Source: Continental announcement AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Technology company Continental is strengthening its LiDAR sensor portfolio through a minority investment in LiDAR pioneer AEye, Inc. LiDAR sensors belong, besides camera and radar, to the key technologies for Automated Driving. Continental…
Source: Daimler Trucks announcement STUTTGART, Germany/MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.– Daimler Trucks and Waymo have signed a broad, global, strategic partnership to deploy autonomous SAE Leve 4 technology. Their initial effort will combine Waymo’s industry-leading automated driver technology with a unique version…
Source: Fierce Electronics post FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Despite widespread media predictions of futuristic self-driving cars traveling highways around the globe, IDC recently forecast a more gradual move to vehicle autonomy in coming years. The analyst firm said the number of…
Source: Xilinx announcement SAN JOSE, Calif./HANNOVER, Germany– Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and Continental today announced Xilinx will power Continental’s new Advanced Radar Sensor (ARS) 540 with the Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC platform, creating the automotive industry’s first production-ready 4D imaging radar.…
Source: Motional announcement BOSTON – The autonomous driving joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV) unveiled today its official name and brand identity: Motional. Launched virtually to its employees around the world, the self-driving pioneer is…
Source: AAA announcement ORLANDO, Fla. – AAA (American Automobile Association) researchers found that over the course of 4,000 miles of real-world driving, vehicles equipped with active driving assistance systems experienced some type of issue every eight miles, on average. Researchers…
Source: Lucid Motors announcement NEWARK, Calif. — Lucid Motors, which seeks to set new standards for sustainable transportation with its advanced luxury Evs (electric vehicles), today announced DreamDrive, a new benchmark in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). The first-of-its-kind platform combines…
Source: Toyota announcement INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Toyota and Hebei Pride announced a new license agreement to commercialize standardized safety testing systems for the development and validation of automotive automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. The agreement is the first license from…
Source: Chamption Brands announcement CLINTON, Mo. – Champion Oil, a major player in development and manufacturing of racing and performance products, unveiled more SKUs of motor oils specifically formulated to maximize the demands of today’s high-performance street vehicles. Champion Modern…
Source: Navistar announcement LISLE, Ill.– Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV), a producer of International® brand commercial trucks, proprietary diesel engines, and IC Bus® brand school and commercial buses, and TuSimple, a global self-driving technology company, announced the two entities have…
Source: Continental announcement FRANKFURT, Germany – Continental is continuing the series of its PRORETA research projects, together with Technical University (TU) Darmstadt, the University of Bremen (Germany) and TU Iaşi (Romania). PRORETA 5 is dedicated to one of the most…
Source: The following is excerpted from a Fleet Equipment post by David Sickels on the efficacy of Level 2 safety systems in today’s commercial vehicles. Level 2 automation has been a game-changer in terms of safety for about a decade…
Rick Kaatz is Vice President and General Manager for KB Autosys America Inc. In this episode, host Eric Jennings talks with Rick about working remotely, KB Autosys, and his work with SAE International. About KB Autosys Since established in 1985,…
Souce: Link Engineering SOROCABA, Brazil –Link Engineering Company celebrated 15 years of operation and service in Brazil on March 28th. Eduardo Ferro was named General Manager of LINK Brazil at its inception and continues to lead the local team and…
Source: Aptiv announcement DUBLIN / SEOUL / BOSTON – Aptiv (NYSE: APTV) and Hyundai Motor Group are pleased to announce they have completed the formation of their 50/50 autonomous driving joint venture aimed at advancing the companies’ shared vision of…
Source: Excerpted from a post on Transport Topics News After two decades of use in Europe, electronic braking systems (EBS) will make significant inroads in the North American commercial vehicle market in the coming years to support the development of…
Source: Honda TORRANCE, Calif. – The 2020 Honda Civic Type R made its world debut at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon and will go on sale in the U.S. later this year. The new model year brings numerous changes and…
Source: Bosch. The entire post can be read by clicking on this sentence. STUTTGART, Germany/LAS VEGAS, – Good things come in threes – and automated driving is no exception. Before safe automated driving can become a reality, a third sensor…
Source: Volkswagen Group of America HERNDON, Va. – Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) announced it has joined The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC). The group, which includes automakers and technology companies, is focused on jointly developing standards and best practices for…
Source: Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium WARRENDALE, Penn. – The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium™ (AVSC) has added Daimler as the latest member of the consortium. The addition of the Daimler brands deepens the AVSC’s connection in the European market as consortium…
Orlando, Fla. – Lapinus setup a display at the 37th Annual SAE International Brake Colloquium & Exhibition, but it did not have any new products to show. Instead it came to Orlando, Fla. to connect with existing customers and distributors.…
Orlando, Fla. – Prominent on the right side of Link Engineering’s display at the 37th Annual SAE International Brake Colloquium & Exhibition is their relatively new “public” version of LabLINK, its proprietary laboratory information management system (LIMS). “We’ve been using…
Orlando, Fla. – The final day of the 37th Annual SAE International Brake Colloquium & Exhibition opens with an extensive two-part tech session on Wheel Bearings and Seals. This tech session will focus on innovations in wheel bearings and their…
Orlando, Fla. – A look at the overall impact of motorsports on brake evolvement for street vehicles as well as a performance retrospective and specific companies’ intersection of the two disciplines encompassed the scope of the presentations during Tuesday’s Technical…
Tech Session Preview Orlando, Fla. – Some form of electrification will be a central factor in automotive propulsion systems from this point going forward, which means re-gen braking systems will become more prominent. Tuesday’s SAE Brake Colloquium & Exhibition panel…