Everything you need to know about the virtual TC Sessions: Mobility 2020
You may have heard that we’re taking our events virtual this year. And that means TC Sessions: Mobility is going virtual as well. This won’t just be one long webinar…. »
Category: Argo AI
Self-driving vehicle startup Argo AI completes $2.6B deal with Volkswagen, expands to Europe
Volkswagen Group finalized Tuesday its $2.6 billion investment into Argo AI, the Pittsburgh-based self-driving car startup that came out of stealth in 2017 with $1 billion in backing from Ford…. »
Ford postpones autonomous vehicle service until 2022
Ford said Tuesday it will delay plans to launch an autonomous vehicle service to 2022, as the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the company to rethink its go-to-market strategy. The news… »
Waymo suspends all self-driving services in light of coronavirus pandemic
Waymo has extended the partial suspension of its autonomous vehicle service pilots to include fully driverless vehicle testing, the company confirmed on Friday. While Alphabet-owned Waymo had already stopped operation… »
Ford says its autonomous cars will last just four years
The automotive industry has been promoting self-driving cars as a kind of panacea that will solve numerous problems that modern society is grappling with right now, from congestion to safety… »
Waymo self-driving cars head to Florida for rainy season
Waymo is taking some of its autonomous vehicles to Florida just in time for hurricane season to begin testing in heavy rain. The move to Florida will focus on testing… »
Self-driving car startup Argo AI is giving researchers free access to its HD maps
Argo AI is releasing curated data along with high-definition maps to researchers for free, the latest company in the autonomous vehicle industry to open-source some of the information it has… »
Transportation Weekly: Amazon’s secret acquisition and all the AV feels
Welcome to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. I cover all the ways people and goods move from Point A to Point B —… »
Waymo CTO on the company’s past, present and what comes next
A decade ago, about a dozen or so engineers gathered at Google’s main Mountain View campus on Charleston Road to work on Project Chauffeur, a secret endeavor housed under the… »
Argo AI acquires permit to test autonomous vehicles in California
Argo AI, the self-driving car startup that burst onto the scene in 2017 with $1 billion in backing from Ford, has obtained a permit to test its autonomous vehicles in… »
Grim milestone comes as Joe Biden’s incoming chief of staff says 500,000 could die in US next month; EU states raise concerns about Pfizer slowdown German vaccine officials forced to… »
Keir Starmer calls on home secretary to take responsibility for ‘fiasco’ as officers begin to report ‘near misses’ Priti Patel is under mounting pressure to give a full account of… »
