Connected and Autonomous Vehicles:
🚗 Waymo’s Driverless Cars Are Coming to These Cities Next. “The Georgia and Texas Waymo experiences, set to launch early next year, will be a bit different than what California and Arizona riders encounter. Thanks to a partnership between former enemies Waymo and Uber, riders in Atlanta and Austin will be required to use the Uber app to hail a robocar.”
⚡ Verizon Business Inks 5G Connected-Vehicle Deal with Teledriving Car-Share Company Vay. “Verizon Business VZ 0.13%↑ and Vay Technology today announced an agreement bringing Verizon 5G connectivity to Vay’s fleet of teleoperated electric vehicles. The deal also includes custom data plans to help manage massive amounts of data generated by Vay vehicles’ sensors and cameras.”
🌍 Alibaba, Nvidia Collaborate on Advanced Autonomous-Driving Solution, Computing Services. “Alibaba Cloud has unveiled a large multimodal model solution for automotive applications that it co-developed with Nvidia NVDA -1.00%↓ and start-up Banma Network Technology.”
🚘 Ford’s New Digital Experience Brings Android and Apple Into Balance. “Ford F 2.01%↑ has a good thing going with its next-gen infotainment system — whether you use CarPlay or not.”