Sentences with phrase «driving car startup»

Chris Urmson, who would later head up Google's self - driving project and recently co-founded self - driving car startup Aurora, was director of technology of that team.

Waymo, the self - driving car startup spun - off from Google late last year, will be deploying its fleet of self - driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans onto public roads for the first time later this month, the company announced at the North American International Auto Show today.

Levandowski has been a central figure in a bombshell lawsuit Waymo, a self - driving car startup that's a sister company of Google, filed against Uber in February.

NuTonomy, a self - driving car startup spun out of MIT and based in Cambridge, Mass., will soon begin testing its autonomous vehicles in Boston.

«We were having dinner at a restaurant near the office, and [Levandowski] told me that it would be nice to create a new self - driving car startup and that Uber would be interested in buying the team responsible for the LiDAR we were developing at Google.»

Summer 2015: Anthony Levandowski meets with then - Uber executive Brian McClendon and expresses interest in starting a self - driving car startup that Uber could buy to acquire Waymo's lidar team, according to testimony from Waymo engineer Pierre - Yves Droz.

«On or around» Jan. 5, 2016: Levandowksi tells Waymo engineer Droz that he plans to «replicate» Waymo technology at a new self - driving car startup, according to testimony from Droz.

It's only been a year since news broke about a new secretive, self - driving car startup called Aurora and the startup is already announcing two giant auto - maker as customers: Volkswagen and Hyundai.

Ever since Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that the company is working on «autonomous systems» for cars, details have trickled out as well as a few public sightings of the technology Now, thanks to the co-founder of self - driving car startup Voyage, we're getting an up close look at — and some expert insight on — Apple's Project Titan.

(Lattner's predecessor, Sterling Anderson, got into a legal spat with the company after he left to form his own self - driving car startup, Aurora Innovation.

The agreement, which was signed Wednesday, covers three primary points: the recruitment of Tesla employees, an independent audit, and $ 100,000 paid by self - driving car startup Aurora Innovation LLC to Tesla.

Although the company declined to disclose when its self - driving technology will be available for integration, it noted that it's still on schedule to begin rolling out with Cambridge, Mass. - based self - driving car startup nuTonomy.

(I've heard countless horror stories of the latter, especially from the auto industry when I was closely covering the self - driving car startups last year.)

Not exact matches

The startup has been accused of gender discrimination and sexual harassment, is involved in an acrimonious lawsuit with self - driving car firm Waymo, and has had to replace CEO Travis Kalanick, who stepped down amid the scandals and the sudden death of his mother.

According to the complaint, the two men met just after Vogt founded his then new startup, Cruise, which develops technology that turns traditional cars into ones capable of autonomous driving.

The company is opening a research and development center called Didi Labs in Mountain View, Calif., one of several Silicon Valley hotspots for artificial intelligence and self - driving car technology startups.

Aurora Innovation, the secretive startup founded by some of best minds in self - driving cars, has landed partnerships with Volkswagen Group (vlkay) and Hyundai (hyundai - motor) to help bring fully autonomous vehicles to the masses faster.

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.

Aurora Innovation Inc. is startup founded by Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson, and Drew Bagnell, super stars of the self - driving car space.

Last month, Uber bought self - driving trucks startup Otto and formed a $ 300 million alliance with Volvo Car Group to develop self - driving cars.

The automakers also invested $ 500 million into Lyft, and shortly after acquired Cruise Automation, a startup that was building a kit for turning regular cars into self - driving ones.

New money: Chris Urmson, former head of self - driving cars at Google (now Waymo), has revealed details about his stealthy startup, Aurora Innovation, to my colleague Kirsten Korosec.

Ford (f) also announced its intention to make self - driving cars for commercial ride - sharing or on - demand taxi services by 2021, a target the automaker says it will reach by expanding its Silicon Valley research lab, as well as investing in or buying autonomous vehicle technology startups.

Aurora has been a much - watched startup because it was founded by three of Silicon Valley's most famous self - driving engineers: former Google self - driving car project head Chris Urmson; the former head of Tesla Autopilot, Sterling Anderson; and former Uber self - driving star engineer Drew Bagnell.

Nvidia also announced that its venture arm has joined a group of investors led by Chinese venture capitalist firm Qiming Venture in investing $ 52 million in a Chinese self - driving - car startup, JingChi.

The document outlines operational details of a startup founded by Anthony Levandowski, who was a lead engineer in Alphabet's self - driving car division.

The California - based electric car startup says the car will utilize an industry leading 130 kWh battery that's capable of driving 378 miles on a single charge.

The investigation represents a significant ratcheting up of problems for the world's most valuable startup, which already is dealing with an internal probe about a sexist work environment and a lawsuit from Waymo over allegedly stolen self - driving car technology.

Self - drive car rental startup Zoomcar has raised an undisclosed amount of investment from Chinese venture capital firm Cyber Carrier...

Car companies like GM, Volkswagen, Daimler and many others are putting billions of dollars towards backing a range of startups that are building technology and services for that brave new automotive future (a small handful of examples: GM investing $ 1 billion in Lyft, Volkswagen investing $ 180 million in smart car tech maker Mobvoi, and Ford pumping $ 1 billion into Argo AI for self - driving tecCar companies like GM, Volkswagen, Daimler and many others are putting billions of dollars towards backing a range of startups that are building technology and services for that brave new automotive future (a small handful of examples: GM investing $ 1 billion in Lyft, Volkswagen investing $ 180 million in smart car tech maker Mobvoi, and Ford pumping $ 1 billion into Argo AI for self - driving teccar tech maker Mobvoi, and Ford pumping $ 1 billion into Argo AI for self - driving tech).

There are hundreds of names trying to grab a piece of the self - driving car pie, ranging from startups to the world's largest automakers.

In Miami, however, the cars — powered by self - driving startup Argo.AI, in which Ford bought a majority stake — are still mostly mapping out the city's streets for now.

In 2015, Visa partnered with transaction management startup DocuSignon a proof - of - concept project that used blockchain to streamline car leasing — transforming it into a «click, sign, and drive» process.

Google's ex-engineer Anthony Levandowski, one of the founders of its self - driving car department, now has formed a startup called Ottomotto LLC for developing self - driving truck technology.

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.

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.

The most high - profile exit was a cadre of self - driving car engineers who formed the startup Otto earlier this year, then sold it to Uber this month.

Comma.ai is a startup that is working on an aftermarket self - driving car kit that is expected to be released within the year.

The car exhibits this behavior when both cold and warm, and occurs at initial startup for the day, and after driving around for a bit.

GM is working hard on rolling out a fleet of self - driving cars under its Cruise startup.

The car also has problems with the A / C being fairly warm upon startup, which is a typical Hyundai issue, but the A / C does get cold after a few minutes of driving.

No, the car the world can't wait to drive is an all - electric sedan from a startup automaker called Tesla.

He is a self - taught programmer, starting at the age of 10, who founded several startups in college and worked on self - driving cars.

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LeEco is partnered with the US - based automotive company Faraday Future, a startup that wants to build electric self - driving cars.

SAN FRANCISCO — Faraday Future, the California startup that set out to dethrone Tesla in the electric - car business with ambitious plans to build a self - driving, 1,000 - horsepower entertainment hub on wheels, is officially in trouble.

For example, in California's Silicon Valley, two veterans of Apple's Special Projects Group named Soroush Salehian and Mina Rezk have founded a startup known as Aeva, and their goal is to give eyes to self - driving cars.

Waymo published an important document late Monday in its legal battle with Uber over whether a former engineer, Anthony Levandowski, took self - driving car secrets when he left Waymo to form his own startup.

Startups in droves are building smart solutions on top of it, ranging from door locks, to self - driving cars, to virtual decentralized anonymous organizations (DAO).