Tag: driverless cars
NVIDIA: AI & cloud soaring, Turing launched – crypto-mining dead?
GPU and AI giant NVIDIA has just reported strong, analyst-beating Q2 results – and yet its share price fell. The takeaway for some was...
Uber: Expands in Africa, South America – but haemorrhaging money
Frictionless transport company Uber has announced plans to expand its ride-hailing service to two more East African countries before the end of the year,...
Public concerns about driverless cars rise, Ford releases safety strategy
There's little point in developing autonomous vehicles if you can't also build the trust required with the public to bring about their adoption. That's...
Musk at bay: Will Saudi cash help Tesla rid the world...
Chris Middleton reports on the latest twists and turns in the saga of Elon Musk and Tesla, as Saudi Arabia could help him take...
Uber closing self-driving truck division, refocusing on cars
Uber is pulling down the shutters on its self-driving trucks unit, a programme rooted in the $680 million acquisition of San Francisco-based Otto in 2016.
The company has...
Ford debuts $4bn driverless division – Uber & Waymo motoring on
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It's been a big week in the race to develop autonomous vehicles. Waymo, Ford, and Uber have all made positive announcements...
Alphabet: Financial results reveal Google’s emergence as cloud giant
Google’s parent Alphabet has reported Q2 financials revealing that revenues were up by 26 percent year on year, or 23 percent in constant currency.
The...
Stagecoach trials UK’s first autonomous bus
Stagecoach, the UK transport operator, has partnered with bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and Fusion Processing to develop a single-deck autonomous bus.
Fusion Processing...
Daimler, Bosch, Nvidia partner on driverless taxis, BMW heads east
German auto giant Daimler AG and auto supplier Bosch have announced a partnership to deploy self-driving taxis in California’s Silicon Valley region next year,...
Tesla, GM hit by China trade war, Daimler tests in Beijing
As Tesla, GM, and other automakers wake up to the implications of a global trade war, Daimler is partnering with Baidu and testing autonomous...
Uber’s Grab merger may be undone, threatening new Middle East deal
Chris Middleton reports on how a ruling in Southeast Asia today could damage Uber's prospects of a new Middle East deal.
Uber may have grabbed...
China’s Baidu integrates Intel safety model into autonomous vehicles
Intel's computer vision subsidiary Mobileye has joined Baidu's Apollo ecosystem, in a move that will see the Chinese technology giant and its partners adopt...