10 SHARES Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Email PrintStrategic Elements (ASX: SOR) is expanding into the defence sector with its subsidiary Stealth Technologies’ autonomous vehicle and platform technologies.\nResearch will involve integrating DST’s search algorithms into Stealth’s autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (UAG) and unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV) hardware and software platforms, and development of an initial software exemplar.\nIn collaboration with US major Honeywell, Stealth has deployed an autonomous security vehicle for the Western Australian Department of Justice’s Eastern Kalgoorlie Regional Prison.\nStealth is upgrading the autonomous security platform with a “sensor fusion stack” that comprises extra sensors including LiDAR, radar, GPS, sonar, thermal imaging and different camera types.\n“Stealth is building a flexible autonomous platform that we intend to deploy in sectors such as security, defence and mining to name a few,” Strategic managing director Charles Murphy said.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Congestion pricing could shrink car size","slug":"congestion-pricing-could-shrink-car-size","publishDate":"2021-05-21 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-14 14:31:09.572110","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"They then modelled what congestion pricing might do to change car purchase decisions, finding it would reduce the market share of mid- to full-size SUVs by 8%.\n\"We found that congestion pricing can reduce congestion on one side and reduce vehicle size on the other,\" said Jia Yan, WSU economics professor and corresponding author on the study published in the Journal of Econometrics.\nDrivers are also drawn to the comfort of larger vehicles when they spend more time traveling on a highway, Yan added.\nWhen congestion decreases, the two motivations of safety and comfort also decrease, the authors found, and it's less likely that commuters will choose to purchase larger vehicles.\n\"When people purchase a large vehicle, they don't always take in these externalities -- these negative impacts -- into consideration.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Strategic Elements entering defence sector with autonomous vehicle platform","slug":"strategic-elements-entering-defence-sector-with-autonomous-vehicle-platform","publishDate":"2021-05-14 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-14 14:31:09.068935","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Subsidiary Stealth Technologies will conduct a feasibility and scoping study with the Defence Science and Technology Group for autonomous sensing and search of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear sources.\nThe study will integrate DST developed search algorithms into a Stealth drone autonomously launched and landed by a Stealth autonomous ground vehicle.\n( ) is entering the defence sector with its autonomous vehicle platform and will conduct a feasibility and scoping study with the Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group.\nAutomation shift underwayStrategic Elements managing director Charles Murphy said “Stealth Technologies is building a flexible autonomous platform that we intend to deploy in sectors such as security, defence and mining to name a few.\nThe company collaborated with US giant and the Western Australian Department of Justice to deploy an autonomous security vehicle (ASV) at the Eastern Kalgoorlie Regional Prison.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Chip shortage expected to cost auto industry $110 billion in revenue in 2021","slug":"chip-shortage-expected-to-cost-auto-industry-110-billion-in-revenue-in-2021","publishDate":"2021-05-14 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-14 14:31:07.589390","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"In this article 6723.T-JPFGM8TI-FFNXPIThe ongoing semiconductor chip shortage is now expected to cost the global automotive industry $110 billion in revenue in 2021, according to consulting firm AlixPartners.\nAlixPartners is forecasting that production of 3.9 million vehicles will be lost this year as a result of the shortage.\nAutomakers such as Ford Motor and General Motors expect massive earnings cuts this year due to the chip shortage.\nGM expects the chip shortage will cut its earnings by $1.5 billion to $2 billion.\nThe global automotive industry is an extremely complex system of retailers, automakers and suppliers.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Asia Pacific Autonomous Vehicle Vision And Navigation System Market 2021 Is Booming Across the Globe by Share, Size, Growth, Segments and Forecast to 2025","slug":"asia-pacific-autonomous-vehicle-vision-and-navigation-system-market-2021-is-booming-across-the-globe-by-share-size-growth-segments-and-forecast-to-2025","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-14 14:31:06.987738","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"https://www.qurateresearch.com/report/buy/AnT/asia-pacific-autonomous-vehicle-vision-and-navigation-system-market/QBI-GMD-AnT-983579/The global Asia Pacific Autonomous Vehicle Vision And Navigation System Market report conveys the information regarding the précised escalation or decline in market growth due to several key factors.\nAsia Pacific Autonomous Vehicle Vision And Navigation System Market Region Mainly Focusing:North America ( S., Canada, Mexico)S., Canada, Mexico) Europe ( Germany, U.K., France, Italy, Russia, Spain etc.)\nOverview of the chapters analysing the Asia Pacific Autonomous Vehicle Vision And Navigation System Market in DetailChapter 1: Introduction, market driving force product scope, market risk, market overview, and market opportunities of the global Asia Pacific Autonomous Vehicle Vision And Navigation System market.\nChapter 4: Presenting global Asia Pacific Autonomous Vehicle Vision And Navigation System market by regions, market share and with revenue and sales for the projected period.\nThe Asia Pacific Autonomous Vehicle Vision And Navigation System Market report concludes with sharing vital report findings with readers.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Aurrigo Autonomous Shuttle trials begin in Cambridge","slug":"aurrigo-autonomous-shuttle-trials-begin-in-cambridge","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-14 14:31:05.908434","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Engineering trials of an autonomous shuttle have started in Cambridge.\nThe first Aurrigo Autonomous Shuttle arrived in the city at the end of October, with a second delivered last week.\nThe trial is part of a government-funded project led by Smart Cambridge, a workstream of the Greater Cambridge Partnership, and engineering firm Aurrigo Driverless Technology.\nIt is designed to look at how autonomous technology could be used on the public transport network.\nWhen the programme was announced, Dr Richard Fairchild, operations director at Aurrigo, said: “We’re really excited to be bringing our autonomous vehicles to Cambridge and can’t wait to get started after the Covid-19 delays.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Chinese Autonomous Driving Company WeRide Raises New Funding Round at $3.3 Billion Valuation","slug":"chinese-autonomous-driving-company-weride-raises-new-funding-round-at-3-3-billion-valuation","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-14 14:31:05.066203","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Image source: WeRideChinese driverless car start-up WeRide Corp announced Thursday it has raised new capital valuing the company at $3.3 billion dollars.\nExisting investors CMC Capital Partners, Qiming Venture Partners and Alpview Capital also participated in the round.\nWith this new funding, WeRide will continue to strengthen its research and development capabilities and accelerate the commercialization of its services, according to founder and chief executive officer Tony Han.\nThe latest funding round comes after a $310 million cash injection in January and $200 million in December.\nThe company is currently testing driverless vehicles in California, China’s southern city of Guangzhou and the central city of Zhengzhou.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Man arrested for riding in back seat of driverless Tesla gets out of jail, buys another Tesla, and does it again","slug":"man-arrested-for-riding-in-back-seat-of-driverless-tesla-gets-out-of-jail-buys-another-tesla-and-does-it-again","publishDate":"2021-05-14 10:53:07+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-14 14:31:02.106639","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Param Sharma, 25, was arrested for reckless driving and disobeying a peace officer on Monday, the California Highway Patrol said.\nBut soon after his release from jail, Mr Sharma reportedly arrived for an interview with Bay Area news station KTVU on Wednesday riding in the back seat of a driverless Tesla, again.\nMr Sharma has uploaded other videos on his social media account which show him in the backseat of a moving vehicle.\nSteven Clark, a Santa Clara County-based legal analyst, told KTVU that Mr Sharma will likely get a stern warning.\nIf you take my Tesla away, I will get another Tesla.”The California Highway Patrol is considering a full investigation into him.
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