AutoNation announces Waymo fleet repair deal, shares jump
Reuters
(Reuters) - U.S. auto retailer AutoNation Inc (AN.N) announced a multi-year partnership on Thursday to support Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Waymo self-driving car unit, including...
Trump administration working to update driverless vehicle guidance
The Hill
The Trump administration is already in the process of updating its federal guidance for driverless vehicles, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Thursday.
The Department...
China’s Baidu teams up with Shouqi on driverless cars: Xinhua
Reuters
Baidu (BIDU.O) will provide Shouqi with its Baidu Map service, while Shouqi will help Baidu develop high-precision maps for self-driving cars.
Baidu will also offer...
Toyota will test autonomous cars at California’s GoMentum station
TechCrunch
Toyota’s Research Institute will test its autonomous vehicle tech at GoMentum Station, a 5,000 acre proving ground for self-driving vehicle tech located in Concord,...
Super Hacker George Hotz: I Can Make Your Car Drive Itself for Under $1,000
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...
2017 Connected Cars & Autonomous Vehicles Survey
Foley and Lardner
Click abover for 15-page executive summary.
New ITSA President
ITSA
Click above for full bio/news release...
Solid transportation department official. But another government exec running the transportation association? Will this organization/its trade show/membership grow without private...
Automakers are making big investments in a key piece of self-driving-car technology that Tesla...
Business Insider
ArgoAI — in which Ford has $1 billion invested — acquired Princeton Lightwave for an undisclosed amount.
The deal follows GM's purchase...
Self-driving startups race down a narrowing road
Reuters
DETROIT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lei Xu and Justin Song once worked at electric carmaker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), one of the hottest companies in Silicon...
Delphi Acquires nuTonomy For $450 Million, Advancing Push For Automated Driving
Forbes
Over the past half-decade, countless startups have appeared on the landscape with the hope of disrupting the more-than-century-old automotive industry with automated driving. Increasingly,...