OMF Previews Data Schema and Reference System, Adds Member

The Overture Maps Foundation has announced the Overture Reference System and Data Schema that allows developers to add such features as real-time traffic, road closures, construction information, reviews and ratings...

Point One Expands Footprint in Europe With Septentrio

Company to compete in competitive industrial autonomy, precision agriculture, logistics and delivery, robots and autonomous vehicles markets San Francisco-based Point One Navigation, along with European partner Septentrio,...

TomTom Traffic Data Powers New PTV Group Automated Transport Modeling Solution

TomTom  has announced it is integrating its traffic data with PTV Group’s automated transport modeling solution, PTV Model2Go.  The deal allows PTV Group to leverage TomTom’s...

Intel To Sell Part of Mobileye for $1.5 Billion

Lidar manufacturer's stock has doubled since last year's IPO Intel Corp. INTC 0.00 plans to sell a part of Mobileye Global MBLY 0.00, maker of...

Porsche Offers Apple Maps EV Routing

U.S.-based Porsche Taycan owners can now use Apple Maps EV Routing to navigate and route-plan within Apple CarPlay.  Drivers no longer have to exit the CarPlay ecosystem to plot...

Hexagon and Hitachi Zosen To Provide Terrastar-X Enterprise Corrections in Japan

Hexagon’s Autonomy and Positioning division and Hitachi Zosen have announced an agreement to launch the TerraStar-X Enterprise correction service in Japan.  Among other applications, TerraStar-X Enterprise will provide lane-level...

Toyota Japan Exposed Millions of Drivers’ Data, Including Location, for 10 Years

More than 2 million customers had location data exposed... Toyota Japan has admitted to exposing millions of drivers’ vehicle information, including location, on the internet for...

TomTom Powers 10 Million Vehicles With ADAS Maps

TomTom  has announced that more than 10 million automated vehicles sold by carmakers in North America and Europe are powered by its advanced driver...

Luminar Accused of Passing off Chip Design as Its Own Technology

Lidar company Luminar LAZR -6.90%↓ has been accused of passing off a future chip design as its own technology at a recent investor conference, according to Forbes.  Israeli startup LidWave sent a...

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%↑ . ...