By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business(CNN) — Ten self-driving electric Volkswagen buses will soon cruise the streets of Austin, Texas, testing autonomous driving technology.\nBuzz electric vans will test technology VW is working on with Mobileye, an Israeli company once owned by Intel that also works with BMW, General Motors and Ford.\nVW won’t operate it’s own taxi service, though, as some other autonomous driving companies have planned, the company said in its announcement.\nVW joins joins companies such General Motors’ Cruise, which is also operating self-driving vehicles in Austin, and Waymo, the autonomous driving subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet.\nBoth automakers said at the time they would hire Argo AI staffers to support their own autonomous driving efforts.
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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Autonomous Vehicle Market- Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, 2018-2030F","slug":"autonomous-vehicle-market-global-industry-size-share-trends-opportunity-and-forecast-2018-2030f","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-07-07 14:31:03.482485","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"New York, July 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report \"Autonomous Vehicle Market- Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, 2018-2030F\" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06458733/?utm_source=GNWThe global autonomous vehicle market is expected to grow significantly during the next few years.With the recent shift in consumer behavior in the transportation industry due to the pandemic and technological advancement, there has been increasing demand for autonomous vehicles.\nAlso, many shared mobility companies are opting for autonomous vehicles, positively impacting the growth of the global autonomous vehicle market.\nConsumer behaviors have also shifted towards autonomous shared mobility, which is further impacting the growth of autonomous vehicles.\nMarket SegmentationThe global autonomous vehicle market is segmented based on vehicle type, level of automation, component, mobility type, region, and competitive landscape.Based on vehicle type, the market is segmented into passengers cars and commercial vehicles.\nReport Scope:In this report, global autonomous vehicle market has been segmented into the following categories, in addition to the industry trends, which have also been detailed below:• Autonomous Vehicle Market, By Vehicle Type:o Passenger Caro Commercial Vehicle• Autonomous Vehicle Market, By Level of Automation:o Level 1o Level 2o Level 3o Level 4o Level 5• Autonomous Vehicle Market, By Component:o Camerao Radar Sensorso Lidaro Ultrasonic Sensorso Infrared Sensors• Autonomous Vehicle Market, By Mobility Type:o Sharedo Personal• Autonomous Vehicle Market, By Region:o North AmericaUnited StatesCanadaMexicoo Europe & CISGermanyRussiaFranceSpainItalyUnited KingdomSwitzerlandNetherlandsAustriao Asia-PacificChinaIndiaJapanSouth KoreaMalaysiaIndonesiaThailando South AmericaArgentinaBrazilColombiao Middle East and AfricaSouth AfricaSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesCompetitive LandscapeCompany Profiles: Detailed analysis of the major companies present in the global autonomous vehicle market.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Volkswagen to launch autonomous vehicles in Texas by 2026","slug":"volkswagen-to-launch-autonomous-vehicles-in-texas-by-2026","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-07-07 14:31:03.000820","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"German auto maker, Volkswagen (VW) announced Thursday their plans to launch autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles for ride hailing and goods delivery services in Austin, Texas by 2026.\nVW had previously made a costly investment into Ford's now Ford's now-defunct self-driving car unit, Argo.\nThe company took nearly 100 people from Argo, as well as its hub in Austin where Argo was testing autonomous vehicles and in a strategic shift has been partnering with supplier Mobileye.\nThese vehicles have been equipped with Mobileye's autonomous driving platform through retrofitting and will have safety drivers present during the tests.\n\"The big aim is that we bring fully autonomous vehicles to the market as a commercial, scalable product,\" said Christian Senger, a Volkswagen board member who oversees development of autonomous driving.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"10 Self-Driving Volkswagen ID. Buzz Vans Coming To Austin This Year","slug":"10-self-driving-volkswagen-id-buzz-vans-coming-to-austin-this-year","publishDate":"2023-07-06 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-07 14:31:02.122658","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"If you are out and about in Austin, Texas, later this year, you may see a Volkswagen ID.\nThe Self-Driving Volkswagen ID.\nBuzzThe self-driving ID.\nBuzz vans are equipped with lidar, radar, and camera systems.\nBuzz vans and fleet management capabilities to other businesses offering such services or delivery services.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Musk Predicts Tesla Full Self-Driving Cars ‘Later This Year’","slug":"musk-predicts-tesla-full-self-driving-cars-later-this-year","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-07-07 14:31:01.227061","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Tesla is set to realize fully autonomous vehicles “later this year”, CEO Elon Musk said Thursday, in the billionaire’s latest forecast for the long-anticipated milestone.\n“In terms of where Tesla is at this stage, I think we are very close to achieving full self-driving without human supervision,” Musk said via video link at the opening ceremony of an artificial intelligence conference in Shanghai.\n“This is only speculation, but I think we’ll achieve full self-driving, maybe what you would call four or five, I think later this year,” the billionaire added, referring to two of the most advanced levels of autonomous driving technology.\nChina is the world’s biggest electric vehicle market and Tesla announced in April it would build a second massive factory in Shanghai.\nHis appearance at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai marks his latest effort to maintain close links to China, following a visit to the country in May.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Tesla hiring vehicle testers in Tempe; company has most crashes involving autonomous technology","slug":"tesla-hiring-vehicle-testers-in-tempe-company-has-most-crashes-involving-autonomous-technology","publishDate":"2023-07-06 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-07 14:31:00.600814","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Tempe is among 14 cities where Tesla is hiring seasonal drivers to operate a vehicle for data collection.\nMost autonomous vehicle crashes involve TeslasTesla CEO Elon Musk said in the company’s first-quarter earnings call that 150 million miles were driven in the full \"self-driving” beta testing, and said the company could reach fully autonomous vehicle capability this year.\nAutonomous vehicle killed pedestrian in TempeTempe also is the site of the first recorded pedestrian death in the U.S. of someone struck by a vehicle operating in fully autonomous mode.\nElaine Herzberg was struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle while jaywalking across Mill Avenue near Curry Road in 2018.\nRafaela Vasquez, the safety driver in the Uber vehicle that hit and killed Herzberg, is facing charges in Herzberg’s death.
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