it will be kept anonymous. The data will be stored in a data center with some 225 million gigabytes of capacity, and be used by artificial intelligence systems that can quickly process it all. The AI looks for...
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Huawei targets driverless car by 2025
Huawei is developing a self-driving system and will likely license the technology to established automakers in China and potentially elsewhere.
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Hyundai announces $7.4B investment in US for EV production, future mobility
Hyundai's plans major U.S. investments spanning everything from EVs to self-driving cars and flying taxis.
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Aston Martin Valkyrie chief engineer to join Canada's Project Arrow team
Canada's automotive suppliers will showcase their talents to the world via Project Arrow, and they have a hypercar engineer on their side.
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Self-driving technology company Argo AI makes lidar breakthrough
By as early as 2022, commercial services using Argo AI's self-driving system will be up and running.
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Baidu launches China's first commercial driverless taxi service
You can now book and pay for a ride in a driverless taxi from Baidu's Apollo Go service in parts of Beijing.
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VW Group will use its in-house software company Cariad to design computer chips for self-driving cars.
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Toyota just bought Lyft's self-driving car division for $550M
Toyota is betting big on self-driving cars.
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Walmart invests in Cruise, says driverless deliveries are coming
A new round of funding has seen Cruise's valuation climb to $30 billion.
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Huawei to invest in electric cars and self-driving tech
Huawei has joined fellow Chinese tech giants Xiaomi and Baidu in announcing plans to launch a car.
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Apple reportedly close to picking LG, Magna for car project
Apple is thought to be working on a self-driving electric car due for a reveal in 2024.
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Ford to release BlueCruise hands-free driving technology later this year
Ford BlueCruise to offer hands-free driving on certain divided highways in the F-150 and Mustang Mach-E starting in the third quarter of this year.
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The Domino's pizza chain is launching an autonomous pizza-delivery service in Houston in partnership with startup Nuro.
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Volvo Highway Pilot promises unsupervised driving on highways*
Volvo could become the first automaker with a Level 4 self-driving system on the market.
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Waymo just lost its CEO
Waymo's CEO is stepping down as the company prepares for the deployment of its fifth-generation self-driving system.
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Xpeng self-driving system tested over 1,800-mile road trip
Xpeng has shown that its self-driving system for highways on average requires just 0.71 corrections per 62 miles.
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Project Trinity to spearhead Volkswagen's software-led transformation
An electric vehicle offering software services, including self-driving capability, is coming from VW in 2026.
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Teaser for VW's self-driving van due in 2025 likely hints at new Microbus
VW will reveal a modern Microbus in 2022 and a few years later enlist it in an automated taxi service.
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