Sentences with phrase «autonomous vehicle start»

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.

This week, electric and autonomous vehicle start - up NIO unveiled a concept car at the SXSW bonanza.

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While no one expects a fully robotic car to become commercially available in 2013, it is entirely feasible that a vehicle that is almost entirely autonomous on the highway to start with will indeed be sold this year.

Aurora Innovation, the secretive startup founded by autonomous vehicle veterans from Google, Tesla, and Uber, has received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to start testing self - driving cars on public roads there.

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.

videos online since October, when Tesla updated its software with an «autopilot» feature that steers the vehicle on highways — not fully autonomous, but a strong start.)

Waymo, Google's self - driving car project, will start testing its autonomous vehicles in Michigan.

An autonomous driving electric vehicle may one day start to look a bit like The Jetsons» flying car — a glass bubble without the long hood that is a signature feature of today's gasoline - fueled cars.

In September, California officials started requiring companies testing autonomous vehicles on public roads to get permits.

After all, both firms stand to gain if autonomous vehicles become a commodity — and everything to lose if a company like Google has a multi-year head start.

Shanghai - based SAIC Motor Corp and electric vehicle start - up NIO also got permissions from the Chinese government to start testing their autonomous vehicle technology.

Some were frustrated with the pace of progress and had doubts about new leader John Krafcik, while others wanted to start their own autonomous vehicle companies, people familiar with the matter said.

General Motors in January bought autonomous vehicle technology start - up Cruise Automation for a reported $ 1 billion, while Toyota has committed to spending $ 1 billion over five years to develop technologies behind the self - driving car.

According to the CEO, the autonomous I - PACE fleet is set to start testing sometime later this year, with Waymo deploying as many as 20,000 of the vehicles within two years of production.

Uber has pushed onward its goal of having a fleet of autonomous vehicles by purchasing autonomous truck startup Otto and inking a deal with Volvo to start building self - driving cars.

Lew is using a new boron - based composite — something he first started experimenting with while building unmanned aerial vehicles, including the Inventus class of long - range, autonomous surveillance planes.

Some students starting tinkering with XCode (one actually developed several iOS and Android applications), while some researched Google's pursuit of developing an autonomous driving vehicle.

It will commercialize Level 4 autonomous vehicles in smart cities starting from 2021 as part of a pilot project.

Hyundai will test the fuel cell vehicle equipped with autonomous technologies starting this year.

Maven aims to create a foothold in the rapidly expanding dash toward personal mobility, which starts with ride - sharing and ultimately is anticipated to encompass autonomous, or driverless, vehicles.

Compared to the original Fusion autonomous development vehicle that started testing three years ago, the new model has much faster processing times thanks to new computer hardware.

This is the first autonomous test platform developed from start to finish by TRI, and it's the second generation of the vehicle which was originally unveiled at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show.

Available safety features include adaptive cruise control with stop / start functionality, forward collision warning with autonomous emergency braking, and a «smart» blind - spot detection system that can sense unintentional drifting toward an adjacent vehicle and automatically apply braking to the opposite - side front wheel to maintain the Cadenza's intended course.

In terms of safety systems, the C - Class is equipped as standard with Attention Assist, Adaptive Brake (with Hill Start, brake priming and brake drying) Collision Prevention Assist (autonomous braking at speeds of up to 200 km / h, and provides braking in response to stationary vehicles at a speed of up to 50 km / h) as well as Crosswind Assist, which helps maintain directional stability and is active from 80 km / h when driving in a straight line as well as through bends.

INFINITI's autonomous drive technologies will act as a «co-pilot» for the driver, empowering rather than replacing them, and «delegate» more onerous driving tasks to the car — such as navigating stop - start traffic on the highway or keeping track of the positions of surrounding vehicles.

Ford has yet to release information on exactly when it will begin testing, but given how seriously it is taking the advancement of autonomous vehicles, connectivity and mobility, it's a safe bet they'll starting popping up on Cali roads sooner than later.

«While we're starting from a low base, both electric vehicles and autonomous driving certainly seems to be accelerating.»

Automotive manufacturers and suppliers, as well as established and start - up tech companies, are devoting considerable time, resources and strategic investment into the development of autonomous vehicles.

After all, both firms stand to gain if autonomous vehicles become a commodity — and everything to lose if a company like Google has a multi-year head start.

Faraday's stated intention is to open a factory in Nevada at some point in 2018 to build the FF 91, an electric autonomous vehicle that looks good on paper but may never reach production if the start up fails to raise more funding to finish constructing the facility.

Google was «super not happy» about Uber's decision to start developing autonomous vehicles, the startup's co-founder Travis Kalanick testified on Wednesday.

Domingo is active in a number of ventures, including Albora Technologies, a start - up developing next - generation navigation technologies for autonomous vehicles, UAVs and drones; Sling Ventures, his personal angel - investment vehicle for startups in Spain and the Dubai Angel Investors.

Argo, which was started by veterans of self - driving programs at Google and Uber, has been testing its autonomous vehicles in Pittsburgh since receiving a 5 - year, $ 1 billion investment from Ford in early 2017.

Volkswagen Group and Hyundai are making a push towards fully autonomous vehicles, thanks to respective deals struck with Aurora Innovations — the company started by former Google self - driving car guru Chris Urmson.

Microsoft Connected Vehicle is a «living, agile platform that starts with the cloud as the foundation and aims to address five core scenarios that our partners have told us are key priorities: predictive maintenance, improved in - car productivity, advanced navigation, customer insights and help building autonomous driving capabilities,» officials said.

It is starting to impact the business community by providing solutions to needs related to mental health management and housing, transportation and autonomous vehicles, and consolidation and interconnectivity of smart home products, such as audio systems, lighting and kitchen appliances.