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Tesla Set to Bring Fully Autonomous Self-Driving Cars ‘Later This Year’, Says CEO Elon Musk
Tesla is set to realise fully autonomous vehicles "later this year", CEO Elon Musk said Thursday. "In terms of where Tesla is at this stage, I think we are very close to achieving full self-driving without human supervision," Musk said. Elon Musk has missed his own deadlines for a fully autonomous vehicle and Tesla's driver-assistance technology ha...
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Self Drive Nepal Becomes BYDs Exclusive Rental Partner; Procures 50 e6 Electric MPVs
BYD's partner in Nepal, Cimex Inc., has signed an agreement with Self Drive Nepal, for 50 units of all-electric MPV, the BYD e6. The vehicles will be used by Self Drive for emission-free rental fleet operation in Nepal.
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Hyundai Is Testing Robotaxis With Self Driving Tech
Hyundai has outfitted its Ioniq 5 EV with Motional's self-driving tech on Lyft's platform which will form the basis of the robotaxi service.
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Toyota-Backed Self-Driving Startup Pony.ai Considers Going Public
The startup, active in the United States and China, plans to install its technology in hundreds of vehicles next year, rising to tens of thousands in 2024-2025.
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Autonomous Driving Startup Waabi Raises $83.5 Million
Waabi's focus on trucks & logistics is because of the shortage of truck drivers and because highways are easier for machine learning systems.
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Alphabet Waymo Self-Driving Unit CFO Following CEO Out The Door
The chief financial officer of Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit is following its chief executive out the door, Waymo announced on Wednesday.
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Toyota's Acquisition Of Lyft's Self-Driving Unit Bolsters Its Automation Ambitions
Toyota Motor Corp will acquire Lyft Inc's self-driving technology unit for $550 million, the companies said, as the Japanese firm steps up its automation ambitions with the newly created Woven Planet division.
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Google's Waymo Self Driving Car Unit Starts Robo-Taxis In San Francisco
Waymo One currently delivers rides with a network of 600 autonomous cars from Phoenix 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Uber Is Selling Its Flying Car Unit 'Elevate'
It is likely, like Aurora, Uber hasn't made any money from offloading Elevate to Joby Aviation but has offloaded engineering staff to the company
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Apple’s Self-Driving Car Unit Handed Over to AI Chief Who Oversees Siri: Report
Apple’ self-driving car unit has been handed over to John Giannandrea, who heads the Cupertino company’s artificial intelligence wing and oversees the digital voice assistant, Siri. Giannandrea formerly headed the search and artificial intelligence team at Google before joining Apple in April 2018.
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Uber Sells Its Controversial Self Driving Unit To Aurora For $4 Billion
Aurora is a self-driving start-up which was founded by Chris Urmson who was the lead of Google's self-driving car project which turned into Waymo.
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Uber Looks To Partner With Other Self-Driving Companies: CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving unit is looking to partner with other companies working on autonomous driving, the company's chief executive officer said earlier this week.
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Uber In Talks To Sell Its ATG Self-Driving Unit To Aurora
Earlier last year, the unit had raised $1 billion (758 million pounds) from a consortium of investors including SoftBank, that valued it at $7.25 billion.
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Tesla Is Looking To Move to AMD Navi Chips For The Media Control Units On Its Cars
Tesla has been at the forefront of this trend - it developed its own self-driving chip which it claims is better than Nvidia's Xavier platform.
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Alphabet's Self Driving Unit Waymo Begins Autonomous Ride-Sharing In US
This launch comes after receiving feedback from these early riders who were bound by NDAs. The company is now deploying a fleet of Chrysler Pacifica minivans.
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Tesla Set to Bring Fully Autonomous Self-Driving Cars ‘Later This Year’, Says CEO Elon Musk
Tesla is set to realise fully autonomous vehicles "later this year", CEO Elon Musk said Thursday. "In terms of where Tesla is at this stage, I think we are very close to achieving full self-driving without human supervision," Musk said. Elon Musk has missed his own deadlines for a fully autonomous vehicle and Tesla's driver-assistance technology ha...
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Self Drive Nepal Becomes BYDs Exclusive Rental Partner; Procures 50 e6 Electric MPVs
BYD's partner in Nepal, Cimex Inc., has signed an agreement with Self Drive Nepal, for 50 units of all-electric MPV, the BYD e6. The vehicles will be used by Self Drive for emission-free rental fleet operation in Nepal.
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Hyundai Is Testing Robotaxis With Self Driving Tech
Hyundai has outfitted its Ioniq 5 EV with Motional's self-driving tech on Lyft's platform which will form the basis of the robotaxi service.
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Toyota-Backed Self-Driving Startup Pony.ai Considers Going Public
The startup, active in the United States and China, plans to install its technology in hundreds of vehicles next year, rising to tens of thousands in 2024-2025.
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Autonomous Driving Startup Waabi Raises $83.5 Million
Waabi's focus on trucks & logistics is because of the shortage of truck drivers and because highways are easier for machine learning systems.
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Alphabet Waymo Self-Driving Unit CFO Following CEO Out The Door
The chief financial officer of Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit is following its chief executive out the door, Waymo announced on Wednesday.
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Toyota's Acquisition Of Lyft's Self-Driving Unit Bolsters Its Automation Ambitions
Toyota Motor Corp will acquire Lyft Inc's self-driving technology unit for $550 million, the companies said, as the Japanese firm steps up its automation ambitions with the newly created Woven Planet division.
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Google's Waymo Self Driving Car Unit Starts Robo-Taxis In San Francisco
Waymo One currently delivers rides with a network of 600 autonomous cars from Phoenix 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Uber Is Selling Its Flying Car Unit 'Elevate'
It is likely, like Aurora, Uber hasn't made any money from offloading Elevate to Joby Aviation but has offloaded engineering staff to the company
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Apple’s Self-Driving Car Unit Handed Over to AI Chief Who Oversees Siri: Report
Apple’ self-driving car unit has been handed over to John Giannandrea, who heads the Cupertino company’s artificial intelligence wing and oversees the digital voice assistant, Siri. Giannandrea formerly headed the search and artificial intelligence team at Google before joining Apple in April 2018.
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Uber Sells Its Controversial Self Driving Unit To Aurora For $4 Billion
Aurora is a self-driving start-up which was founded by Chris Urmson who was the lead of Google's self-driving car project which turned into Waymo.
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Uber Looks To Partner With Other Self-Driving Companies: CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving unit is looking to partner with other companies working on autonomous driving, the company's chief executive officer said earlier this week.
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Uber In Talks To Sell Its ATG Self-Driving Unit To Aurora
Earlier last year, the unit had raised $1 billion (758 million pounds) from a consortium of investors including SoftBank, that valued it at $7.25 billion.
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Tesla Is Looking To Move to AMD Navi Chips For The Media Control Units On Its Cars
Tesla has been at the forefront of this trend - it developed its own self-driving chip which it claims is better than Nvidia's Xavier platform.
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Alphabet's Self Driving Unit Waymo Begins Autonomous Ride-Sharing In US
This launch comes after receiving feedback from these early riders who were bound by NDAs. The company is now deploying a fleet of Chrysler Pacifica minivans.
