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…new sensing platform designed in collaboration with Luminar Technologies Inc. Pony.ai also said it has driven more than 5 million kilometers (3.1 million mi.) across an operational coverage area of over 850 km² (528 sq. mi.) and has provided more than 220,000 robotaxi rides. “Partnering with Luminar is a critical enabling milestone for Pony.ai as we build our next-generation system and prepare for large-scale series production,” stated James Peng, founder and CEO of Pony.ai. “Luminar is in a league of…
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…to develop autonomous vehicles. Today, Mercedes-Benz and Luminar Technologies Inc. announced that they are working together “to accelerate development of future automated driving technologies for passenger cars.” The automaker has also taken a $20.2 million stake in the lidar provider. “Luminar is the perfect addition to our existing roster of first-class cooperations with leading and cutting–edge tech companies,” stated Markus Schäfer, member of the management board of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG, as well as chief technology officer responsible for…
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…and use cases,” said Lacaze. SoftBank and Luminar work with Robotic Research SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Enlightenment Capital led Robotic Research's Series A round. Other investors included Crescent Cove Advisors, Henry Crown and Co., and Luminar Technologies Inc. “We believe that autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to reshape how goods and people are moved around,” said Akshay Naheta, senior vice president of SoftBank Group Corp. and former managing partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers. “Robotic Research has a track…
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…and GAC Group. It recently partnered with Luminar Technologies Inc. to integrate Luminar's low-profile sensors into its fleets. Pony.ai readies fully driverless vehicles Pony.ai noted that its driverless robotaxi plans build on previous permission from the California Department of Motor Vehicles for a fleet of six driverless vehicles. They have a total operational coverage over 100 sq. km (38.6 sq. mi.). The company added that it has made “countless stealth technology iterations” and that its team has conducted “numerous driverless…
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…cars from Dallara and lidar sensors from Luminar, adding their own self-driving software. Team PoliMOVE from Politecnico di Milano and the University of Alabama won the $150,000 grand prize. It also later set the land-speed record for an autonomous racecar on the space shuttle runway in Florida (see video below). “The Autonomous Challenge @ CES in January brought a new level of excitement to CES with the world’s first head-to-head autonomous racecar competition, pushing autonomous driving technology to its limits,”…
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…Sponsors include big companies like Cisco and Luminar. Public policy is a helpful background. How is today's race different from October's race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS)? Mitchell: Teams must still be able to demonstrate their capabilities, but it's a smaller in-person crowd. It's open to CES attendees but scaled back due to COVID-19. Going back to the IMS, we showcased where the 19 teams were in their journey toward eventual head-to-head racing. Based on a variety of conditions,…
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…the Dallara AV-21 autonomous racecar. Lidar supplier Luminar and the United Arab Emirates' Technology Innovation Institute (TII) served as premier sponsors for today’s competition. The Dallara AV-21 used three Luminar Hydra sensors to provide 360-degree long-range sensing for safe autonomy at high speeds. TII provided its global expertise in automation and robotics as partner in TII EuroRacing, one of the teams competing at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Autonomous racers line up Two years ago, 41 university teams responded the…
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…permission last week to test in three California cities, and recently partnered with lidar provider Luminar Technologies Inc. DiDi Autonomous Driving has also partnered with Volvo Cars, which will provide XC90 cars for its self-driving test fleet. The cars will include backup systems for steering and braking in addition to DiDi's autonomy equipment and software. In April, DiDi released a video that it claimed showed five consecutive hours of autonomous vehicle operation without human intervention.
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…a new sensing program with lidar provider Luminar Technologies. “We are excited about our 2022 objectives and the rapid pace of our development toward autonomous mobility globally, stated James Peng, co-founder and CEO of Pony.ai. “Our technical development and balance sheet strength go hand-in-hand in allowing us to significantly expand our hiring in 2022, open up a number of new autonomous vehicle global testing and operation sites, progress our strategic partnerships and rapidly grow our fleet.” Tiancheng Lou, co-founder and…
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…incorporates the ZF Full Range Radar and Luminar's long-range Iris lidar for performance and reliability. The company said these sensors, combined with its previously announced integration with Hesai Technnology Co. 360-degree scanning lidar for side- and rear-view detection, will provide automotive grade-reliability. All three sensors are purpose-built to meet the needs of autonomous trucks, which need to “see” long-range in a wide variety of weather conditions to safely operate at highway speeds, it said. The ZF Full Range Radar provides…
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…include Aeva Technologies, Arbe Robotics, AEye, Innoviz, Luminar Technologies, Ouster, Quanergy, and Velodyne Lidar. In the race to autonomous vehicles, such deals provide an injection of capital with the expectation of high valuations being validated by automaker demand. The definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents were mailed to Growth Capital’s stockholders of record as of the close of business on or about Jan. 25, 2022. Growth Capital has engaged Advantage Proxy Inc. as its proxy solicitor in connection with…
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…scalability, and maintainability. The Kodiak Driver incorporates Luminar's Iris lidar, ZF full-range radar, Hesai 360-degree scanning lidars, and a range of cameras to capture and process hundreds of megabytes of perception data each second. These sensors allow the truck to “see” long range and all around the vehicle in a wide variety of weather conditions. This enables safe operation at highway speeds, Kodiak claimed. Kodiak Robotics has been delivering freight daily between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston since mid-2019. Since mid-2021,…
