Nobody likes driving in a blizzard, including autonomous vehicles.\nTo make self-driving cars safer on snowy roads, engineers look at the problem from the car’s point of view.\nA major challenge for fully autonomous vehicles is navigating bad weather.\nAveraging more than 200 inches of snow every winter, Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is the perfect place to push autonomous vehicle tech to its limits.\nOccasionally accidents occur, either due to a misjudgment by the car’s artificial intelligence (AI) or a human driver’s misuse of self-driving features.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Magna International hiring 100 at Plymouth, Mich., plant","slug":"magna-international-hiring-100-at-plymouth-mich-plant","publishDate":"2021-05-27 15:25:12-04:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-28 14:31:04.000966","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Magna International Inc. is looking to fill 100 full-time jobs for its lighting plant in Plymouth, Mich.\nThe auto supplier has openings for product associates that pay $16-$19.85 (all figures in USD) per hour, according to an advisory.\nMagna, a Canadian auto supplier whose North American headquarters are in Troy, has committed recently to large investments across locations in metro Detroit.\nIt also has plans for a new $70 million vehicle battery component plant in St. Clair, which will support the 2022 GM Hummer EV.\nMagna refers to itself as a \"mobility technology\" company and has invested heavily in the electric and autonomous vehicle space.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"How The Volkswagen ID.4's Clever New Tech Will Save Lives","slug":"how-the-volkswagen-id-4-s-clever-new-tech-will-save-lives","publishDate":"2021-05-27 20:05:32+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-28 14:31:03.019847","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Like many automakers, Volkswagen offers a suite of advanced driver assists that make driving safer and more convenient.\nVW calls its safety suite \"IQ.Drive\", which includes a plethora of help including lane keep assist, forward collision warning, emergency braking with pedestrian detection, adaptive cruise control, and a blind-spot monitor.\nIn most 2021 VW models like the new Taos SUV, IQ.Drive is optionally available for base trims and equipped in higher trims as standard.\nThe Volkswagen ID.4, however, is the first model in the US equipped with IQ.Drive as standard across the board with systems that can detect obstacles, monitor surroundings, and provide semi-autonomous driving.\nTo demonstrate the advantages of IQ.Drive, VW has revealed some unique scenarios where the technology can enhance the driving experience.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"FM Capital steps up automotive investments with new $150M fund – TechCrunch","slug":"fm-capital-steps-up-automotive-investments-with-new-150m-fund-techcrunch","publishDate":"2021-05-27 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-28 14:31:01.842390","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"FM Capital has already made seven investments from the oversubscribed fund, including autonomous vehicle startup Gatik, cloud-based automotive retail platform Tekion and e-commerce startup Revolution Parts.\nFM Capital launched in 2012 with a $40 million fund that invested in auto commerce and dealership technologies as well as other broader retail and enterprise software startups.\nIts second fund, which more than doubled to $90 million, is when FM Capital became an automotive-focused VC interested in auto commerce, autonomy and sensors, connectivity, electrification and shared mobility.\nFM Capital typically invests between $5 million to $10 million in companies with what the partners view as “transformative solutions in transportation” typically at the Series A stage.\nFM Capital has backed a total of 40 companies based in North America, Europe and Tel Aviv.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Autonomous vehicles join regular traffic in Cambridge in UK first","slug":"autonomous-vehicles-join-regular-traffic-in-cambridge-in-uk-first","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-28 14:31:01.561293","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The UK’s first driverless shuttles have taken to the road in Cambridge, carrying their first passengers in a trial alongside normal traffic.\nThe autonomous vehicle took a 20-minute journey around the University of Cambridge’s West Cambridge campus in a test project which aims to assess whether the technology could one day join the UK’s public transport network.\nGreater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), Smart Cambridge and Aurrigo worked on the project, which is supported by the Government’s Innovate UK and the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV).\nDavid Keene, chief executive officer of Aurrigo, said: “This is another major milestone in the journey towards making autonomous vehicles a reality on our roads.\nThe shuttles could one day join the UK’s public transport network (Greater Cambridge Partnership/Aurrigo)“Our technology will help provide new transport solutions for city centres, shopping and care facilities, airports and heritage sites.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"FM Capital steps up automotive investments with new $150M fund","slug":"fm-capital-steps-up-automotive-investments-with-new-150m-fund","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-28 14:31:00.022842","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"'We're going to do it' \"We're going to do it,\" said Bill Bullard of R-CALF USA, an American cattle trade association representing about 5,500 farmers and ranchers across 44 states.\nThe Canadian cattle industry pegs the annual value of its exports of beef and live cattle to the U.S. at between $2.5 billion and $3 billion.\nThe regulation set mandatory labelling for packaged steaks and other cuts of meat, requiring grocery stickers explaining where livestock was born, raised and slaughtered.\nBill Bullard, CEO of R-CALF USA, an American cattle trade association, believes it's what's needed to protect his country's beef industry.\nBut he hopes efforts to bring back mandatory COOL won't progress that far.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"CIBC Q2 Profit More Than Triples, Tops Expectations; Shares Pop 3%","slug":"cibc-q2-profit-more-than-triples-tops-expectations-shares-pop-3","publishDate":"2021-05-27 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-28 14:30:58.743097","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Shares of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) jumped 3% in early trading Thursday after Canada’s fifth-largest bank posted strong Q2 profits, driven by falling loan loss provisions and strong capital market results.\nCIBC earned C$3.59 per share on an adjusted basis, which was much higher than the consensus estimate of C$3.01 per share.\nIndeed, the Canadian bank only allocated C$32 million to new provisions in Q2, down from C$1.4 billion a year ago.\nIn the Canadian commercial banking and wealth management unit, profit increased 94% year-on-year to C$399 million, as provisions for credit losses fell.\nCapital markets profit climbed to C$495 million from C$177 million in the same quarter last year.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"New driverless ride options hit downtown Grand Rapids streets","slug":"new-driverless-ride-options-hit-downtown-grand-rapids-streets","publishDate":"2021-05-27 20:52:24.636000+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-28 14:30:55.623511","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- As Grand Rapids’ free, driverless ride option pilot ramps up to go on-demand, the familiar low-speed shuttles were replaced last week by four road-grade Lexus SUV hybrids.\nThe service along the DASH West route will discontinue in late July when the autonomous ride pilot transitions to an on-demand pickup model.\nA draft map of Grand Rapids' downtown and Westside where, in the dark green shaded areas, people will be within a five-minute walk of a driverless vehicle pickup point during the second phase of the pilot.\n(Grand Rapids)The pilot began in July 2019 as a way for Grand Rapids to assess the barriers and benefits of implementing self-driving shuttle services in the city.\nThe city is putting forward $50,000 for the second phase, as well as contributing in-kind services, like website maintenance, communications, social media and stop infrastructure.
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