Volkswagen to Invest $2.6B in Ford Self-Driving Unit - Reports

Automotive giants Volkswagen and Ford are set to reveal a massive joint venture that will see Volkswagen inject $2.6 billion in capital and infrastructure into Ford's self-driving unit ... Read More

Ford, VW shut self-driving Argo AI JV

MICHIGAN: Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology company backed by Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG (VW), is shutting down as the giant automakers shift their strategies for self-driving cars. Read More

Boston firm Motional is latest victim of self-driving car backlash

Motional is a joint venture ... another car. Earlier this week, GM said it will reduce spending on Cruise by $1 billion this year. In 2022, Ford and Volkswagen gave up on their self-driving ... Read More

Volkswagen's self-driving car revolution

Volkswagen's sights are set on even smarter stuff – like self-driving cars. They're cooking up this tech with Mobileye to ensure it's top-notch across all their brands. Another target will be ... Read More

Reports Of The Death Of Self-Driving Cars Are Greatly Exaggerated

I cover robocar technology ... of self-driving cars, triggered mostly by the closure of Argo.AI, the self-driving startup funded by Ford and VW. That shutdown hasn’t been the only bad news ... Read More

NEWS TAGGED JOINT VENTURE

Their latest joint venture... Reports from international media indicate that Volkswagen's vehicles, including thousands of Porsche cars ... IT giant HCL group to enter the OSAT sector. Read More

Top Self-Driving Car Stories Of 2022 In Review - Big Ups, Big Downs

I cover robocar technology & previously worked on Google's car team. As we enter 2023, these were the big stories in self-driving cars ... and Aptiv’s Motional joint venture. Read More

Apple, Tesla, and the Dying Dream of Self-Driving Cars

There were dozens of well-funded self-driving start-ups, many of which were acquired by car ... the technology. Uber stopped developing its own AVs. Ford and Volkswagen abandoned a joint project ... Read More

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joining the global rush to capitalize on the rapidly advancing technology An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the ... Read More

Self-Driving Waymo Car Involved in Car Accident, but Not in the Way You Think

When I hopped online this morning, the Waymo news ... self-driving car systems at exponential rates. The truth is simple: Too many consumers still have too much doubt about the technology ... Read More

self-driving car

When contrasted with Cruise’s troubled performance, it would seem that the problem with self-driving cars isn’t so much the technology as it is the safety culture of the company around it. Read More

Nissan Self-Driving Car Ready by 2020, CEO Says

What to expect from Japanese auto maker's autonomous car. — -- Nissan will be ready for its self-driving vehicles ... noting that the technology would have to be approved by regulators ... Read More