Sentences with phrase «technology company vehicle»

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While Musk's stated reason for the policy shift is to promote «the advancement of electric vehicle technology,» business analysts suggested that it was an economically necessary maneuver for the company.

Mojio You've probably heard of car insurance companies that install technology on vehicles to monitor things like how often you use the car, how fast you drive, etc..

Waymo CEO John Krafcik speaks to CNBC's Phil LeBeau about the driverless technology company's partnership with Jaguar as well as the outlook for the safety of autonomous vehicle programs in the wake of the fatal Uber accident.

It's not clear whether those vehicles will be available for sale soon, or simply as test vehicles as the companies perfect the technology.

Perth - based technology company DTI Group has won a contract to supply its CCTV surveillance systems on light rail vehicles in the US city of Dallas, Texas, with the value of the deal worth up to $ 11.6 million.

The company announced in January plans to take its self - driving Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans to Atlanta, the 25th city for Waymo to test its autonomous vehicle technology in since 2009.

• AImotive, a Mountain View, Calif. - based full - stack autonomous vehicle technology company, raised $ 38 million in Series C funding.

The latest vehicle for China's aviation dream, the Comac C919, has just completed its first test flight after Beijing decided to take a different path: buying parts from European and US aviation companies rather than stealing their technology.

Apple (aapl) said California should revise how companies report self - driving system «disengagements» and said the state should change a proposal «that may restrict both the design and equipment that can be used in test vehicles to further develop autonomous technologies.»

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.

The startup's technology will be key to Ford's new logistics business because it will help the company better route its vehicles around cities.

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.

The state has licensed 27 companies to test driverless vehicles on public roads, including vehicle manufacturers from BMW to Tesla Inc; suppliers such as Delphi Automotive Plc and Nvidia Corp; technology companies such as Alphabet Inc's Waymo and China's Baidu Inc; and a long list of self - driving startups such as Zoox, Drive.ai, AutoX and PlusAI.

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp, a Cayman Islands - based investment vehicle, is aimed at helping technology companies valued at $ 1 billion or more «achieve their long - term objectives and overcome key deterrents to becoming public,» according to an SEC filing.

While some companies like Tesla already offer semi-autonomous technology — where the driver can take their hands off the wheel for brief periods of time — it is likely to be several years before people can turn over the majority of the driving to the «brains» in their vehicle.

Cortica's automotive AI technology focuses on unsupervised machine learning which, the company says, allows the intelligence system to understand a vehicle's environment and independently identify objects while on the road.

The disclosure said that the company may face product liability claims due to «failures of new technologies that we are pioneering, including autopilot in our vehicles,» adding that «product liability claims could harm our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition.»

The company has conducted drone tests before, and is weighing other uses for the technology, such as in inventory control and helping inspect planes and vehicles within hangars and warehouses.

In fact, Tesla actually made all of its technology open source in 2014, so that other car companies can use its tech to build their own electric vehicles.

The company is expanding its role in the logistics industry with drone technology that could ultimately see the unmanned aerial vehicles deliver products to customer homes.

A New York Times report in August said Apple was going to test its autonomous vehicle technology in a shuttle that transports the company's employees between buildings on its campus.

Since launching its early rider program in April, Waymo formed an alliance with ride - hailing company Lyft, issued a safety report outlining how it plans to navigate the risks of self - driving vehicles, and revealed more about its technology.

Companies like General Motors and Toyota were also investing in electric vehicle technology, but Tesla was the first to show that a battery - powered car could be sexy.

General Motors Co, Alphabet Inc, Toyota Motor Corp and many other companies are aggressively pursuing self - driving car technologies and want Congress and regulators to remove barriers to the 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.

He added that very few companies in Ontario are currently building automated vehicles, but as the amount of technology that goes into a vehicle grows, innovative Canadians businesses will have a chance to capitalize.

The luxury - car company Mercedes - Benz and the automated - vehicle technology company Peloton are looking to bring driverless cargo trucks to the road sooner rather than later.

Paul Rocco, president of Provectus Robotics Solutions, uses similar types of technology in his company's robots, and says that self - driving vehicles will reduce the risk for human passengers.

The first patent the company holds for self - driving car technology is for a camera and sensor system to take in information about a vehicle's surroundings and input commands to a computer.

EHANG, an intelligent aerial vehicles technology and service company, is the manufacturer of the «Ghostdrone» series of consumer drones as well as EHANG184, the «world's first safe, smart, and eco-friendly autonomous aerial vehicle.»

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.

But by 2015, the Google car project had come a long way: Google's vehicles had logged more than one million autonomous miles; car companies including Toyota Motor Corp. and Tesla Inc. announced their own plans to develop autonomous systems; and analysts predicted the technology would transform the auto industry.

Meanwhile, as all the major ride companies and automakers race to develop self - driving car technologies, Google's driverless vehicles are already traversing the streets of Mountain View, California.

He conceived BIG Labs as a vehicle for «parallel entrepreneurship,» where he can co-create companies that can help define the future of software and technology.

Dr. Stefan Heck is CEO and co-Founder of Nauto, the Palo Alto - based artificial intelligence - powered auto technology company whose connected camera network is making drivers safer and smarter today and informing autonomous vehicle development in the future.

Having a successful Canadian technology company IPO further solidifies the public markets as a vehicle for exits and capital raising.

It was unclear which of TPG's platforms was leading the talks with Vice, although one industry observer suggested that it was likely to be TPG Growth, a vehicle used to hold its stakes in technology companies like Airbnb and Box.

«Google and Ford will create a joint venture to build self - driving vehicles with Google's technology, a huge step by both companies toward a new business of automated ride sharing,» reports Yahoo Autos.

The company says it's already successfully implemented and tested the technology in its vehicles.

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.

The Czech government soon sold the company to Volkswagen, which subsequently restructured Skoda's operations, invested heavily in new products and technology, and positioned it as the value brand in Volkswagen's global line of vehicles.

Levandowski and Ron said that by combining their company's self - driving instruments with Volvo's high quality vehicle and safety technology, a bright future is in store for both.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced the signing of contract with IT - Telecom to collaborate on a testing solution for Dedicated Short - Range Communication (DSRC) or Vehicle - to - everything (V2X) communication.

Uber says that vehicles on the road today use off - the - shelf lidar technology from Velodyne, and that the in - house lidar the company's engineers are building was developed before Levandowski joined.

In order to produce and sell electric vehicles in China, European companies are being pushed to share their battery technology with Chinese partners.

Here's the thing, the technology used inside Uber's self - driving truck comes from Otto, a self - driving vehicle group the company acquired a while back.

The sum WM said it's raised is a show of confidence in a startup competing with more than 200 Chinese electric - vehicle companies, some backed by the likes of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Jack Ma, Foxconn Technology Group's Terry Gou and Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s Ma Huateng.

With plans to begin testing its autonomous technology in 30 Ford Fusions this year, the company hopes to gather enough data to develop level 4 vehicles that are able to drive better than humans.

Over the past year, the automaker has collaborated with a number of tech companies to add various technologies to its vehicles, such as wirelessly connected vehicles, real - time notification systems, and luxury services.

Because Switch's data centers are energy efficient and the company tends to hang on to customers for several years, Switch aims to be well - positioned to capitalize on data - intensive technology trends like the Internet of Things, wearable devices and autonomous vehicles, the prospectus said.