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car&bike Team
Nov 14, 2019, 10:31 PM
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a Nov. 20 hearing on the testing and deployment of self-driving vehicles that will include top U.S. safety officials, as Congress has struggled to pass legislation on autonomous vehicles.
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Seshan Vijayraghvan | Nov 12, 2019Lithium Partners With Wipro For Pan-India Employee Transportation ServicesLithium Urban Technologies, one of India's largest electric vehicles fleet operators, has announced partnering with Wipro to offer employee transportation service to the tech giant's offices across the country. Lithium started servicing Wipro's Hyderabad campus in June 2018, and so far its electric cars have covered a cumulative distance of 40 lakh km and thus saving 800 metric ton (MT) of CO2e in a little over 1 year.1 min read
car&bike Team | Nov 6, 2019In Review Of Fatal Arizona Crash, U.S. Agency Says Uber Software Had Flaws: ReportAn Uber self-driving test vehicle that struck and killed an Arizona woman in 2018 had software flaws, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday as it disclosed the company's autonomous test vehicles were involved in 37 crashes over the prior 18 months.1 min read
car&bike Team | Nov 6, 2019Nio, Mobileye Partner On Self-Driving Consumer Passenger Cars In ChinaUnder the agreement, Nio will manufacture and produce at mass scale a self-driving system designed by Mobileye, which will be integrated into Nio's electric-vehicle consumer lines1 min read
Reuters | Nov 3, 2019Waymo Tests 'Rider Only' Service And Looks Beyond Robo-TaxisWaymo Chief Executive John Krafcik said the self-driving vehicle company is now offering limited "rider-only" trips in Phoenix, Arizona, as it looks beyond the robo-taxis business to generate future revenue. Waymo, a unit of Alphabet Inc has begun offering fully automated rides, without attendants in the vehicle, to a few hundred early users of its robo-taxi service in Phoenix, Krafcik confirmed on Sunday at a dinner with journalists ahead of a conference in Detroit. He did not say when or how quickly Waymo would expand "rider-only" services. Riders signed up for the fully automated service have signed non-disclosure agreements, he said.1 min read
car&bike Team | Oct 29, 2019Waymo Tests 'Rider Only' Service And Looks Beyond Robo-TaxisWaymo Chief Executive John Krafcik said the self-driving vehicle company is now offering limited "rider-only" trips in Phoenix, Arizona, and is looking beyond the robo-taxi business to generate future revenue, including delivery services.1 min read
car&bike Team | Oct 26, 2019MG Motor India Delivers Record 700 Units Of The Hector On DhanterasMG Motor has delivered a record 700 units of the Hector SUV in a single day on occasion of Dhanteras in India.1 min read
car&bike Team | Oct 22, 2019Hyundai Motor Group Develops World's First Machine Learning Based Smart Cruise Control TechnologySmart Cruise Control enables an essential self-driving feature and core technology for ADAS: maintaining distance from the vehicle ahead while traveling at the speed selected by the driver.1 min read
car&bike Team | Oct 19, 2019U.S. Army, General Motors Collaborate To Improve Automotive CybersecurityTwo Army engineers will embed with their counterparts at GM, while a GM expert is scheduled to co-locate with the Army's Ground Vehicle Cybersecurity Team.1 min read
