ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- May Mobility, a leader in the development and deployment of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, today announced the appointment of Sid Venkatesan as its general counsel.\nSid Venkatesan is the general counsel for May Mobility, Inc.Venkatesan brings 20 years of legal experience with diverse litigation, transaction and counseling practice within the tech and AV industries.\n\"Deploying autonomous vehicles requires more than technology—it requires regulatory and legal expertise,\" said Edwin Olson, CEO at May Mobility.\nDuring his time at Embark, Venkatesan oversaw the development of multiple risk mitigation program, and provided legal leadership, including leading the company through a successful deSPAC transaction and transition to a Nasdaq-listed company.\nPrior to Embark, Venkatesan served as general counsel and chief operating officer at a private equity-backed manufacturing firm and as chief IP counsel at GE Digital, a General Electric Tier 1 business.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Bernard Schmidt resigns as JTA automation and innovation vice president","slug":"bernard-schmidt-resigns-as-jta-automation-and-innovation-vice-president","publishDate":"2023-07-12 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-13 14:31:14.781950","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Bernard Schmidt, Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s vice president of automation and innovation and the executive who led the Skyway modernization Ultimate Urban Circulator project, has resigned.\nRead the letter Read a PDF of the resignation letter hereIn his letter, Schmidt said a recent reorganization at JTA put Senior Vice President and Chief Infrastructure & Development Officer Greer Johnson Gillis in charge of the automation division.\nThe JTA executive’s letter compliments his automation and innovation team, Ford and JTA’s current and past board of directors.\nU2C project continuingIn an emailed statement July 12, JTA spokesperson John Finotti said the U2C project will continue to move forward.\nSchmidt said May 31 the innovation corridor will also need cabling, camera systems and new interactive U2C stops along Bay Street.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Maserati Bids Farewell to Gas-Powered V8 With Special Editions","slug":"maserati-bids-farewell-to-gas-powered-v8-with-special-editions","publishDate":"2023-07-12 22:18:00+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-13 14:31:14.375978","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"As it says caio to internal combustion, Maserati celebrates the last of its V8s with two special editions: a Ghibli 334 Ultima and Levante V8 Ultima.\nThe two V8 tribute cars will be the Maserati Ghibli 334 Ultima and Levante V8 Ultima.\n“They had the 200 SI, the 300 S, and the 350 S were their race cars in the mid-‘50s,” Goodfellow said.\nRelated Story Maserati Ends V8 Production and Eyes Electricity“The 450 S was the birth of the modern-day V8,” said Maserati Club founder, Concorso Italiano founder, and current carguytours.com operator Frank Mandarano.\nPricing is not out yet, but the age of internal combustion draws to a close with these exciting Maseratis.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Kinetica Announces Free Cloud Offering, Empowering Developers with Instant Access to Advanced Analytics","slug":"kinetica-announces-free-cloud-offering-empowering-developers-with-instant-access-to-advanced-analytics","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-07-13 14:31:13.712989","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Kinetica Announces Free Cloud Offering, Empowering Developers with Instant Access to Advanced AnalyticsARLINGTON, Va., July 12, 2023 — Kinetica today announced a totally free version of Kinetica Cloud where anyone can sign-up instantly without a credit card to experience Kinetica’s generative AI capabilities to analyze real-time data.\nAdditionally, developers will be able to upgrade to Kinetica Cloud for Dedicated Workloads with support for production deployments, including dedicated compute resources and Kinetica Standard Support.\nFor instance, joins between two spatial data sets and calculating overlapping polygons will cripple a traditional data warehouse or data lake.\nKinetica Cloud Free Forever includes:Store and analyze up to 10GB of data with full Kinetica database functionality.\nKinetica Cloud Free Forever complements existing Kinetica deployment options, including Developer Edition, deploying Kinetica through the AWS and Azure Marketplaces as a managed service, or deploying Kinetica software-only in a customer’s own cloud environment.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"US to Decide on GM Request to Deploy Self-Driving Cars","slug":"us-to-decide-on-gm-request-to-deploy-self-driving-cars","publishDate":"2023-07-12 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-13 14:31:13.420844","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General Motors' Cruise self-driving technology unit seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls, a top auto safety official said on Wednesday.\nThe petition, filed in February 2022, seeks government approval to deploy vehicles annually without steering wheels, mirrors, turn signals or windshield wipers.\nNational Highway Traffic Safety acting Administrator Ann Carlson said Wednesday the agency \"will issue a decision \"in the coming weeks.\"\nCruise wants to deploy its Origin vehicle, which has subway-like doors and no steering wheels.\nThe NHTSA said Cruise vehicles \"may engage in inappropriately hard braking or become immobilized.\"
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Illinois Motorcycle Group Opposed to Self-Driving Cars and Upcoming Testing","slug":"illinois-motorcycle-group-opposed-to-self-driving-cars-and-upcoming-testing","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-07-13 14:31:12.261797","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Illinois Motorcycle Group Opposed to Self-Driving Cars and Upcoming TestingWritten by Kevin Bessler, The Center SquarePublished July 12, 2023An Illinois motorcycle group is raising a red flag over planned testing of self-driving cars this summer.\nThe automaker has always highlighted data collection from its fleet of millions of vehicles as one of its main advantages in autonomous vehicles.\nBruce Rauner, an avid motorcyclist, signed an executive order in 2018 creating an autonomous vehicle testing program, ABATE of Illinois rescinded their endorsement.\nWitkowski pointed to a recent AAA study that found 9% of Americans “trust” self-driving vehicles and 68% are “afraid” of it.\n“ABATE of Illinois has been a leader in talking about the dangers of Tesla vehicles in Illinois and nationwide,” said Bob Ellinger, state coordinator of ABATE of Illinois.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Car fire spreads to house in Flint, says fire department","slug":"car-fire-spreads-to-house-in-flint-says-fire-department","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-07-13 14:31:12.051917","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Car fire spreads to house in Flint, says fire departmentCar fire spreads to house in Flint, says fire department - WEYI
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Two Cars Stolen, Several Broken Into One Night in Watertown","slug":"two-cars-stolen-several-broken-into-one-night-in-watertown","publishDate":"2023-07-12 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-13 14:31:11.552489","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor said that a Nissan SUV was taken from Lovell Road, and later turned up on Merrill Road.\nAnd, a resident of Merrill Road reported that his Audi Q7 had been taken out of his driveway.\nThe two juveniles drove away in grey Mazda 6 sedan, which was followed by another vehicle, O’Connor said.\nAt 5:04 a.m., a Lovell Road resident called police to report his vehicle had been stolen.\nAt 12:24 p.m. on July 8, Police responded to a call on Merrill Road for a stolen vehicle.
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