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Germany’s Vay launches remote-driven car service in Las Vegas – ET Auto

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German remote-driving startup Vay said on Wednesday it had launched its first commercial service in Las Vegas where a “teledriver”, or remote driver, delivers electric short-term rental cars to customers then collects them after the rental.

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Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas – ET Auto

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Zoox also operates retrofitted self-driving Toyota Highlanders in Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Foster City, California. It also expanded the Las Vegas area in which the cars can travel to five miles from one mile, it said in a statement.

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Motional puts robotaxi deployment on back burner, to focus on technology development – ET Auto

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Auto parts supplier Aptiv said last week it would sell its stake in Motional, its joint venture with Hyundai Motor, while the Korean automaker will fund the startup with additional USD 475 million. The startup said it has completed more than 100,000 autonomous rides in Las Vegas and food deliveries in Los Angeles.

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Aptiv to sell stake in self-driving venture to Hyundai, cuts FY sales view – ET Auto

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Auto parts supplier Aptiv on Thursday cut its annual sales forecast and said it would reduce equity interest in its self-driving joint venture, Motional, with Hyundai Motor. Motional uses Hyundai’s IONIQ5 electric car for its robotaxi service, which it offers in Las Vegas through Uber and Lyft. in morning trading.

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Nvidia expands its reach in China’s EV sector – ET Auto

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Chinese automakers Li Auto, Great Wall Motor, Zeekr and the new EV unit of Chinese telecommunications company Xiaomi will use Nvidia’s DRIVE technology to power automated driving, Nvidia said on Monday at the CES technology conference in Las Vegas.

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Uber, Kia sign electric vehicle partnership – ET Auto

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US ride-hailing platform Uber and South Korean automaker Kia announced Wednesday the signing of an agreement on producing electric vehicles, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Mercedes launches ‘dialogue partner’ voice assistant – ET Auto

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You can ask questions, have a conversation, be productive,” Mercedes’ chief technology officer, Markus Schaefer , said at a press roundtable in Las Vegas. . “The car is your dialogue partner.