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Zoox headcount grows as Amazon’s self-driving unit expands trying out in Vegas

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.’s self-driving automobile unit, Zoox, is hiring extra workers to make bigger its trying out in Las Vegas at a month when the regulatory implications have taken a entrance seat within the building of self sufficient automobile era.

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

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Toyota Motor Corporation and NTT Corporation entered into a memorandum of understanding concerning a business and capital alliance to build a long-term and continuous cooperative relationship that enables the commercialization of smart city businesses via the realization of a smart city platform. Smart city platform.

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Hyundai and Kia invest in autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora

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Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation have invested in Aurora to accelerate development of autonomous vehicle technologies. With the new investment, the companies have agreed to expand research to a wide range of models and to build an optimal platform for Hyundai and Kia’s autonomous vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Toyota Research Institute developing blended envelope control for Guardian driver assistance

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In a briefing at CES 2019, Dr. Gill Pratt, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) CEO and Toyota Motor Corporation Fellow said that one of TRI’s most significant breakthroughs this year was the creation of blended envelope control for its Guardian driver assistance system. 7, 2019 – Toyota is doubling-down on humans.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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But it has been building momentum quickly thanks to being a subsidiary of the multinational concomorate Vingroup. It is now Vietnam’s largest corporate entity by far — with loads of global business partners, an insatiable appetite for growth, and serious political influence. The Vietnamese car company has only been around since 2017.

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Israeli startup Imagry takes contrarian mapless way to self sufficient using

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Mobileye is the usage of that data to backup its building of hands-off, eyes-off computerized using programs and sooner or later totally self sufficient programs for the robotaxi trade. The corporate stated the high-definition maps serve information on what lies forward, permitting the automobile to power smoother and extra predictably.

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Honda, Sony agree to electric vehicle development partnership, first deliveries in 2025

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and Sony Group Corporation announced in a press release they have agreed to form a strategic alliance that aims to develop new electric vehicle technologies and mobility services. Sony has had evident plans to join the EV sector and develop vehicles, showcasing the Vision-S 02 prototype at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year.

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