General Motors has become the latest business to catch the attention of Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Vision Fund, as its autonomous vehicles subsidiary, Cruise, receives a $2.25 billion boost.
On one side of the Atlantic Uber is pumping R&D funds into making flying taxis a reality, but on the other an internal memo states it is shutting down testing of self-driving cars following the death of a pedestrian in March.
Autonomous vehicles and the connected car have been one of the front-runners for 5G investments, but in demonstrating 4G can be used as low-latency connectivity for vehicles, has Nokia undermined its 5G mission?
Following the recent fatality caused by a self-driving vehicle being tested by Uber in Arizona, the state Governor has suspended his permission to do that sort of thing.
Uber has put all activities involving self-driving vehicles on-hold after one of its vehicles reportedly failed to stop or slow enough before hitting and fatally injuring a 49 year-old pedestrian.
While we have all been getting excited about the prospect of autonomous vehicles a couple of issues seemed to have been overlooked, but now it seems the legal community is addressing a big one; liability.
Orange has announced it is starting to bounce with excitement over the prospect of 5G, opening up a few new test sites across Europe.
Telefonica and Huawei have completed a PoC for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology at their 5G Joint Innovation Lab in Madrid, built on 3GPP 5G NR specifications.
Orange Spain and Seat have signed an agreement to promote new advances in the development and use of the connected car, promising to make it your home away from home.
Over the last six years, BMW has been teaming up with car rental company Sixt to launch car sharing service DriveNow, but now it’s going solo after buying its former partner out.
Uber has become infamous in recent months over its treatment of staff, so in retaliation for being told how to treat people with a basic level of compassion, it has decided to accelerate autonomous vehicles.
Whoever wins the autonomous car race will make a fortune, so Intel is doubling down efforts. Millions are being directed towards R&D, and building its own mapping database is another good move.
It used to be a shining gem in the mobile landscape, but the fall from lofty heights was well publicised. A new partnership with Baidu is the next step from Blackberry to prove it is still relevant.
Everyone gets a bit bold when they have a couple of beers, and it seems Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no different as he ‘boldly about Tesla’s upcoming custom artificial intelligence hardware’.
When you talk about the world of autonomous vehicles, there are a few manufacturers which come to mind. Ford for instance, or perhaps GM, but outsider Nissan has entered the race to test out its own cars in March.
ABI Research has pointed to statistics claiming 68.5% of cellular connected M2M devices are telematics or broader transport applications, but telcos need to laser focus to reap the rewards of this window.
5G, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles; the UK government hasn’t missed a single buzzword in its mission to re-establish its position as a heavyweight in the global economy.
Volvo has announced it will sell up to 24,000 autonomous drive compatible vehicles to Uber over the course of 2019-21 as the internet giant transforms its business.
Ahead of the budget announcement this week, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has said the development of new technologies will prop-up the UK after the Brexit horror show has concluded.
Google has recently set the roads alight with claims of cracking the self-driving conundrum by the end of the year, and it didn’t take long for Nvidia to start shouting.
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