Super Hacker George Hotz: I Can Make Your Car Drive Itself...
Reason
Full interview at link above...
George Hotz, known online as GeoHot, became one of the world's most famous hackers at 17 when he was the...
Levandowski Urges Kalanick to Criticize Musk
Bloomberg
The former engineer at the center of Uber’s self-driving car legal troubles urged ex-Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick to criticize Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk...
HERE Technologies Names Nefkens CEO
Gets top job at largest mapping company…
After a lengthy search, HERE Technologies has appointed industry veteran Mike Nefkens as CEO. Nefknes, who most recently was with Boston Consulting Group,...
Weekly Connected Car and Autonomous Vehicle News
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles:
💰 Waymo's Latest Funding Round Boosts It to a $45 Billion Valuation.
💲 DeepRoute Raises $100 Million in Push To Beat Tesla's FSD in...
GM President Moves to Cruise
Full story at Reuters
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) President Dan Ammann will take over as chief...
CES 2025: Partnerships and New Products
CES 2025: Partnerships and New Products
LAS VEGAS—While still not a pre-pandemic levels, CES 2025 was big, noisy and
exhausting. It featured most mapping companies, a...
Waymo Chooses Hyundai Ioniq 5
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles:
🙂 Google’s Waymo Chooses Hyundai Ioniq 5 for Autonomous Driving Fleet. “Waymo plans to integrate the Ioniq 5 into its Waymo One fleet, which currently operates in select...
The judge in the Uber-Waymo case suggests Uber lawyers ‘misled the...
CNBC
San Francisco district judge William Alsup said in a hearing on Wednesday he'll likely tell the jury that Uber lawyers "misled the court" and...
Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles:
😐 Waymo's Robotaxi Expansion Plans in California Put On Hold by Regulators. “Waymo’s plan to expand its robotaxi service in Los...
Industry Layoffs Continue as Waymo Cuts Staff
Other location industry companies follow with cuts
Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo laid off employees earlier this week in a move that came after large cuts at parent company Alphabet and Google GOOG 1.59%↑ . ...
