Intel signed a strategic cooperation deal with Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motor Company Limited (GWM) to boost the development of automobile intelligence, both firms said in a release.
The strategic agreement
was signed during the Auto Shanghai 2019 event.
Under the terms of the deal, both...
A new study places Singapore, London, and San Francisco as the leading cities for smart mobility, rated on over 150 different parameters, covering autonomous vehicles, intelligent transport, and smart logistics.
The study rated 100 cities against six mobility criteria, in total, categorised as: new...
The city of Reno, in Nevada, is using blockchain technology to validate data communications between autonomous vehicles and street infrastructure.
The University of Nevada and Reno’s Center for Applied Research (NCAR) have teamed up with local blockchain company Filament on the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) trial, which...
Europe moved a step closer to rejecting 5G for autonomous vehicles in favour of wi-fi based communications last week, after the European Parliament voted in favour of the latter technology as proven, and “easy to implement and cheap”.
Around 60 per cent of the vote...
U.K. telco O2 confirmed it will provide 5G connectivity for the testing and development of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technology at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire.
O2 will enable 5G connectivity to Millbrook testing facilities from June 2019, using its 2.3 GHz and 3.4...
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The storm of digital change that 5G connectivity will unleash is...
A "no-deal" Brexit would put at risk future investments in the connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in the UK, according to a new report published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
The report stated that the U.K....
German carmaker Volkswagen said it is currently testing Level 4 automated vehicles in urban traffic in the city of Hamburg.
The company said that a fleet of five e-Golf vehicles, equipped with laser scanners, cameras, ultrasonic sensors and radars, will drive on a three-kilometer...
Logistics company UPS has completed the first commercial drone-based deliveries of medical samples to a private hospital and campus in Raleigh, in North Carolina. The flights have been green-lighted by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
UPS is...
Nokia is building private LTE and 5G coverage for the ARENA2036 automotive research factory in Stuttgart in collaboration with members of the German car and manufacturing industries, including Daimler, Bosch and TRUMPF.
Nokia will provide full private 4G/LTE and 5G New Radio coverage for the...
Among telecoms operators grappling with the concept of private industrial networks, and ways to coexist with enterprises seeking control of their own LTE and 5G infrastructure, Telefónica cuts an assured figure. It has been developing its strategy around private networks for 18 months at...
The company also announced a deal to deploy self-driving vehicles in a private development in California
Self-driving vehicle company Optimus Ride announced plans to deploy its self-driving systems at two sites in the United States.
The first site is the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 300-acre modern...
5G networks will only achieve the required reliability and latency for autonomous driving if sufficient edge compute functions are brought close to the roadside and architected correctly. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, between vehicles and with road infrastructure and services, will not enable driving systems to...
The new platform will allow cars from these three manufacturers to have access to a wide range of connected car services
Global automotive alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi announced the production release of the Alliance Intelligent Cloud, a new platform that is enabling Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors...
Global IoT spending is predicted to reach $745 billion this year, a 15 per cent increase over 2018 – and this double-digit acceleration is expected to continue.
Growth can be attributed in part to the manufacturing behind core IoT technologies. Processing speeds have increased, physical...
Traditional industrial technology giants are transforming their businesses by buying, funding or partnering with connected and intelligent manufacturing technologies and data management companies. The trend is most notable in Europe, among companies like like Bosch Rexroth and Siemens. At the same time, China is...
The UK government has set out a new working strategy to define its objectives and methodologies for future urban mobility. In tandem, it has launched a £90 million competition for four UK cities or regions to establish dedicated mobility zones to trial new mobility...
The Russian tech giant has already tested autonomous cars technology in Moscow, Las Vegas and Tel Aviv
Russian technology company Yandex, which specializes in intelligent products and services powered by machine learning, and South Korean automotive component manufacturer Hyundai Mobis have signed a memorandum of...
AAA study found that Americans are receptive to the idea of automated vehicle technology in more limited applications
Three in four Americas remain afraid of fully self-driving cars, following a number of high-profile safety incidents involving automated vehicles in 2018, according to a new study...
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But BMW’s major drive, to date, has been around automation. Indeed,...
BMW Group has a global roster of about 1,800 suppliers, scattered at 4,000 points across the globe. Together, they deliver 31 million parts to 30 BMW production sites, worldwide, every day. At the same time, almost 10,000 vehicles come off its production lines daily,...
The new rules were criticized by the GSMA, which urged Europe to adopt the C-V2X technology instead of Wi-Fi-based DSRC technology
The European Commission (EC) has implemented new rules stepping up the deployment of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) on Europe's roads and supporting Dedicated...
The trial, which used Spark’s pre-commercial 5G network, was carried in partnership with local company Ohmio Automation
New Zealand carrier Spark, in collaboration with compatriot firm Ohmio Auromation kicked off a test of a 5G-connected driverless car in Auckland, the telco said in a statement.
The...
New seed-stage private equity firm Ubiquity Ventures has made its first six investments in start-ups. Each of the companies selected for funding are in the industrial transformation or tech security games.
Ubiquity Ventures, based in Palo Alto, is focused on “pushing software beyond the screen”,...
