What Aptiv and Lyft Learned in Vegas
Partners aim to use deployment as a blueprint to expand service to other markets
Steve Plumb
Senior Editor, AutoBeat Daily , AutoBeat
Hyundai/Kia to Spend Big on EVs, Mobility
The Korea-based company is making a big commitment. Make that BIG.
Self-Driving Bimmers Rate High with Lyft Riders
Lyft Inc. says ride-hailing customers in Las Vegas who try the company’s autonomous BMW 540i cars rate them an average 4.97 out of 5.
Lyft Expands Autonomous Vehicle Testing
Lyft Inc. is opening its own test track for autonomous vehile, expanding its engineering team and adding more vehicles to its test fleet.
Hyundai to Test Robo-Taxis in California
Next week Hyundai Motor Co. will begin testing a robo-taxi service in Irvine, Calif.
Apple Co-Founder: Robo-Cars Unlikely Anytime Soon
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak, once a proponent of autonomous vehicles, now doubts the technology will be available within his lifetime.
Hyundai to Invest $35 Billion on Advanced Mobility
Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest 41 trillion won ($34.6 billion) over the next six years to develop next-generation mobility technologies and services.
BorgWarner to Buy Delphi Technologies
Electrification, economies of scale and other synergies drive deal
Steve Plumb
Senior Editor, AutoBeat Daily , AutoBeat
Hyundai Invests in AI-Based Mapping Startup
Hyundai Motor Co. is making an undisclosed investment in Netradyne Inc., a San Diego-based startup that uses cameras with artificial intelligence to help map roads for autonomous driving systems.
Zoox to Add Autonomous Testing in Las Vegas
California-based autonomous-car startup Zoox Inc. plans to begin testing self-driving electric vehicles in Las Vegas.
Hyundai and Aptiv Going for Levels 4 and 5
Creating a $4-billion joint venture (JV) for autonomous vehicle (AV) tech
Hyundai to Mass-Produce Robo Cars in 2024
Hyundai Motor Co. says it will begin high-volume production of Level 4 driverless vehicles within five years.
Hyundai, Aptiv Form Autonomous Vehicle JV
Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv plc have announced a 50:50 joint venture set up to design and develop technologies for self-driving cars.
Bizarre Notions of Self-Driving Cars
What do Americans think about the likelihood of climbing into a robot car?
Aptiv at the Airport in Vegas
Maybe the cab line will be a little shorter. . .
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, Automotive Design & Production
The Advantage of Data Monetization
The automotive supplier business model is evolving quickly from just software to data that can be monetized and has the potential to create significant competitive barriers.
Lyft Shares Autonomous-Car Test Data
Lyft Inc. has released research data from self-driving vehicle sensors and mapping systems.
Why Detroit Needs the Valley—and Vice Versa
Anyone can see the looming changes facing global automakers who are grappling with new technologies, stricter emissions standards, and apps that are turning car buyers into renters (or simply riders). Automobiles are increasingly becoming connected, electrified, and autonomous supercomputers on wheels.
Advance and Retract
“It speaks a lot of the advantages of having a tremendous amount of vertical integration to allow you to do concurrent engineering.”
Winning in the Future Automotive Market
As the automotive industry races toward the overall electrification, autonomy, and connectivity of vehicles, the related technologies are transforming from predominantly hardware-based systems to software-driven electronics.
Singapore Teams People and Tech in "Smart Nation" Initiatives
Thanks to strong government support, Singapore has become a leader in the development, testing and implementation of self-driving vehicles, ride-sharing, mobility-as-a-service and a host of smart city initiatives.
The Age of Restructuring
As technology disruption drastically changes the automotive landscape over the course of the next decade, nearly all automotive-related businesses will face major restructuring.
Paul Eichenberg
Managing Director, Paul Eichenberg Strategic Consulting
Tenneco Powertrain Nabs 2 PACE Innovation Awards
The winners of this year’s PACE Awards (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence) for innovation consisted of 13 suppliers from around the world.
About Blackmore and Its Approach to Lidar
Stephen Crouch spent some time at Delphi in the earlier part of this decade (pre-spinning off of the company now known as “Aptiv”) as a radar systems engineer where he worked on such things as signal processing algorithms.
Aptiv Touts Open-Source Dataset for Autonomous Cars
Aptiv plc has created an open-source dataset that developers of autonomous driving systems can use for free.
Israeli Lidar Firm Lands $130 Million in Funding
Israel’s Innoviz Technologies Inc. has secured $132 million in its Series C funding round.
WiTricity Buys Qualcomm’s Wireless Charging Business
Boston-based WiTricity Corp. has acquired Qualcomm Inc.’s Halo wireless charging business for an unspecified amount.
Harman to Produce Lidar for Innoviz
Innoviz Technologies Inc. has formed a partnership with Stamford, Conn.-based Harman International Industries Inc. to produce the Israeli startup company’s InnovizOne solid-state lidar system for carmakers.
