self-driving

Addressing Community Needs With Self-Driving Innovation
Addressing Community Needs With Self-Driving Innovation
October 17, 2019  |  Intelligence of Things

As consumers eschew car ownership, public transportation ridership has increased 21 percent over the past two decades. Recent efforts to upgrade transit systems with connected...

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Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Selling Trade Secrets To Uber
Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Selling Trade Secrets To Uber
August 27, 2019  |  Legal

Former Google engineer and self-driving pioneer Anthony Levandowski is being charged with stealing closely guarded secrets and selling them to Uber, The Wall Street Journal...

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Segway-Ninebot Debuts Self-Driving Electric Scooter
Segway-Ninebot Debuts Self-Driving Electric Scooter
August 18, 2019  |  Innovation

China’s Segway-Ninebot has come up with an answer to everyone’s eScooter charging woes: make one that can drive itself to the charging station, The Verge...

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UPS Invests In Autonomous Driving Firm TuSimple
UPS Invests In Autonomous Driving Firm TuSimple
August 15, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

UPS announced that it purchased a minority stake in autonomous driving company TuSimple. The delivery company also said that it’s been testing self-driving trucks on...

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Elon Musk Says Next Teslas Will Have Netflix, YouTube
Elon Musk Says Next Teslas Will Have Netflix, YouTube
July 29, 2019  |  Innovation

Tesla is adding to its in-car entertainment features and will soon offer Netflix and YouTube streaming on its vehicles’ multimedia screens, Tesla CEO Elon Musk...

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Gatik Partners With Walmart For Autonomous Vehicle Deliveries
Gatik Partners With Walmart For Autonomous Vehicle Deliveries
July 28, 2019  |  Walmart

People in Arkansas can now get groceries delivered via a new Walmart pilot with Gatik using self-driving cars that include a human safety driver behind...

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Toyota Backs China’s Didi With $600M To Expand Services
Toyota Backs China’s Didi With $600M To Expand Services
July 25, 2019  |  Ridesharing

In a move to develop new car technologies in China, Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to invest $600 million in ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing.  Toyota...

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BMW Teams With Tencent In China Self-Driving Tech Push
BMW Teams With Tencent In China Self-Driving Tech Push
July 19, 2019  |  International

BMW has been expanding into China and developing autonomous technology for cars, so that it can be at the forefront of the technology when the...

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GM’s Self-Driving Co. To Get $2.25B From SoftBank
GM’s Self-Driving Co. To Get $2.25B From SoftBank
July 07, 2019  |  Investments

U.S. self-driving company Cruise revealed that a U.S. national security panel has approved a $2.25 billion investment by Japan’s SoftBank. Last year it was reported...

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