Source: Auburn University announcement INDIANAPOLIS—Auburn University’s world-renowned autonomous vehicle (AV) research program’s Autonomous Tiger Racing, or ATR, literally lapped the competition last month — and made history in the process. Comprised of students in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s…
Source: Luminar Technologies announcement MUNICH — Luminar Technologies, Inc (Nasdaq: LAZR) will premier its Proactive Safety™ system in on-road demos for European automakers at the IAA Mobility Summit September 7–12. The company also announced an expansion of its customer ecosystem…
Source: AEye announcement DUBLIN, Calif. — AEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIDR) the global leader in adaptive, high-performance LiDAR solutions, announced a partnership with Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE). As one of the world’s leading providers of engineering, design, and manufacturing services,…
Source: Volkswagen announcement HERNDON, Va. – The 2022 entire Jetta range of sedans from Volkswagen will add standard Front Assist, Blind Spot Monitor and Rear Traffic Alert and the GLI models will also have IQ.DRIVE® driver assistance as standard fitment…
Source: Fact.MR. announcement ROCKVILLE, Md. — According to a recent report published by an ESOMAR-certified market research and consulting firm, the lane-departure warning system market would grow at a rate of 14 percent from 2021 to 2031, reaching an impressive…
Source: Continental announcement FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany — Continental has taken a minority stake in Leipzig-based startup Kopernikus Automotive, a specialist in autonomous driving technologies, developing solutions for infrastructure-based maneuvering of vehicles. The technology is based on sensors permanently installed…
Source: ZF announcement FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — ZF has appointed Wilhelm Rehm to head its forthcoming new Commercial Vehicle Solutions Division. Rehm, Member of the ZF Board of Management, oversees the commercial vehicle business in addition to industrial technology and materials…
MARKHAM, Ont. — The following was excerpted from a post by Greg Meckbach in Canadian Underwriter about changes one Canadian auto-insurance company, Aviva Canada, is making to its underwriting policies, including eliminating the discount for automatic-emergency braking (AEB) systems in…
Source: AEye announcement DUBLIN, Calif. – AEye Inc., the global leader in adaptive, high-performance LiDAR solutions, named automotive veteran Bernd Reichert to the newly created position of Senior Vice President of ADAS. An experienced leader, Reichert comes to AEye from…
Source: Algolux announcement MONTREAL — Algolux, a globally recognized computer vision software company, has been selected to participate in the AI-SEE project led by Mercedes Benz AG to ensure safe driving in poor visibility conditions. Recently named to the 2021…
Source: Mobileye announcement NEW YORK — Mobileye, an Intel company, has added New York City to its rapidly expanding global autonomous vehicle (AV) testing program. The company’s entry into New York City – the largest city in North America and…
Source: Superpedestrian announcement Cambridge, Mass. — Superpedestrian, the MIT spin-off engineering firm behind LINK, “The Volvo of E-Scooters,” has unveiled a breakthrough active safety system dubbed “Pedestrian Defense.” The new system does not just detect unsafe behaviors like riding on…
Source: NODAR announcement SOMERVILLE, Mass. — NODAR, the leading provider of camera-based 3D vision technology, announced today that the company added several automotive industry leaders to their team including Roger Nielsen, former President and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America,…
Source: Continental announcement FRANKFURT, Germany – On the path towards autonomous driving, system integration capabilities are critical to the development. Ten months after joining forces in partnership with LiDAR expert AEye, Continental is integrating the long-range LiDAR technology into its…
Source: Light announcement REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc., and Light, a leading provider of depth perception for vehicles, have begun “proof of concept” development of a forward-facing perception system for use with advanced driver assistance systems. The…
Source: HELLA announcement LIPPSTADT, Germany –The lighting and electronics expert HELLA has been named a Supplier of the Year by General Motors (GM) for the third-consecutive year. This year, the company received awards in two categories: Autonomous/Active Safety Technologies, and…
Source: Volvo announcement GOTHENBURG, Sweden — The next generation of Volvo cars are set to be the company’s safest ever, thanks to cutting-edge software and hardware levels, coupled with continuous and more rapid improvements to safety features with the help…
Source: UL announcement NORTHBROOK, Ill. — UL, the global safety science leader, announced it is now a member of the World Economic Forum’s Safe Drive Initiative, a multi-stakeholder project created to improve the state of autonomous vehicle governance. The mission…
MUNICH – Knorr-Bremse, a global market leader for braking systems and other rail and commercial vehicles systems, acknowledged it is interested in acquiring the 60 percent of HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA controlled by the company’s founding family. Knorr-Bremse said…
Source: Volvo announcement GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Volvo Cars’ forthcoming fully electric flagship SUV will have industry-leading safety technology as standard, helping to save even more lives as the company sets a new benchmark for automotive safety. The fully electric successor…
Source: Psychic Ventures Ltd. announcement LONDON — During the last five years, major carmakers, tech giants, and start-ups have invested more than $50bn into autonomous vehicle (AV) technology. Although there have been many financial, practical, and scientific challenges in developing…
Source: Ford announcement DEARBORN, Mich. — Back in 2018, Ford issued a comprehensive report to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that outlined the way the company approached self-driving vehicle development. A lot has changed in the years since, but…
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – BMW has announced the updated 2022 BMW X3 Sports Activity Vehicle (sport utility vehicle – SUV) and 2022 BMW X4 Sports Activity Coupe (swoopy version of an SUV) with what BMW is calling “meaningful enhancements in…
Source: Velodyne Lidar, Inc. announcement SAN JOSE, Calif.– Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) has introduced the next generation of its Velabit™ sensor, which addresses the cost, safety, and design challenges of autonomous solutions while delivering state-of-the-art performance. Equipped with…
Source: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announcement ELYRIA, Ohio – Every year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates crashes involving commercial vehicles and considers how to prevent them, work that helps to shape its biennial “Most Wanted List of Transportation…