Self-driving truck developer TuSimple says Union Pacific Railroad will be its first customer to move freight on the company’s fully automated trucking route between Tucson and Phoenix, after making a test run on a similar route in December.
February 4, 2022GovernmentTechnologyAutonomous
ATA Presses Congress for AV Policy Directives
WASHINGTON — Setting standards for a framework on autonomous vehicle technologies in trucking is a policy priority American Trucking Associations called on federal transportation lawmakers to pursue.
February 3, 2022BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous
GM’s Cruise Begins Offering Driverless Rides
Cruise LLC, the self-driving car startup that is majority owned by General Motors Co., is offering free rides to nonemployees in San Francisco for the first time, a move that triggers another $1.35 billion from investor SoftBank Vision Fund.
February 1, 2022GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous
Biden’s EV Plan Faces Jam From Cultural Divide
President Joe Biden wants electric vehicles to account for 50% of new car sales by 2030. But to meet that target he may have to sell the cars to a skeptical demographic: Donald Trump voters.
February 1, 2022BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous
Tesla Agrees to Drop Self-Driving Feature That Runs Stop Signs
Tesla Inc. is disabling a feature of its so-called Full Self-Driving system that permitted its vehicles to slowly roll through intersections without coming to a complete halt when no other cars or pedestrians were present.
February 1, 2022BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous
Tesla Delays Semi and Cybertruck on Supply Woes
Tesla Inc. pushed back introductions of new models to next year, wagering the best way to continue expanding sales in the face of supply chain challenges will be to further leverage a narrow lineup of big sellers.
January 26, 2022BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
May Mobility Raises $83 Million for AV Shuttle
May Mobility Inc., a self-driving shuttle startup backed by the venture arms of Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW AG, raised $83 million in its largest funding round to date.
January 26, 2022BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
VW, Bosch Team Up on Self-Driving Software
Volkswagen AG is partnering with Robert Bosch GmbH to develop a common software platform to bring hands-free driving functions to the German carmaker’s entire fleet in a bid to compete with Tesla Inc.
January 25, 2022BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
Robotics Startups Seek to Build a Better Self-Driving Lawn Mower
Hundreds of well-funded robotics startups are working on self-driving cars, self-piloting drones and shelf-diving warehouse robots. One lesser-known area that’s beginning to draw the attention of investors: autonomous lawn mowers.
January 25, 2022BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
Teen Tesla Hacker Accessed Owners’ Email Addresses to Warn Them
The 19-year-old cybersecurity researcher who remotely accessed dozens of Tesla Inc. vehicles through a third-party flaw, has a new trick: hacking the car owners’ email addresses to notify them they are at risk.
January 25, 2022