Motional, the $4 billion joint venture between Aptiv and Hyundai, is exploring the company’s potential involvement in autonomous trucking or logistics, its CEO said today during a live session at TechCrunch’s 2021 Mobility Event.\n“We’re looking for a great business opportunity that has the closest adjacency from a technical perspective to the stack that we’re currently developing,” said Iagnemma, responding to what is most appealing in the delivery and logistics model.\nThese different use cases have, in some cases, quite dramatically different business cases around them, the opportunity looks quite different.\n“[The robotaxi] market will take time to evolve, whereas the freight and trucking market is here today,” said Urmson.\nBuilding an autonomous stack to drive on freeways is easier due to their mostly uniform nature.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Autonomous vehicles and transport tech visionary joins Cranfield University","slug":"autonomous-vehicles-and-transport-tech-visionary-joins-cranfield-university","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:31:04.220004","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"9 June, 2021 - 23:48 By Tony QuestedCranfield University has appointed Professor Mark Westwood as Head of the Centre of Aeronautics.\nProf. Westwood is a leading innovative thinker in autonomous vehicles and transport technologies.\nThe Centre for Aeronautics at Cranfield University is one of the world’s largest centres for postgraduate education and research in aircraft design, aerodynamics, advanced modelling and simulation tools and methods.\nProf. Westwood said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Cranfield University, an institution I have worked with for many years on some fantastic research projects.\nCranfield, with its proud heritage, is at the forefront of driving technologies that can help deliver a Net Zero future.”Prof. Iain Gray, Director of Aerospace at Cranfield University, said: “Mark is a leading innovative thinker in autonomous vehicles and transport technologies.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Motional CEO hints at an autonomous future in logistics","slug":"motional-ceo-hints-at-an-autonomous-future-in-logistics","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:31:03.301367","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Motional, the $4 billion joint venture between Aptiv and Hyundai, is exploring the company's potential involvement in autonomous trucking or logistics, its CEO said today during a live session at TechCrunch's 2021 Mobility Event.\n\"We're looking for a great business opportunity that has the closest adjacency from a technical perspective to the stack that we're currently developing,\" said Iagnemma, responding to what is most appealing in the delivery and logistics model.\nThese different use cases have, in some cases, quite dramatically different business cases around them, the opportunity looks quite different.\nStory continues\"[The robotaxi] market will take time to evolve, whereas the freight and trucking market is here today,\" said Urmson.\nBuilding an autonomous stack to drive on freeways is easier due to their mostly uniform nature.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"self driving: Argo AI's CEO says IPO expected within next year, Auto News, ET Auto","slug":"self-driving-argo-ai-s-ceo-says-ipo-expected-within-next-year-auto-news-et-auto","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:30:59.460026","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"By Jane Lanhee Lee and Hyunjoo JinSelf-driving startup Argo AI , backed by Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG , expects to pursue a public listing within the next year, founder and CEO Bryan Salesky said on Wednesday.\n\"So we're actively fundraising and are going out this summer to raise a private round initially,\" Salesky said at The Information's Autonomous Vehicles Summit.\n\"And then we're looking forward to an IPO within the next year.\n\"\"The raise this year will definitely provide capital that gives us plenty of runway and will help us continue to scale out,\" he said, adding that autonomous driving is a capital-intensive business.Ford and Volkswagen each hold a 42% ownership interest in Argo AI.Last year, Germany's Volkswagen closed its $2.6 billion investment in Pittsburgh-based Argo AI, which valued the company at just over $7 billion.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"UK: Just one in 10 would feel safe in a self-driving car survey suggests","slug":"uk-just-one-in-10-would-feel-safe-in-a-self-driving-car-survey-suggests","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:30:58.581377","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Less than 10 percent of the British population would feel safe in a self-driving car, according to new research published this week.\nA study by gap insurance firm InsureTheGap found just nine percent of the drivers it questioned would feel comfortable in a fully self-driving autonomous vehicle, and just 12 percent of respondents would ever consider buying such a thing.\nBut the figures revealed a noticeable gender split, with men proving far more trusting of autonomous technology.\nSimilarly, just 43 percent of men said they did not trust autonomous technology, compared with 54 percent of women.\nThe government statement said Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS) could “legally be defined as self-driving” and would soon arrive on UK roads.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Birmingham to host trial of 'driverless' cars","slug":"birmingham-to-host-trial-of-driverless-cars","publishDate":"2021-06-10 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:30:57.959546","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"One of the test cars at the NECProject Endeavour is helping accelerate and scale the adoption of autonomous vehicle services.\nThe second city will see a fleet of specially adapted 'driverless' Ford Mondeos operating across a five-mile area in varied traffic and weather conditions.\nThe government-backed mobility research project's Birmingham trials follow a successful deployment in Oxford and the project will culminate with a final demonstration at a showcase event in Greenwich in August.\nThe four Ford cars are fitted with LiDAR, radar and stereo cameras and integrated with Oxbotica’s autonomy software platform.\n\"So far, Project Endeavour has been a real collaborative effort, bringing everyone into the discussion: from local authorities, to road safety groups, transport providers, and, most importantly, the general public.”
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Project Endeavour arrives In Birmingham for next stage of autonomous vehicle trials on public roads – Geospatial World","slug":"project-endeavour-arrives-in-birmingham-for-next-stage-of-autonomous-vehicle-trials-on-public-roads-geospatial-world","publishDate":"2021-06-10 08:58:15+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:30:57.240442","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Project Endeavour arrives in Birmingham this week, with the UK’s second largest city hosting the next phase of autonomous vehicle trials 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":"Project Endeavour autonomous vehicle trial heads to Birmingham","slug":"project-endeavour-autonomous-vehicle-trial-heads-to-birmingham","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-10 14:30:55.660189","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Project Endeavour autonomous vehicle trial heads to Birmingham0 SHARESPosted: 10 June 2021 | Intelligent Transport |The UK Government-backed project will test its autonomous vehicles on Birmingham’s busy road network as it looks to advance driverless technology in the UK.\nProject Endeavour will test its cars on Birmingham's busy road network Credit: Project EndeavourProject Endeavour arrives in Birmingham this week, with the UK’s second largest city hosting the next phase of autonomous vehicle trials on public roads.\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.\n“Project Endeavour is a one-of-a-kind research project that is allowing us to learn about the challenges of deploying autonomous vehicles in multiple cities across the UK – a key part of being able to deploy services safely and at scale,” said Dr Graeme Smith, Senior Vice President at Oxbotica and Director of Project Endeavour.
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