Autonomous vehicles

A self-driving car, also known as an autonomous vehicle (AV), connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV), driverless car, robo-car, or robotic car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving safely with little or no human input.

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Lyft Pays $197 Million to Pick Up German Taxi App FreeNow
Lyft Pays $197 Million to Pick Up German Taxi App FreeNow
April 16, 2025  |  Acquisitions

Lyft is expanding into Europe with its $197 million purchase of taxi app FreeNow. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Uber and Waymo Begin Taking Sign-Ups for Atlanta Robotaxi
Uber and Waymo Begin Taking Sign-Ups for Atlanta Robotaxi
April 15, 2025  |  Transportation

Uber has launched an “interest list” for riders wishing to use its Atlanta robotaxi service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Self-Driving Truck Firm Kodiak Robotics Plans to Go Public
Self-Driving Truck Firm Kodiak Robotics Plans to Go Public
April 14, 2025  |  Transportation

Kodiak Robotics, an autonomous freight truck startup, is planning to become a public company. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Nuro Raises $106 Million to Scale Autonomous Vehicle Technology Platform
Nuro Raises $106 Million to Scale Autonomous Vehicle Technology Platform
April 09, 2025  |  Investments

Autonomous vehicle company Nuro said Wednesday (April 9) that it has raised $106 million so far in an ongoing Series E funding round that values...

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Waymo Denies Plan to Use Robotaxis’ Interior Cameras to Personalize Ads
Waymo Denies Plan to Use Robotaxis’ Interior Cameras to Personalize Ads
April 07, 2025  |  Transportation

Autonomous vehicle firm Waymo denied a media report that it plans to use data from its robotaxis’ interior cameras to identify individuals or personalize ads....

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A New Kind of Uber: Taking a Spin in Waymo’s Self-Driving Car
A New Kind of Uber: Taking a Spin in Waymo’s Self-Driving Car
March 22, 2025  |  Transportation

The white Jaguar with a bulky top headed toward me on the busy streets of Austin, Texas. About a block away, it stopped at a...

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Zoox CTO: Why Self-Driving Cars Are So Hard to Get Right
Zoox CTO: Why Self-Driving Cars Are So Hard to Get Right
March 21, 2025  |  Technology

The road to autonomous vehicles is long and arduous, and it has already taken one high-profile victim: GM’s Cruise. Elon Musk has been promising autonomy...

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Rerun Raises $17 Million for Database Purpose-Built for Physical AI
Rerun Raises $17 Million for Database Purpose-Built for Physical AI
March 21, 2025  |  Investments

Rerun has secured $17 million in seed funding as it works to build out its database and cloud data platform purpose-built for the physical artificial...

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Lyft May Add Autonomous Vehicles to Ridesharing Platform This Summer
Lyft May Add Autonomous Vehicles to Ridesharing Platform This Summer
March 20, 2025  |  Ridesharing

Lyft plans to start adding autonomous vehicles (AVs) to its ridesharing platform as soon as this summer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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