Velodyne Passes 30,000 Lidar Systems

Velodyne Passes 30,000 Lidar Systems

Velodyne’s founder and CEO David Hall is credited with inventing, in 2005, real-time, surround-view lidar.

Lear Buys Telematics Software Company

Lear Corp. has agreed to acquire Xevo Inc., a Seattle-based software supplier of telematics systems, for $320 million.

Stratasys and Pantone Achieving Design Intent

Stratasys and Pantone Achieving Design Intent

Stratasys has signed an agreement with Pantone such that the company’s J750 and J735 PolyJet 3D printers are endorsed by Pantone as meeting the PANTONE Validated standards.

Tesla Using Electric Semi to Deliver EVs

Tesla Inc. is using prototypes of its upcoming Semi electric truck to transport the company’s Model 3 EV to California distribution centers.

SK Innovation to Open Third Battery Separator Plant

South Korean battery maker SK Innovation Co. is erecting a $376 million factory in Poland to produce battery separators.

Apple Hires Former Tesla Powertrain Chief

Apple Hires Former Tesla Powertrain Chief

Apple Inc. has hired Michael Schwekutsch, who left Tesla Inc. last month, as senior director of engineering for the company’s secretive Project Titan autonomous car program.

Fujitsu Touts Faster Deep Learning

Japan’s Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. claims its latest artificial intelligence software enables the world’s fastest machine learning processing.

Daimler Trucks Buys Majority Stake in Torc Robotics

Daimler AG’s commercial truck unit has purchased a controlling stake in Torc Robotics Inc., a Virginia-based developer of autonomy driving technology.

Ford Drops C-Max, Night Shift at Saarlouis Plant

Ford Motor Co. will end production of its C-Max MPV and drop one of three shifts at its assembly plant in Saarlouis, Germany, at the end of June.

Ex-NHTSA Exec to Head Safety at Uber

Uber Technologies Inc. has promoted Nat Beuse to head of safety for the company’s Advanced Technologies Group.