Velodyne Lidar, Inc., introduced the next generation of its Velabit sensor, which addresses the cost, safety, and design challenges of autonomous solutions while delivering state-of-the-art performance. Equipped with Velodyne’s breakthrough proprietary micro-lidar array architecture (MLA), the Velabit delivers on what Velodyne customers asked for – an ultra-wide field of view (FoV) and higher resolution. (more…)
June 16, 2021
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Velodyne and Ansys are developing software models of next-generation automotive lidar sensors to provide substantially improved hazard identification capabilities for highly advanced AVs. (more…)
April 13, 2021
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Unity, the platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced a collaborative agreement with HERE Technologies, the location data and technology platform, to partner on developing next-generation embedded automotive HMIs with state-of-the-art, RT3D rendering capabilities. (more…)
March 25, 2021
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New mobility and autonomous driving research company, Human Horizons, has recently released details of the new HiPhi X super SUV assembly plant, the HiPhi Plaza. Equipped with cutting-edge automated machinery, the assembly line has been built in a repurposed gasoline-powered vehicle plant in the city of Yancheng, Jiangsu province. (more…)
March 22, 2021
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A report identifying the potential impact of autonomous vehicle (AV) services deployment on major UK cities in the future has been published by Oxbotica, Imperial College London and Transport for London (TfL). (more…)
March 16, 2021
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Baidu, Inc., an AI company with strong Internet foundation, announced that Baidu Apollo jointly won a bid to construct a 5G intelligent driving project in Chengdu in a tender worth RMB105 million (€13.53 million). (more…)
March 11, 2021
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The connected vehicles of today are increasingly powerful machines, with the potential to become effectively, data centres on wheels. (more…)
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Cruise and General Motors announced they have entered a long-term strategic relationship with Microsoft to accelerate the commercialisation of self-driving vehicles. (more…)
January 21, 2021
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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Great Wall Motor Company Limited (GWM) announced the companies’ working relationship in autonomous driving, under which GWM will use the Qualcomm® Snapdragon Ride Platform to build its advanced intelligent driving system of high computing power GWM “Coffee Intelligence” system and adopt the system in its premium production vehicles starting in 2022. (more…)
December 31, 2020
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Check out those images of the city of the future and most of them simply combine New York with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The electric vehicles are a rerun of what happened in 1880, says Dr Peter Harrop, chairman of IDTechEx. (more…)
December 8, 2020
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