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Today's Pickup: Beyond Software In The AV Space; SmartWay Slashes Emissions, Fuel Costs
Friday, February 15, 2019 - 9:57amGood day, As the self-driving vehicle space matures, industry experts are calling attention to technology challenges that aren't quite as sexy as AV software but are just as important in getting the car or truck on the road to commercialization. "A lot of attention is paid to software and...
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Self-Driving Truck Startup TuSimple Raises $95 million, Breaks "Unicorn" Barrier
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 9:37amTuSimple, a San Diego- and China-based autonomous truck company, announced today it has raised $95 million in Series D funding based on a valuation of $1 billion. The investment brings TuSimple's total funding to date to $178 million. The latest round was led by SINA Corp (NASDAQ: SINA), a...
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Anthony Levandowski Talks State Of Autonomous Tech, His New Startup Pronto
Monday, February 11, 2019 - 12:21pmLast December, Anthony Levandowski—the brilliant autonomous vehicle engineer who gained notoriety during Waymo's $2.6 billion lawsuit against Uber—announced that he was back. In a Medium post, Levandowski assailed the broken promises of the autonomous vehicle industry, arguing that...
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Autobon AI Wants To Turn All Trucks Into Autonomous Trucks
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 11:31amIn the past week, Daimler Trucks announced that it will begin selling a Level 2 autonomous truck to the U.S. market. That Cascadia model offers both steering and acceleration/deceleration control, giving the truck the ability to utilize both adaptive cruise control at all speeds along with active...
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Trucking Startup Aims To Make Self-Driving Long-Haul Look Easy
Monday, January 14, 2019 - 5:05pmIf Robert Brown, director of government affairs for the autonomous trucking startup TuSimple, has his way, 2019 will be the year that self-driving trucking hits the mainstream. "I want to get my mom and dad to ride along," said Brown during a conversation with FreightWaves at the...
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The Current Legal Minefield In Automated Autos
Sunday, March 5, 2017 - 1:20pmThe players in the self-driving vehicle space aren't exactly securely in the driver's seat, hands firmly on the steering wheel and controlling every move with foresighted precision. Rather, the self-driving space is left to contend with legal hurdles, in addition to the likes of technological and...
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When Will We See Fully Autonomous Vehicles? This Famous Hedge Fund Manager Thinks It Will Take 20 Years
Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 3:09pmMore than half of hedge fund manager and value investor Mohnish Pabrai’s portfolio is composed of shares in General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU). Given his stake in the auto industry, as well as our own cherished stake in the Motor City, Benzinga was...
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Automakers Eye The Finish Line in Sprint To Rollout Driverless Vehicles
Friday, February 3, 2017 - 12:34pmTraditional automakers are in a transition phase, where selling merely to retail customers and fleets will not place them in good stead. Disruptive technologies such as self-driving cars, ride sharing and ride hailing services are beginning to take hold, forcing the traditional players seek their...
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This Video Of Tesla's Complete Autonomy Will Blow Your Mind
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 2:57pmTesla Motors Inc(NASDAQ: TSLA) gave us a peak into the future after released an amazing video of its autonomous driving capabilities on its Model S. The video shows a person sitting in the driver seat, only because law requires it. The car does everything, from stopping for pedestrians, merging...
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Delphi Automotive: The Less Heralded Autonomous Driving Play
Friday, September 16, 2016 - 11:28amAt this point, it seems inevitable that driverless cars are the future of the automotive industry. Investors who want to be a part of the transformative and potentially extremely profitable autonomous vehicle era have been piling into popular driverless car stocks like Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:...