Category: self-driving
Yandex updates its self-driving tech on the 2020 Hyundai Sonata
Today, the Russian internet giant Yandex revealed its fourth-generation self-driving car, a collaboration with Hyundai. This generation brings Yandex tech to the 2020 Hyundai Sonata. By the end of this year, Yandex plans to add 100 Sonatas to its sel… Source
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Waymo’s self-driving vans will return to Bay Area streets on June 8th
Waymo’s plan to resume self-driving operations will soon extend to San Francisco. A spokesperson has confirmed a report in The Verge that Waymo’s autonomous minivans will return to San Francisco Bay Area streets on June 8th. The company isn’t carryin… Source
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Americans don’t know why they don’t trust self-driving cars
It probably won't come as a surprise, but a new survey has found that most Americans aren't too enthusiastic about the idea of self-driving cars — but maybe not for the reasons you might think. The study was conducted between late February and early… Source
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Uber plans to lay off another 3,000 employees
Less than two weeks after Uber shared plans to lay off 3,700 employees, the company announced that it will let another 3,000 workers go. In other words, in the course of a month, Uber has made plans to get rid of roughly a quarter of its workforce.Ub… Source
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Volvo will sell cars with built-in LiDAR beginning in 2022
Volvo plans to equip its vehicles with built-in LiDAR beginning in 2022. The automaker is working with Luminar and says its next generation Scalable Product Architecture (SPA2) vehicles will be hardware-ready. The cars won’t be fully self-driving, bu… Source
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Ford shares a year’s worth of self-driving car data
Self-driving vehicles require massive amounts of data, which can be difficult to obtain without vehicles equipped with cameras and LiDAR and miles and miles of testing. To help advance autonomous vehicle research, Ford is releasing a comprehensive se… Source
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