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Silicon Valley Startup Teams with VW, Hyundai on Self-Driving Tech
Aurora Innovation Inc., a Silicon Valley-based tech startup that specializes in machine learning and artificial intelligence, has struck separate agreements with Volkswagen AG and Hyundai Motor Co. to help the carmakers develop autonomous vehicles.
Baidu, BlackBerry to Team on Autonomous Vehicle Tech
Waterloo, Ont.-based BlackBerry Ltd. and China’s Baidu Inc. have agreed to partner on software systems for self-driving vehicles.
Aptiv, Lyft to Demo Autonomous Shuttle at CES
Ride-hailing giant Lyft Inc. and Aptiv plc, which was spun off from Delphi Automotive last month, plan to demonstrate a fully automated ride-hailing shuttle for attendees at next week’s CES electronics show in Las Vegas.
Annual Demand for Self-Driving Cars Could Top 33 Million by 2040
Worldwide sales of truly autonomous cars will surge from 51,000 units in 2021 to more than 33 million vehicles by 2040, predicts IHS Markit.
Honda, Alibaba Partner on Services for Connected Cars
Honda Motor Co. and Chinese internet commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. have agreed to co-develop services for connected cars, The Nikkei reports.
Aptiv & Lyft: Autonomous Vegas
At next week’s CES in Las Vegas—the preeminent electronics show—there will be games and drones and virtual reality and digital health products and entertainment devices and. . .autonomous vehicles.
SoftBank Leads Group to Buy 15% of Uber
A group led by Japanese telecom giant SoftBank Corp. has agreed to invest at least $8 billion to acquire 15% of troubled ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc., according to media reports.
VW Aims to Block Auditor in Diesel Cheating Scandal
Volkswagen AG hopes to block a court-appointed auditor named to investigate management’s handling of the VW diesel emission cheating scandal.
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2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2
The thing about the Chevy Colorado ZR2: If your idea of “off road” has something to do with parking on the lawn to attend a concert, you don’t need this truck.
MINI Goes Big on 3D Printing
Although the auto industry uses a tremendous amount of 3D printing equipment, one avoids referring to it as “additive manufacturing” for the simple reason that “manufacturing” sounds like repetitive processing of goods in non-trivial volume, and given (1) the throughput of the equipment and (2) the number of vehicles that are produced in a given hour by any manufacturer whose products are sitting in the parking lot outside your window (OK, there are exceptions, like if you happen to be in Newport Beach), the auto industry has pretty much used the equipment for purposes of prototyping.