Sentences with phrase «autonomous vehicle races»

An autonomous vehicle races around the track at a DIY Robocar race at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Northern California, April 1 2017

Founded by former Alphabet Inc. executive Bryan Salesky and Peter Rander, formerly of Uber Technologies Inc., Argo AI could be a strategic and valuable move for Ford to secure its place in the autonomous vehicle race.

Not exact matches

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 - Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters)- Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

Only a handful of cities, starting with Beijing four months ago, were allowed to pilot road tests, but the country hopes to keep pace with the U.S. in the global race to develop autonomous vehicles.

Waymo is not alone in the race to develop autonomous drive vehicles.

German auto group Daimler AG (DDAiY) has been granted a license by the state of Nevada to test self - driving trucks on public roads, as the United States and Europe race to establish a regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles.

The growing list of companies with state approval to test autonomous vehicles on city streets and highways highlights the race to turn the sci - fi technology into reality.

Once a month in a dilapidated Oakland warehouse with graffiti - filled walls, potholes and no electricity, two tech CEOs and a bunch of technologists gather to race autonomous vehicles.

The playing field is now «wide open» in this race toward autonomous vehicles.

Franklin Templeton professionals discuss the race between traditional vehicle manufacturers and tech firms to develop a truly autonomous car.

Take over from a visionary founder whose play for world domination is only half finished (and who is still a majority owner by votes), fix a broken workplace culture, win an existential race (and legal battle) to develop autonomous vehicles, and find a way to turn a profit in a business that has lost billions of dollars a year.

Overall Event Summary Power Series Racing with Jim Burke - sub $ 1000 autonomous vehicle competition Comma.AI with George Hotz - company developing autonomous vehicles Swift Navigation with Dennis Zollo - centimeter accurate GPS PolySync with Josh Hartung - vehicle software platform Renovo with Chris Heiser - high end electric vehicle platform AutonomouStuff with Bobby Hambrick - autonomous development platform Plus a bonus video, The Race to Autonomous Driving, produced by our friends at Velodyne Thanks to Matt Cross at Frame44 for filming, editing, and producing these videos!

«Because they felt that Google viewed Uber as a key competitor in the race for autonomous vehicles,» Poetzscher said.

The potentially explosive suit is just the latest heat in an on - going race by multiple companies to be the first to create truly autonomous vehicles.

But the development and ensuing race to build these autonomous vehicle technologies can get costly.

In the article, LeRoy discusses how automakers and suppliers are quickly innovating and racing to file patents for autonomous vehicles and device integration.

For motor carriers, private equity is lining up to acquire majority stakes in well - established trucking companies, Silicon Valley is engaged in a high - stake race to perfect driverless trucks and autonomous vehicles, UBER and Amazon have entered the freight moving industry and NAFTA is being renegotiated.

If that proves true, it will be a full year after Faraday Future made big headlines with big promises as about a world - changing (and Tesla - killing) autonomous electric vehicle, only to be widely panned for unveiling a futuristic race car - looking concept at CES that they don't plan on making instead of an actual vehicle.

Companies racing to develop autonomous vehicles — vocal advocates of a technology they say will reduce fatal car accidents — now face questions about public safety.

When Salesky left the Google self - driving project in September, the race to deploy autonomous vehicles had already shifted into overdrive, with automakers, tech companies, and startups jockeying for a leading position — a battle that would have seemed ridiculous just three years before.