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Volvo Cars Will Use Luminar’s Lidar to Enable Highway Self-Driving in 2022 Self-driving Vehicles

Volvo Cars Will Use Luminar’s Lidar to Enable Highway Self-Driving in 2022

It's possible that all future Volvos will incorporate Luminar's lidar sensors. Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said that it will add lidar sensors and new perception technology from Silicon Valley start-up Luminar to some of its models starting in 2022. Luminar's lidar technology will allow Volvo to offer highway self-driving as…
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May 6, 2020
Lidar Upstart Luminar’s Laser Eyes Are Moving Out Of The Lab And Into Self-Driving Volvos Self-driving Vehicles

Lidar Upstart Luminar’s Laser Eyes Are Moving Out Of The Lab And Into Self-Driving Volvos

Luminar CEO and founder Austin Russell at a Volvo factory in Gothenburg, Sweden. Luminar Luminar, a Silicon Valley maker of laser lidar for self-driving vehicles, is shifting to a new phase with a multiyear agreement to supply its high-tech sensors to Volvo Cars, which will use them as part of…
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May 6, 2020
Intel buys Moovit (because self-driving cars can’t be everywhere) Self-driving Vehicles

Intel buys Moovit (because self-driving cars can’t be everywhere)

Intel has acquired Moovit, splashing out around $900 million on the public transit planning app, with plans to integrate it into what until now has been the chip-maker’s autonomous car business. Moovit offers multimodal trip planning, spanning trains, buses, scooters, and other methods, and Intel says it intends to combine…
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May 4, 2020
Province relaxes COVID-19 restrictions to allow Nova Scotians to get outdoors Self-driving Vehicles

Province relaxes COVID-19 restrictions to allow Nova Scotians to get outdoors

Nova Scotia has relaxed some of the restrictions it put in place to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Effective immediately, provincial and municipal parks can reopen, although playground equipment will continue to be off-limits.Beaches in the province will remain closed. 2:33Coronavirus outbreak: Nova Scotia opens parks, trails, and…
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May 1, 2020
A Ford joins the Rivian board Self-driving Vehicles

A Ford joins the Rivian board

Alexandra Ford English, Ford's director of corporate strategy, is joining EV startup Rivian's board of directors, the companies announced Friday.  Ford has invested more than $500 million in the electric truck manufacturer, and had originally planned to build luxury subsidiary Lincoln's first all-electric SUV on a Rivian platform. Citing complications…
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May 1, 2020
Bollinger B2 Chassis Cab electric truck platform revealed for commercial applications Self-driving Vehicles

Bollinger B2 Chassis Cab electric truck platform revealed for commercial applications

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April 30, 2020