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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Project Endeavour autonomous driving trials begin in Birmingham","slug":"project-endeavour-autonomous-driving-trials-begin-in-birmingham","publishDate":"2021-06-11 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:31:01.402379","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Birmingham is hosting the Project Endeavour autonomous driving trial, as it enters its next phase on public roads.\nThe trials offer the Project Endeavour partners the opportunity to refine local deployment approaches as well as understand and model the complex and busy road network in Birmingham.\nProject Endeavour – a Government-backed mobility research project – is the UK’s first multi-city demonstration of autonomous vehicle services and capability.\nThe Project Endeavour trial will feature four Ford Mondeo vehicles fitted with LiDAR, radar and stereo cameras and integrated with Oxbotica’s autonomy software platform.\nTrials will run throughout the day for several weeks, allowing Oxbotica’s autonomous vehicles to experience a range of traffic scenarios and weather conditions.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"China's Huawei aims to develop self-driving tech by 2025","slug":"china-s-huawei-aims-to-develop-self-driving-tech-by-2025","publishDate":"2021-06-11 06:23:09-04:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:31:00.059846","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"BEIJING -- China's Huawei Technologies aims to develop driverless-car technology by 2025, an executive said, as the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker diversifies its business in the face of U.S. sanctions.\n\"Our team's goal is to reach true driverless passenger cars in 2025,\" Wang Jun, senior executive at Huawei's smart vehicle unit, told an industry conference.\nDozens of startups, automakers and large technology firms such as Internet search leader Baidu and Apple are accelerating work on self-driving vehicle systems which are expected to bring a sea change to the transportation industry.\nHuawei has pivoted to smart electric vehicles after its global smartphone business was hammered by U.S. sanctions.\nThe previous Trump administration labelled the company a threat to U.S. national security - a charge it denies.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Perrone Robotics completes series of public road tests of its autonomous vehicles","slug":"perrone-robotics-completes-series-of-public-road-tests-of-its-autonomous-vehicles","publishDate":"2021-06-11 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:30:58.783681","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Perrone Robotics, a provider of autonomous vehicle technology, says it has successfully completed a series of public road demonstrations in the city of Westminster, Maryland, as part of an event hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory (MAGIC) Autonomous Corridor Project.\nCustomers are able to accelerate the global deployment of autonomous vehicle fleet solutions across their gas-powered, diesel and electric passenger and cargo shuttles.\nPerrone Robotics received national recognition several years ago for technically reaching Level 5 autonomy in its 2019 public road demonstrations in Albemarle County, Virginia.\nPerrone has additional AV transit, cargo and delivery shuttles under development and will be ready for use in public fleets by late summer 2021.\nPaul Perrone, founder and CEO of Perrone Robotics, says: “We have been operating in a driverless fashion with our autonomy since 2005, including the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"AI Driving Will Be Here Soon: Tesla And Volkswagen Make Plans","slug":"ai-driving-will-be-here-soon-tesla-and-volkswagen-make-plans","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:30:56.519433","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Regardless of the extent to which either of these driving modes offer driver assistance, both are clearly not full self-driving.\nThe age of autonomous vehicles IS dawning however, and Volkswagen refuses to be left behind in the self-driving revolution.\nIf you’ll let me be Frank with you, charging for access to full self-driving makes a lot of sense, but it also makes a vehicle much less desirable, in my opinion.\nThe Tesla Model S Plaid is set to arrive to owners soon, so Autopilot will find its way into some new hands shortly.\nFull self-driving should not be called full self-driving unless the vehicle does not need an alert operator.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Volkswagen Plans Hourly Subscription For Self-Driving Feature","slug":"volkswagen-plans-hourly-subscription-for-self-driving-feature","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:30:54.800598","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Volkswagen, the German automaker, is considering a service that would charge passengers on its autonomous vehicles on an hourly basis.\nVolkswagen plans to launch the first subscription plan for its vehicles based on MEB, a modular electric car platform that offers more space for e-mobility in a smaller area.\nOnce Volkswagen's self-driving features are ready, it hopes to launch the service by the second quarter of next year, according to Thomas Ulbrich, a Volkswagen board member.\nUlbrich said in an interview to the German newspaper Die Welt that Volkswagen plans to offer other allied services with the hourly/ daily subscription plans.\nThe question then arises — Would people want to pay per hour for a self-driving feature in their car?
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"NVIDIA to buy autonomous vehicle mapping company DeepMap","slug":"nvidia-to-buy-autonomous-vehicle-mapping-company-deepmap","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:30:53.706015","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"NVIDIA is to acquire DeepMap, a company that makes high-definition mapping technology for self-driving cars.\n\"DeepMap is expected to extend our mapping products, help us scale worldwide map operations and expand our full self-driving expertise,\" said NVIDIA VP Ali Kani.\nNVIDIA points out that maps accurate to within a few meters are fine for turn-by-turn GPS directions, but autonomous vehicles require greater accuracy.\nNVIDIA plans to integrate the tech into its Drive platform to bolster mapping and localization capabilities.\nDrive technology is currently used by Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Audi, Volvo and others with varying degrees of features and complexity.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Project Endeavour moves to Birmingham for latest autonomous vehicle trials","slug":"project-endeavour-moves-to-birmingham-for-latest-autonomous-vehicle-trials","publishDate":"2021-06-11 11:37:45+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-11 14:30:52.139267","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Birmingham is to play host to a live trial of autonomous vehicles under a government-backed project exploring the challenges involved in multiple cities across the UK.\nVehicles are fitted with LiDAR, radar and stereo cameras and integrated with Oxbotica’s autonomy software platform.\nThe fleet is being operated in a five-mile area around Lea Hall station, between Birmingham International Airport and the city centre, and will be operated through the day for several weeks.\nBirmingham City Council will also use the project to explore how autonomous vehicle services could impact areas with limited connectivity, and how improving access to employment hubs could boost job opportunities and reduce private vehicle use.\nIt’s the latest stage for the consortium project, which is part-funded by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, supporting work to deploy autonomous vehicle services safely and at scale.
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