autonomous vehicles

The industry faces new headwinds after California in October suspended the permit of General Motors' Cruise robotaxis to test on public roads.The U.S. Transportation Department needs to support the development of autonomous vehicles, a coalition of groups representing the industry warned on Thursday, saying the nascent industry risks losing out to competitors like China."The AV industry is at a critical juncture and in need of strong leadership from USDOT," the…

Connectivity is at the heart of modern infotainment systems. The integration extends beyond simple audio streaming, enabling hands-free calling, text message reading, and voice commands.New Delhi: In recent years, the automotive industry has witnessed a transformative wave of technological advancements, with one of the most notable being the evolution of infotainment systems. No longer confined to just music and radio, modern infotainment systems have become sophisticated…

Cruise has been under growing pressure after regulators said it failed to fully disclose details of the October accident.General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has hit an "all time low," said its new leader, while promising to restore trust with regulators and the public after the company pulled all of its vehicles from U.S. roads."Our integrity, our competency are being questioned and this really hurts," said Mo Elshenawy at an all-staff meeting Tuesday,…

A Waymo autonomous vehicle signals a drop-off on Brady Street in San Francisco, on November 17, 2023.China on Tuesday issued safety guidelines for the use of autonomous vehicles in public transport, the latest in a series of measures preparing for the increased use of driverless cars.The guidelines apply to autonomous vehicles for passengers including taxis as well as for freight, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.The guidelines cover vehicles of various…

Cruise paused all driverless and supervised car trips in the United States and expanded a safety review of its robotaxis.General Motors CEO Mary Barra said on Monday the Detroit automaker is "very focused on righting the ship" at Cruise, its troubled self-driving unit but said it did not plant to say how much it will spend until its completes a pair of reviews.Barra said at a media event an ongoing outside external safety review will guide the company's path forward and…

Kodiak Robotics has unveiled its first autonomous test vehicle for the U.S. Department of Defense, a Ford F-150 pickup truck that the startup has upfitted with its software and sensor stack. The DOD is using the vehicle to test autonomous surveillance and reconnaissance missions in off-road terrain, diverse operational conditions and GPS-challenged environments. Kodiak won the $50 million two-year contract with the Army in December 2022, and now has another year to build and deliver two…

In August 2016, WIRED visited the San Francisco offices of a young startup recently snapped up by a surprising buyer. General Motors acquired three-year-old Cruise for a reported $1 billion in hopes the straitlaced Detroit automaker could coopt the self-driving technology tipped to disrupt the auto industry. Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt—a scrappy Twitch cofounder who competed as a teen in BattleBots—said he intended to stick around, but to keep running the driverless-car tech developer like a startup. He’d be out of a job, he…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: July 21, 2023, 10:08 ISTWashington D.C., United States of America (USA)Image used for Representation. (Photo: Reuters)The lawmakers were particularly concerned about AV vehicle and equipment testing in the United States.US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Thursday his agency has national security concerns about Chinese autonomous vehicle companies in the American market after some lawmakers called for restrictions on their operations.“Whether we are talking about…

Price cuts work — but only up to a point. Which is about all one can glean from Tesla Inc.'s latest quarterly sales numbers, announced Sunday. The struggle between growth and margins, which defined the first half of 2023, has yet to be resolved.Having delivered about 466,000 vehicles, Tesla beat the consensus estimate by 4%. Deliveries so far this year are up 58% compared with the same period in 2022 and, at the current run rate, look on track to meet Tesla's guidance of about 1.8 million this year (though more would be…

Zoox's headcount has grown to about 2,200, up from 1,900 at the beginning of the year, said Chief Technology Officer Jesse Levinson.Amazon.com Inc's self-driving vehicle unit Zoox has grown its headcount by about 16% at a time when access to capital is tight and other large companies have exited the autonomous driving sector.Amazon's shares were 1.2% higher at USD 128.84 in early afternoon trading.Based in California, Zoox, has ramped up its efforts to test its…