AdvtJoin the community of 2M+ industry professionals Subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights & analysis.\nEnter Email Download ETAuto App Get Realtime updatesSave your favourite articles Scan to download AppGerman auto giant Volkswagen said Thursday it will start testing self-driving vehicles in Texas this month, and plans a commercial launch in the state in 2026.Ten ID Buzz electric minivans will be used in the trials in the state's capital, Austin , the car giant's first autonomous driving test programme in the United States.They will be fitted with a self-driving platform developed by VW and its partner, technology firm Mobileye , said Volkswagen in a statement.The vehicles will collect data during the trials and, in the initial test phase, will have human safety drivers, VW said.Over the next three years, Volkswagen's American subsidiary plans to grow its test fleet in Austin and expand trials to at least four more US cities.\n\"Moving into this next phase will help us test, validate and refine technology,\" said Christian Senger , a Volkswagen board member responsible for development of autonomous driving.It will \"bring us closer to establishing commercially available transportation offerings,\" he added.A commercial launch of self-driving vehicles in Austin is planned for 2026, Volkswagen said.The 10-brand group, which includes Porsche , Skoda and Seat, said it selected Austin as its first US hub for self-driving tests as it has a track record of offering a conducive climate for such trials.Leading carmakers have been pouring huge sums into trying to develop self-driving technology, although they have struggled to meet deadlines.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"VW to test self driving ID Buzz vans with Mobileye tech in Texas","slug":"vw-to-test-self-driving-id-buzz-vans-with-mobileye-tech-in-texas","publishDate":"2023-07-07 02:43:43-04:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-07 14:30:55.743317","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"In Austin, the company will initially use short-wheelbase versions of the ID Buzz electric minivan imported from Europe for the testing program.\n\"The big aim is that we bring fully autonomous vehicles to the market as a commercial, scalable product,\" Senger said.\nWe want to improve mobility in cities, road safety, and we want to be a real alternative to a private car.\"\nVW has been running experiments with ride-hailing and autonomous versions of those services in its native Germany for several years.\n\"Cities [in the U.S.] are growing and growing, and therefore we think that the overall market potential in the U.S. will be bigger than the market potential in\" Europe.
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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Activists' simple solution to stopping autonomous vehicles","slug":"activists-simple-solution-to-stopping-autonomous-vehicles","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-07-07 14:30:51.282348","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"San Francisco residents are protesting the expansion of Cruise and Waymo robotaxis in their city in a very simple way.\nAs seen in videos on TikTok and Twitter, the Week of Cone involves so-called safe streets activists putting a traffic cone on the bonnet of autonomous vehicles not transporting passengers.\nThis change would allow these companies to charge fares for fully autonomous robotaxi rides throughout the city, 24 hours a day.\nActivists aren’t alone in objecting to the expansion of robotaxis in San Francisco.\n“Further, San Francisco describes unplanned stops and unsafe maneuvers by Cruise AVs that have impacted emergency responders.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Musk predicts Tesla self-driving cars 'later this year'","slug":"musk-predicts-tesla-self-driving-cars-later-this-year","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-07-07 14:30:50.541653","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Tesla vehicles are displayed during the opening day of the Tesla 'Gigafactory' in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, 22 March 2022.\nEPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN MARQUARDT / POOL/FILESHANGHAI, China - Electric car giant Tesla is set to realise fully autonomous vehicles \"later this year\", CEO Elon Musk said Thursday, in the billionaire's latest forecast for the long-anticipated milestone.\nMusk has missed his own deadlines for a fully autonomous vehicle -- and Tesla's driver-assistance technology has provoked regulatory probes in the United States.\nChina is the world's biggest electric vehicle market and Tesla announced in April it would build a second massive factory in Shanghai.\nTesla reported a drop in first-quarter earnings this year, with the company undertaking a series of price cuts in the face of competition from other automakers.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"ADAS and Autonomous Sensor Maintenance Equipment Market - A Global and Regional Analysis: Focus on Vehicle Type, Propulsion Type, Level of Autonomy, Product Type, and Country Analysis - Analysis and F","slug":"adas-and-autonomous-sensor-maintenance-equipment-market-a-global-and-regional-analysis-focus-on-vehicle-type-propulsion-type-level-of-autonomy-product-type-and-country-analysis-analysis-and-f","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-07-06 14:31:18.454870","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"ReportLinkerGlobal ADAS and Autonomous Sensor Maintenance Equipment Market to Reach $1,52,666.5 Thousand by 2032.\nAnticipating the large-scale launch of level 3, level 4, and level 5 autonomous vehicles in the near future, ADAS and autonomous sensor maintenance equipment providers have already started working on sensor maintenance equipment for all kinds of autonomous vehicles, ranging from level 1 to level 5.\nThese ADAS and autonomous sensor maintenance equipment providers plan to have the sensor maintenance equipment ready for the automotive OEMs or autonomous driving technology companies when the vehicles are launched.\nThe growing need for affordable and high-performing ADAS and autonomous sensor maintenance equipment is one of the major factors for the growth of the global ADAS and autonomous sensor maintenance equipment market.\nCompetitive Strategy: The key players in the global ADAS and autonomous sensor maintenance equipment market analyzed and profiled in the study include ADAS and autonomous sensor maintenance equipment providers that develop, maintain, and market ADAS and autonomous sensor maintenance equipment.Moreover, a detailed competitive benchmarking of the players operating in the global ADAS and autonomous sensor maintenance equipment market has been done to help the reader understand the ways in which players stack against each other, presenting a clear market landscape.
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