Autonomous Vehicles news and trends

Disney’s 2024 Accelerator Program Participants Include 3 AI-Focused Companies
artificial intelligence // February 21, 2024

The Walt Disney Company has announced the 2024 participant companies chosen in the 10th year of the Disney Accelerator program. This program is designed to accelerate the growth of innovative companies from around the world, focusing on exploring how emerging technologies can be used to...

Amazon Innovation Fund Targets Autonomous Vehicles, Last-Mile Tech in 2024
Amazon Investments // January 17, 2024

Amazon’s $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund will target new industries and geographies for 2024. “Our vision to help accelerate automation and supply chain innovation continues to be a key priority and unlock how we can better deliver for customers and improve our workplace for employees,” Franziska Bossart, the fund’s new head,...

Mobileye Unveils Operating System to Help Automakers Develop Self-Driving Vehicles
artificial intelligence // January 09, 2024

Mobileye has unveiled a new operating system called DXP, specifically designed to assist automakers in developing customized self-driving systems. This software aims to save automakers time and resources by eliminating the need to build costly programs from scratch, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Jan. 9). Amnon Shashua, CEO of Mobileye,...

Mobileye’s Excess Inventory Hints at Longer Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles
Transportation // January 05, 2024

For autonomous vehicles (AVs), the road ahead stretches out a bit farther. On Thursday (Jan. 4), Mobileye, which makes self-driving technology — spanning cameras and chips and systems — posted preliminary results for the third quarter.  The results pointed to what the company called “excess...

Interviews & Exclusives
What Happens When a Tech Company Builds Cars? Ask Tesla About Dojo

July 20, 2023
Tesla is famously not just a car company — it’s a software company.  And a key, promised part of that software vision is the realization of autonomous, fully self-driving (FSD) vehicles.  This, as the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer let investors on its second quarter 2023 earnings call know that the far-away dream of a driverless future is […]

CES 2020 Opens The Door On A New Decade

January 01, 2020
If it’s not the holiest of holies for those involved in payments and commerce, it sure comes reasonably close. We are talking about the upcoming International Consumer Electronics Show, the...

Xevo CEO: Why OEMs Will Win The Race For The Connected Car’s Future

October 07, 2019
More than a century of automotive culture has brought many exiting eras. Think about how the affordable Ford Model T opened up car ownership to the masses, or the macho...

Mapping The Maps For Self-Driving Cars (And Drones)

June 13, 2019
If one doesn’t know where they’re going, sang one Beatle, any road will get them there — but not easily or efficiently. In an age of eCommerce (of two-hour delivery...

Quick Reads
Uber Eats and Waymo Roll Out Autonomous Delivery in Phoenix

April 03, 2024
Uber is expanding its Phoenix-based partnership with autonomous vehicle company Waymo. The company announced Wednesday (April 3) that it is now offering Uber Eats deliveries in the Arizona capital via Waymo vehicles. “Starting today in Phoenix, Uber Eats consumers in Tempe, Mesa, and Chandler may have their orders delivered by an autonomous vehicle,” Uber said in a news release. […]

Disney’s 2024 Accelerator Program Participants Include 3 AI-Focused Companies

February 21, 2024
The Walt Disney Company has announced the 2024 participant companies chosen in the 10th year of the Disney Accelerator program. This program is designed to accelerate the growth of innovative...

Amazon Innovation Fund Targets Autonomous Vehicles, Last-Mile Tech in 2024

January 17, 2024
Amazon’s $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund will target new industries and geographies for 2024. “Our vision to help accelerate automation and supply chain innovation continues to be a key priority and unlock how we can...

Mobileye Unveils Operating System to Help Automakers Develop Self-Driving Vehicles

January 09, 2024
Mobileye has unveiled a new operating system called DXP, specifically designed to assist automakers in developing customized self-driving systems. This software aims to save automakers time and resources by eliminating the...