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Luxoft Completes Acquisition of AI CMORE Automotive

Luxoft Completes Acquisition of AI CMORE Automotive

Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company , today announced the completion of its acquisition of CMORE Automotive, an independent services provider dedicated to the development and validation of AI-driven mobility systems. Luxoft had announced a definitive agreement to acquire CMORE Automotive on March 5, 2020 and received fina ... Continue reading

Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Final Rule - CAFE (Fuel Economy Standards)- Plus Our Journalists Comment

Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Final Rule - CAFE (Fuel Economy Standards)- Plus Our Journalists Comment

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule setting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO2 emissions standards for model years 2021 ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO FROM NYC, Saturday March 21, 2020; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO FROM NYC, Saturday March 21, 2020; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

Auto Lab Talk Radio on New York City's WNYM Radio AM 970 Is Streamed Worldwide On TheAutoChannel.Com This a a Prerecorded Best Of Auto Lab - No Calls Please Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hand ... Continue reading

New 3D Driving Aid Invented By Toyota

New 3D Driving Aid Invented By Toyota

TRI-AD Enables Successful Creation of HD Maps for Automated Driving on Surface Roads Toyota City, Japan, Mar 11, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, Inc. (TRI-AD), Toyota's automated driving software development company, has successfully completed proof of concepts (PoC) demonstratin ... Continue reading

Vehicles Equipped With Automated Driver Assist Systems Need To Also Keep Drivers Focused On The Road

Vehicles Equipped With Automated Driver Assist Systems Need To Also Keep Drivers Focused On The Road

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has issued a set of research-based safety recommendations on the design of partially automated driving systems. The guidelines emphasize how to keep drivers focused on the road even as the vehicle does more of the work. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Review Week Ending March 7, 2020

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Review Week Ending March 7, 2020

* US automotive sales appear to have avoided any significant impact from the coronavirus in February, but March sales may prove the industry's resiliency amid a recent economic slump, Cox Automotive analysts said. Cox initially forecast US auto sales to reach 1.3 million units in February, a 6% increase from February 2 ... Continue reading

Why Driverless “Robotaxi” Pods Could Be More Unattractive Than A Smelly Crime-Ridden Subway

Why Driverless “Robotaxi” Pods Could Be More Unattractive Than A Smelly Crime-Ridden Subway

General Motors, just like many other automakers and technology companies, is investing in Level 5 driverless vehicles, aka “Robotaxis.”. On January 21, 2020, GM showed its concept of what their first deployment will look like: A driverless “pod” that fits four people. ... Continue reading

Nuro Raises Close to $1 Billion from the SoftBank Vision Fund to Transform Local Commerce Through Self-Driving

Nuro Raises Close to $1 Billion from the SoftBank Vision Fund to Transform Local Commerce Through Self-Driving

Nuro, the robotics company transforming local commerce, today announced that it has raised $940 million in financing from the SoftBank Vision Fund. ... Continue reading

RoboSense Provides Cold-Resistant LiDAR to GACHA – First Autonomous Driving Shuttle Bus for All Weather Conditions

RoboSense Provides Cold-Resistant LiDAR to GACHA – First Autonomous Driving Shuttle Bus for All Weather Conditions

Before GACHA, Autonomous Cars Operated Only in Ideal Weather Conditions RoboSense’s LiDAR “Sees” a 3D World, Even in Finland’s Snow & Extreme Temperatures Reaching -30°C (-22° F) GACHA Self-Driving Shuttle Bus Robo-Taxi Powered with RoboSense All-Weather LiDAR . ... Continue reading

ZF acquires mobility provider 2getthere

ZF acquires mobility provider 2getthere

ZF Friedrichshafen AG has acquired a 60 percent share of 2getthere B.V. The company offers complete automated transport systems and is located in Utrecht/Netherlands, with offices in San Francisco, Dubai and Singapore. Applications range from driverless electric transport systems at airports, business and theme parks t ... Continue reading

Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics expand public road testing in the U.S. for automated truck technology

Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics expand public road testing in the U.S. for automated truck technology

Extensive testing efforts part of Daimler Trucks’ and Torc Robotics’ comprehensive validation approach to bring safe highly automated trucks to the road Dr Peter Vaughan Schmidt, Head of Autonomous Technology Group at Daimler Trucks: “Safety is our highest priority. By expanding our testing to new routes in the U ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO FROM NYC, Saturday February 15, 2020; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO FROM NYC, Saturday February 15, 2020; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

Car Question or Concern? Automotive Career Opportunity, Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 To Speak With An Auto Lab Expert ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO FROM NYC, Saturday February 8, 2020; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

AUTO LAB TALK RADIO FROM NYC, Saturday February 8, 2020; WNYM Radio AM 970 7-9 AM

Auto Lab Talk Radio on New York City's WNYM Radio AM 970 Is Streamed Worldwide On TheAutoChannel.Com Car Question or Concern? Automotive Career Opportunity, Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 To Speak With An Auto Lab Expert Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Pr ... Continue reading

It's Your Data Zap If You Want To - New App Helps You To Erase Vehicle Data

It's Your Data Zap If You Want To - New App Helps You To Erase Vehicle Data

America’s Auto Auction, the largest independent auction group in North America, announced today a relationship to start offering a personal information deletion service to vehicle consignors, including OEMs, captives, banks and auto lenders, rental and business fleets, and dealers across America’s Auto Auction 23 l ... Continue reading

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