One of the mains goal for autonomous vehicles is to improve human safety, by reducing the number of traffic crashes. But how do you know if autonomous vehicles actually do so, under what conditions, and by how much? A benchmark is needed, and a...
SoftBank said it aims to realize a next-generation network for autonomous driving in Japan by leveraging its expertise in vehicle communications with May Mobility's autonomous vehicle technology
Japanese operator SoftBank and U.S. autonomous vehicle technology company May Mobility have entered into a partnership agreement to...
Rogers said that researchers will have the possibility to use machine learning techniques combined with traffic modeling and simulations
Canadian operator Rogers Communications has signed a two-year partnership with Sheridan College that will focus on 5G autonomous vehicle research and development.
In a release, Rogers said...
UK telco O2 has signed an
agreement to provide 5G connectivity for the testing of connected and
autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in the Smart Mobility Living Lab (SMLL) in London,
the carrier said in a release.
O2 said that its 3.4 GHz "5G-ready" spectrum will enable car manufacturers, self-driving...
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...
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...
The two companies initially deployed an IoT-based solution for the city of Las Vegas
Iteris, a U.S company that focuses on applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, has signed a strategic partnership with Cisco with the aim of promoting the latter’s Connected Roadway solution through...
Waymo said it will begin testing in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Sunnyvale
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has issued a permit to Waymo authorizing the company to test driverless vehicles on public roads, including freeways, highways and streets in...
“Cars are the ultimate mobile device," said AT&T this week, as it announced another two million connected cars in Q3, as well as an expanded deal to supply connectivity to heavy-duty Daimler trucks outside of North America, and restated its plans for 5G cellular...
Car maker Volvo has struck a deal with Chinese internet search provider Baidu to jointly develop electric and fully autonomous cars for the Chinese market.
Volvo, a subsidiary of Chinese automotive company Geely, and Baidu said they will “pool resources to take the next step...
The JV, dubbed MONET, aims to create a mobility-as-a-service business unit in 2020
Japanese firms Toyota and SoftBank have agreed to form a strategic partnership to facilitate the creation of new mobility services, and plan to establish a joint venture company, MONET Technologies Corporation, before...
Alibaba’s CEO Jack Ma said China needs to control core technologies such as chip development
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced plans to set up a new semiconductor company to focus on the development of artificial intelligence chips and embedded processors to support the...
During the demo, the two partners reached a 6 Gbps throughput using the 3.5 GHz band
Orange Belgium teamed up with Nokia to demonstrate the potential and future applications of 5G including virtual and augmented reality, IoT, connected vehicles, eHealth and industrial applications, among others.
Orange...
Local authorities said LoRaWAN technology will enable the implementation of use cases, including digital water metering and waste management
NNNCo, the Australian firm building a national narrowband network in Australia for the internet of things, has signed a contract with the city of Gold Coast...
Siemens said the lack of planning in this field could create negative social and economic effects
Cities will need to anticipate and tackle upcoming changes to their infrastructures early in order to get ready for the advent of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV), according to...
nuTonomy has been testing autonomous vehicles in certain districts of Boston since 2017
The city of Boston announced that nuTonomy, a firm which specializes in the development of autonomous vehicle software, has been authorized to expand testing on streets city-wide.
Under the city’s supervision, nuTonomy has...
AutoAir project aims to accelerate validation and development of connected cars
U.K company Millbrook said it will create the country’s first independent 5G testbed for connected cars under the recently announced AutoAir project. The main aim of this project is to bring 5G technologies to...
The Korean telco has completed a four-hour test drive earlier this month
The government of South Korea has allowed mobile network operator KT to test a self-driving bus in capital Seoul.
With this permission, the operator can test its 45-passenger autonomous bus on public roads. KT...
GM's Cruise Automation has had a big month. First the company said it had purchased a chip developer that will help it virtually eliminate one of the major costs of making self-driving cars. Then, Cruise announced plans to test those cars in New York...
The Japanese firm said the system detects and prevents cyber attacks in connected and autonomous cars
Panasonic Corporation announced the development of an automotive intrusion detection and prevention systems to prevent cyberattacks in autonomous and connected cars.
Panasonic said its newly developed system will ensure safe...
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