NXP partners Foxconn on next gen vehicle
Dutch semiconductor firm NXP is collaborating with Foxconn to develop a new generation of platforms for connected vehicles. Foxconn will employ NXP automotive technology and expertise to develop new [...]
Genoa integrates entire transport network
Hitachi Rail has connected public and private hire transport across the City of Genoa. The company has connected 663 buses, 2,500 bus stops, a metro line used by 15 [...]
Baidu unveils Level 4 autonomous vehicle
Baidu has launched a fully autonomous vehicle (AV) to enter ride-hailing service in 2023. The Apollo RT6 is an all-electric, production-ready model with a detachable steering wheel. According to [...]
Cruise charts Dubai ahead of ride-hail launch
General Motor’s self driving subsidiary Cruise has begun charting Dubai to prepare digital maps for the company’s self-driving vehicles. The move is a prelude to the launch of a [...]
Eve, Halo to develop UAM traffic management
Embraer urban air mobility spin-out Eve is collaborating with Anglo-US UAM specialist Halo Aviation on the development and launch of Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (“UATM”) software. Halo will [...]
Kodiak expands autonomous freight to Florida
Self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics has expanded its autonomous freight service to Florida with 10 Roads Express, a provider of time sensitive surface transportation for the US Postal Service. [...]
Pony.ai and SANY Autonomous Trucks JV
Pony.ai has formed a joint venture with Chinese truck maker SANY to develop an autonomous truck brand. The two companies will combine Pony.ai’s “virtual driver” with SANY’s wire-controlled chassis [...]
VW picks Blackberry QNX for VW.OS
Volkswagen Group has picked Blackberry QNX as a component in its future software platform VW.OS. QNX will help power VW’s software stack for automated driving. VW’s software subsidiary CARIAD [...]
Virgin selects Viasat for in-flight Wi-Fi
Virgin Atlantic has picked Viasat for in-flight connectivity on its new Airbus A330-900 aircraft. Viasat’s IFC package will connect devices with fast video streaming, browsing, messaging, and social media [...]
Continental and Qt to co-develop Next-Gen Cockpits
Open software company Qt and Continental embedded software subsidiary Elektrobit are combining products to simplify development of future digital cockpits. The combined solution brings together Qt’s Device Creation framework, [...]
France certifies first LiDAR speed monitoring
France has certified its first highway speed monitoring system based on 3D LiDARs. The Laboratoire national de métrologie et d’essais (LNE) has certified a system from PARIFEX which is [...]
Siemens boosts climate-neutral aviation design
Siemens has bought aeronautic design tech firm Zona Technology in a move to boost the climate-neutral capabilities of its aircraft design and engineering software. A specialist in aeroelastic simulation, [...]
