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Hyundai, Motional to deploy Level 4 IONIQ 5 robotaxis in US in 2023

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Motional, formed in March 2020 as an autonomous driving joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, will work in partnership with ride-hailing services to deploy the Level 4 autonomous vehicles starting in 2023.

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Toyota and NTT enter long-term cooperation and capital alliance to commercialize smart city platform

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On 7 January at CES in Las Vegas, Toyota announced the outline of a project to build a prototype city connecting all kinds of goods and services that support people’s lives. The two companies have been collaborating in the connected car field for several years. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Schaeffler startup to present near-production Bio-Hybrid at CES 2019; cargo and passenger versions

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The variable and electrically assisted vehicles will be showcased in Las Vegas in the Cargo and Passenger versions. The world premiere of the two near-production prototypes at CES marks the next step on the road to the planned market launch in 2020. The vehicle to be showcased in Las Vegas is a kind of “pick-up.”.

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Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv to form autonomous driving joint venture; autonomous platform to be available in 2022

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The joint venture will begin testing fully driverless systems in 2020 and have a production-ready autonomous driving platform available for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers in 2022. Hyundai first began testing autonomous vehicles on public roads in the US in 2015 with a license from the state of Nevada.

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CEVA partners with iOnRoad for camera-enabled driver-assistance systems

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The companies will demonstrate the technology at CES 2013 in Las Vegas from 8-11 January. Market research firm ABI Research forecasts the global advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) revenues are expected to grow from $22 billion in 2012 to $460 billion in 2020.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans invests in Starship Technologies, leading manufacturer of delivery robots; furthering the mothership concept

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As the two companies recently announced at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, initial pilot tests for this combination of van and robot are planned for Europe. The launch of the pilot project in a real-world environment is scheduled to take place later this year. —Volker Mornhinweg, Head of Mercedes-Benz Vans.

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New DARPA Grand Challenge to focus on wireless spectrum collaboration; first collaborative machine-learning competition

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SC2 will reward teams for developing smart systems that collaboratively, rather than competitively, adapt in real time to today’s fast-changing, congested spectrum environment—redefining the conventional spectrum management roles of humans and machines in order to maximize the flow of radio frequency (RF) signals.

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