Sentences with phrase «autonomous vehicle operations»

GM's autonomous vehicle operations, GM Cruise is getting a big financial boost thanks to a $ 2.5 billion investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund.

Uber has halted its autonomous vehicle operations in response to a fatal accident Sunday evening in a Phoenix suburb that has become a hub for testing self - driving vehicle technology.

Because computers are capable of virtually instantaneous communication with other computers (relative to human reaction time), then perhaps the idea of autonomous vehicle operation should be restrained until all the similar computers in all the vehicles within a half - mile radius can communicate with one another.

Despite that, Uber has been pressing hard to advance its autonomous vehicle operation and move toward completely driverless vehicles, The Times reported.

Stöcker suggested that the work on this particular project could blend into other initiatives, including work on autonomous vehicle operation.

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Uber to shut down its autonomous vehicle ride - hailing program temporarily after the collision and resumed operations two days later.

Aurora confirmed to Fortune that it has been testing its autonomous vehicles on private courses and is now ramping up its test fleet operations on public roads in California, including in Palo Alto, Calif..

Uber launched its self - driving pilot in San Francisco on Dec. 14, after which the DMV ordered the company to cease its operations until the vehicles got the permits required to test autonomous technology on public roads.

As for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costs.

These partners are Mercedes - Benz, which was recently reported to be preparing to unveil a fleet of electric vehicles based on a completely new architecture; Nvidia, which just launched the artificial intelligence - powered palm - sized Drive PX 2 computer for self - driving cars; Otto, an autonomous truck startup that was acquired by Uber last month; and Didi Chuxing, which recently bought out Uber's operations in China.

On March 1, 2018, Ducey issued an updated order, which allowed fully autonomous operation on public roads without an operator, provided those vehicles meet a «minimal risk condition.»

This budget proposal will empower the state commissioner of the department of motor vehicles (DMV) to «approve demonstrations and tests consisting of the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous vehicle technology while such motor vehicle is engaged in the use of such technology on public highways within this state.»

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

The Nissan IMx, an all - electric crossover concept vehicle offering fully autonomous operation and a driving range of more than 600 kilometers, was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show.

The ensuing proliferation of autonomous cars will mean safer driving conditions for everyone and more efficient vehicle operation.

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan unveiled the Nissan IMx, an all - electric crossover concept vehicle offering fully autonomous operation and a driving range of more than 600 kilometers (373 miles).

In just the last few months, we have been witness to many signs of technological advancement in this field: Tesla declaring its ability to produce a fully autonomous vehicle by 2017; Uber utilizing a broad definition of Pittsburgh's existing regulatory framework and close cooperation with local authorities in order to turn the city into an experimental ground for autonomous taxis; Otto testing the operation of autonomous trucks, which have the potential to disrupt the entire commercial delivery industry; Google, Baidu, Volvo, and many others, already stepping in and working hard to establish themselves in the industry, too.

In his brief to the press, Minister Katz presented a target of autonomous vehicles driving down Israeli streets by 2020, thus turning Israel into one of the first countries to allow for the operation of autonomous vehicles.

As long as humans are involved in the operation, maintenance, modification or repair of autonomous vehicles, tort jurisprudence will apply.

Ford recently announced its intent to have a high - volume, fully autonomous SAE level 4 - capable vehicle in commercial operation in 2021 in a ridehailing or ride - sharing service.

Over in California, where Uber has also suspended its self - driving car tests, the DMV says it «takes the safe operation of our autonomous vehicle permit holders very seriously,» a DMV spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch.

The autonomous vehicle start up learned its main financier, LeEco, planned to significantly scale back its U.S. operations, signaling a potential death knell for Faraday's car ambitions.

The order requires that state agencies with pertinent regulator jurisdiction «support the safe testing and operation of autonomous vehicles on Washington's public roads.»

The DMV's Deputy Director Brian Soublet sent a letter to Uber saying that its current autonomous vehicle testing permit expires on March 31 and if the company wants to resume operations again in the state it must apply for another permit.

And with hundreds of thousands of vehicles on the road today, Tesla touted its method of «shadow - testing» its autonomous capabilities, by which the company collects anonymized data from its fleet of customer - owned vehicles during normal driving operations.

Waymo offered a first look at its fleet of hybrid Chrysler Pacifica minivans today, showing off vehicles that pack an array of sensors and software that enable autonomous operation.

All was not well with Uber's self - driving car project before the fatal crash this past Sunday in Arizona, which has prompted widespread criticism of the ride - hailing giant's approach to autonomous vehicle development and forced the company to pause much of its operations surrounding the technology.

«5G's promise of greater speed and overall network performance brings huge opportunities not only for video but in the internet of things, 4K video, augmented and virtual reality, smart homes and cities, autonomous vehicles, and much more,» says John Donovan, chief strategy officer and group president of technology and operations at AT&T.