Volvo expands its Google partnership to integrate Gemini across its model lineup, the first automaker to do so, hoping to ease its drivers' “cognitive load”
Gemini can ease a driver's “cognitive load” so they can keep their eyes on the road, the automaker says.
Self-driving truck startup Waabi partners with Volvo to develop and deploy autonomous trucks, starting with pilots in Texas and a launch in late 2025 or 2026
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Volvo partners with Aurora Innovation to unveil Volvo VNL Autonomous, a self-driving truck which Aurora plans to use for freight hauling in the next few months
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Google announces Home integration with some Volvo cars, allowing control of car systems with Assistant commands, starting in the US and six European countries
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As carmakers integrate 100-150+ chip-based electronic control units in each car, a look at the challenges of an auto industry that is more dependent on software
The trend toward self-driving and electric vehicles will add hundreds of millions of lines of code to cars. Can the auto industry cope? Tweets: @davewiner , @bertrandduflos , @azaidman , @trengriffin...
Volvo will provide hundreds of SUVs with driverless tech for Didi Chuxing's fleet of robo-taxis and will integrate with Didi's self-driving hardware platform
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How Aurora, now the owner of Uber's ATG, is moving to bring its self-driving tech to market via deals with Volvo in trucking, Uber and Toyota in taxis, more
On Feb. 11, about a month after closing on the acquisition of Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, or ATG, the self-driving-car startup Aurora held an all-hands meeting. Tweets: @bw , @tweetermeyer , @...
Volvo and Aurora announce a partnership to develop fully autonomous semi trucks for North America, to be deployed on highly frequented hub-to-hub routes
Another day, another partnership — Volvo is partnering with self-driving startup Aurora on a new lineup of fully autonomous semi trucks, the companies announced.
Luminar, a lidar tech startup backed by Peter Thiel, Volvo, and GoPro's founder Nick Woodman, plans to go public via a $3.4B merger with a SPAC
Bloomberg : Tweets: @fpontaza , @thestalwart , and @dstrachman Tweets: Fernando Pontaza / @fpontaza : 5 years ago two Guatemalans walked into a room in SF and met a teacher and a philosopher that had...
Luminar, a lidar tech startup backed by Peter Thiel, Volvo, and GoPro's founder Nick Woodman, plans to go public via a $3.4B merger with a SPAC
- Gores Metropoulos said to agree on merger with Luminar — Luminar investors to retain 80% of company after Gores deal