The Detroit Free Press reports that new features are coming to GM Super Cruise. Specifically, Super Cruise will now perform lane changes “on demand”, and will negotiate highway interchanges. More significantly, Super Cruise will roll out to the Cadillac Escalade and the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 sedans. Super Cruise is often touted as the closest competitor… Read More »
Zoox For Sale? Zoox, a giant and secretive and fascinating Silicon Valley startup, is allegedly for sale, according to The Information (subscription) and partially confirmed by Zoox itself. Price tag: $3 billion dollars? The company was founded by Stanford PhD and AI wunderkind Jesse Levinson, along with Tim Kentley-Klay, a brash Australian designer. For years Zoox was highly… Read More »
Velodyne Lidar Sensors Power GeoSLAM Data Capture Solutions May 07, 2020 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN JOSE, Calif.–Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced a multi-year sales agreement with GeoSLAM, a global market leader in 3D geospatial technology solutions. GeoSLAM uses Velodyne lidar sensors in its ZEB-HORIZON mobile scanner that provides 3D mapping of indoor, underground and… Read More »
There’s a lot happening with Waymo Via trucking these days. Since we kicked off our goods delivery efforts in 2017, our self-driving trucks have been fixtures on freeways across California and Arizona, our technology has become even more advanced, and our trucking team has grown rapidly. This week, members of our team had the chance… Read More »
In the last couple of days both Audi and Ford have release self-driving datasets. Audi’s dataset — A2D2 — includes multiple sensor modalities, and vehicle bus logs, plus it comes with a highly permissive Creative Commons license. Ford’s dataset includes multiple driving environments, multiple sensor modalities, multiple vehicles, and multiple seasons, on a consistent 66 km route in the Detroit area.… Read More »
After suspending them at the end of March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Waymo has announced it will resume driving operations on May 11 in Arizona. Waymo will start its driving operations in the Phoenix area again, a decision the company says it made after discussions with “our teams, partners and local and state authorities,”… Read More »
The next-generation XC90 could be the first to adopt the feature. Read the original article
Waymo today announced that it will resume operations in the Metro Phoenix area, roughly two months after pausing all service and testing.Read More Read the original article
Back in March, we decided to suspend our driving operations in response to COVID-19 to ensure the safety of everyone involved in our services and local communities. Starting this coming Monday, May 11, Arizonans will begin to see some Waymo vehicles back on the road. The first part of our tiered approach to safely resume… Read More »
My Forbes editor Alan Ohnsman breaks the news that Luminar has signed an agreement to supply Volvo cars with lidar units, starting in 2022. “Soon, your Volvo will be able to drive autonomously on highways when the car determines it is safe to do so,” said Henrik Green, chief technology officer for Volvo Cars. That sounds a… Read More »