Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year
Mach Industries, the three-year-old defense tech startup run by 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, has raised a…
Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar
Monarch Tractor’s assets have been acquired by construction giant Caterpillar, after struggling to pivot to a software services…
Waymo is taking steps to get its robotaxis on Toronto streets. But roadblocks await
The autonomous taxi operator Waymo appears to be aiming for the Canadian market, possibly eyeing Toronto as a…
Optimization in Automated Driving: From Complexity to Real-Time Engineering
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A production-grade AV stack is best understood as a distributed dataflow graph of publish/subscribe components…
Waymo’s Expansion Is Leaving Tesla In The Dust
After some early pushback, the protestors have laid down their traffic cones and Waymo taxis have become a…
Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service
Nearly two years ago, Motional was at an autonomous vehicle crossroads. The company, born from a $4 billion…
‘Physical AI’ Is Coming for Your Car
Physical AI sounds like a contradiction in terms. A computer, but a body? But for the marketing architects,…
Scaling AI Deployment for a Carbon-Light Future
Few industries demonstrate the stakes of AI deployment better than autonomous vehicles. At Cruise, Goud, an editorial board…
Could Tesla’s Deal With xAI Be a Game Changer?
Tesla’s two biggest ambitions in artificial intelligence (AI) revolve around autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots. Tesla CEO Elon…
Urban Mobility as a System: From Car-Centric to Human-Centered Cities
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Waymo approved to start autonomous vehicle testing in New York City
Waymo has been granted a permit to test its autonomous vehicles in New York City, the first such…
Tesla shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self-driving
Tesla is breaking up the team behind its Dojo supercomputer, ending the automaker’s play at developing in-house chips…