Category: selfdrivingcar

Lyft’s autonomous vehicle partner Magna is done with self-driving tech

Post author By Randall
Post date January 16, 2020
Categories In autonomous, Autonomous Vehicles, autonomousvehicles, Lyft, magna, self driving car, self-driving, self-driving car, selfdrivingcar, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation

[ad_1] Magna isn’t fully severing ties with Lyft, in which it invested $200 million in 2018, but the self-driving partnership seems to have been impacting its bottom line. They’ll keep working together on other autonomy-related software and hardware. Lyft has also collaborated with Waymo on autonomous cars. Ultimately, Magna doesn’t think there’s big enough potential […]

Bosch is finally making LiDAR sensors for autonomous cars

Post author By Randall
Post date January 2, 2020
Categories In autonomous, Autonomous Vehicles, autonomousvehicles, bosch, ces2020, lidar, self-driving, self-driving car, self-drivingcar, selfdrivingcar, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation

[ad_1] LiDAR is the final piece of the sensor puzzle for Bosch’s self-driving ambitions. The company said it designed the sensors for all autonomous driving use cases. Laser-based LiDAR systems piece together a high-res, real-time 3D map of the surrounding area, which car systems can use to better understand everything happening nearby and react accordingly. […]

Toyota will offer rides in self-driving cars at the Tokyo Olympics

Post author By Randall
Post date October 24, 2019
Categories In autonomous, autonomous car, Autonomous Vehicles, autonomouscar, autonomousvehicles, japan, self-driving, self-driving car, selfdrivingcar, Tech, test, tokyo, tokyo olympics, tokyoolympics, tomorrow, toyota, Transportation

[ad_1] The “complex environment of pedestrians, vehicle traffic, diverse road infrastructure and tall glass buildings” in that area of the metropolis will pose a “challenging setting in which to demonstrate the capabilities” of the autonomous tech, Toyota said. The automaker will open up applications from members of the public who’d like to hitch a ride […]

Ford is bringing its self-driving cars to Austin, Texas

Post author By Randall
Post date September 25, 2019
Categories In argo ai, argoai, austin, austin texas, austintexas, autonomous, Autonomous Vehicles, autonomousvehicles, Ford, self-driving, self-driving car, self-drivingcar, selfdrivingcar, Tech, texas, tomorrow, Transportation

[ad_1] The automaker and partner Argo AI will start mapping downtown and east Austin in the coming months with manually driven vehicles. Ford will gradually increase the size of the coverage area and its fleet of self-driving cars, with a view towards launching an expansive autonomous taxi and delivery service in 2021. Sherif Marakby, CEO […]