GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — New vehicles are rolling around downtown Grand Rapids and they’re raising a lot of eyebrows along with questions.\nYou may have noticed the Lexus SUVs with the sensor on top and wondered “what are they doing?” It’s a self-driving shuttle.\nAll you have to do is wait at one of the Dash West stops and a luxury SUV will come by to pick you up for free.\nAll three of the SUVs on route have a driver who can take control at any time.\nThe SUVs take passengers to and from locations along the Dash West route which goes from downtown Grand Rapids to the west side.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Jaguar I-Pace is Google’s first electric Street View car","slug":"jaguar-i-pace-is-googles-first-electric-street-view-car","publishDate":"2021-05-25 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-26 14:31:00.571608","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Google finally has its first all-electric vehicle for capturing Street View.\nThe tech giant and Jaguar Land Rover announced today that they have collaborated to rig up an all-electric I-Pace SUV with the equipment required to capture Street View imagery, and deployed the car in Dublin, Ireland.\nThe I-Pace will collect “street-by-street air quality” data in Dublin, measuring nitrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide emissions, as well as fine particles.\nJaguar Land Rover and Google are no strangers.\nSibling company Waymo — which began as an autonomous vehicle project inside Google but was spun out in 2016 — uses Jaguar I-Paces in its self-driving car tests.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Autonomous Vehicles and ADAS Market Analysis: Global Industry Trends, Share, Key Players, Size, Forecast to 2026","slug":"autonomous-vehicles-and-adas-market-analysis-global-industry-trends-share-key-players-size-forecast-to-2026","publishDate":"2021-05-26 13:07:01","createdLocal":"2021-05-26 14:31:00.054154","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Additional highlights from the Autonomous Vehicles and ADAS market report:With respect to the product landscape, Autonomous Vehicles and ADAS market is split into Adaptive Cruise Control,Blind Spot Detection System,Park assistance,Lane Departure Warning System,Tire Pressure Monitoring System,Autonomous Emergency Braking,Adaptive Front Lights andOthers.\nSignificant Point Mentioned in the Research report:The market overview, market dynamics, market growth, etc.\nMarket Size by Application: This segment includes Autonomous Vehicles and ADAS market consumption analysis by application.\nAutonomous Vehicles and ADAS market Size by Type: It includes analysis of value, product utility, market percentage, and production market share by type.\nAutonomous Vehicles and ADAS Market Value Chain and Sales Channel Analysis: It includes customer, distributor, market value chain, and sales channel analysis.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"CAVRide project: an L4 automated taxi designed to navigate driverless within IDIADA´s headquarters","slug":"cavride-project-an-l4-automated-taxi-designed-to-navigate-driverless-within-idiadas-headquarters","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-26 14:30:59.513857","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Under the name of CAVRide, the demonstration was to be presented as IDIADA's flagship project at the Geneva International Motor Show 2020.\nUsing a HEV production car as a base, the specialist CAVRide project development team designed and integrated an array of connected & automated vehicle supporting devices.\nTherefore, this subject played a major role in the development of the CAVRide project.\nIDIADA's validation engineers conducted both virtual and real driving testing procedures.\nAn accurate CAVRide virtual model was exposed to a wide array of real traffic situations, which provided real-time data about the outcomes of the autonomous driving systems.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Meituan, JD.com, Li Auto-backed Neolix win licences to test unmanned delivery in Beijing","slug":"meituan-jd-com-li-auto-backed-neolix-win-licences-to-test-unmanned-delivery-in-beijing","publishDate":"2021-05-26 16:25:31+08:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-26 14:30:56.477712","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Meituan is one of several Chinese internet giants that have been actively developing autonomous delivery vehicles.\nPhoto: Handout
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Tesla: Burry’s next big short","slug":"tesla-burrys-next-big-short","publishDate":"2021-05-26 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-26 14:30:54.533188","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management has purchased 800,000 Tesla put options, worth $534mThe electric vehicle giant is facing two challenges to its enduring success: questions over its green credentials, and the legitimacy of its driverless vehicle claimsWhen Michael Burry – famed for profiting handsomely from the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis – makes a big call, investors tend to listen.\nEspecially if he is selling something short.\nThat’s why markets are rippling with chatter following the publication of his hedge fund’s latest quarterly filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): Scion Asset Management has purchased put options on 800,100 Tesla (US:TSLA) shares worth over half a billion dollars.\nScion’s Tesla short shouldn’t come as a surprise – Burry has long expressed unease at the way the company makes money and is being managed.\nAt $534m (£377m), the Tesla put options are Scion’s biggest single holding, accounting for roughly 40 per cent of the fund’s portfolio.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Is Waymo a Bust?","slug":"is-waymo-a-bust","publishDate":"2021-05-26 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-26 14:30:52.635970","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Although the stock of Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is up a healthy 34% on the year, its self-driving-car unit, Waymo, has had a bit of a rocky start to 2021.\nSo, should Alphabet investors chalk up Waymo as a bust?\nHow Waymo got to this pointKrafcik had initially come on board as CEO of Waymo back in 2015, six years after Alphabet's self-driving \"moonshot\" research project kicked off in 2009.\nWaymo has also now pivoted to promote longtime technical director Dmitri Dolgov and policy director Tekedra Mawakana to co-CEO positions.\nIn another positive for shareholders, it doesn't appear the market is giving much value to the Waymo unit anyway.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Upcoming US-China race over 5G by car","slug":"upcoming-us-china-race-over-5g-by-car","publishDate":"2021-05-26 11:50:18+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-26 14:30:51.637236","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Cars can now also communicate with each other using 5G technology.\nUsing 5G for vehicle-to-vehicle communication can make driving safer, more convenient, and ultimately autonomous.\nPhoto:noel celis / Agence France-Presse / Getty ImagesIt can take some time for industry and local governments to build systems that support inter-vehicle 5G communications and address security issues such as the risk of hackers interfering with vehicle communications.\nThe ultimate application, a purely autonomous network of cars working together, remains a distant vision.\nOne of the projects backed by European carmakers and Huawei is testing remote-controlled driving, which allows centralized operators to take over the car using 5G if the driver is disabled.
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