Autonomous Cars

Lyft is selling its autonomous driving unit to Toyota for $550 million

Lyft will receive some $550 million in cash, with $200 million paidup front and $350 million over five years under the agreement.

Honda Legend goes on sale in Japan with Level 3 autonomous driving tech

Adopting a cautious approach, Honda will initially only sell 100 units of the 2021 Honda Legend.

Apple is close to a deal with Hyundai to produce its own autonomous vehicles: Report

Apple might make the announcement about it deal with Hyundai to build its autonomous vehicle as soon as this month.

Volvo Cars and Waymo partner to develop a self-driving electric vehicle

Waymo said it will continue working with Fiat Chrysler, Jaguar Land Rover and the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance.

Mercedes-Benz cars to be built on Nvidia autonomous driving platform from 2024

The new partnership followed Daimler's move last week to pause a development alliance with rival German luxury carmaker BMW in the area of automated driving.

Intel buys Israeli startup Moovit for $900 mn; plans to become a 'complete mobility provider'

Israeli urban mobility startup Moovit has more than 800 million users and services in 3,100 cities across 102 countries.

Uber to test its self-driving cars with human control, in Washington DC starting this Friday

Uber is operating self-driving cars in autonomous mode in Pittsburgh with safety drivers behind the wheel.

Waymo has up to two year headstart in autonomous cars says Volkswagen CEO

Volkswagen has earmarked almost $50 billion for developing electric car by 2023.

Study on driverless ethics surveys millions of people in tough do or die scenarios

Surprising regional differences were found, like France's soft corner for women &... fit characters.

Toyota announces $500 mn investment in Uber to boost self-driving vehicles

Uber suspended all tests of its self-driving cars (in March) after one of its vehicles killed a pedestrian.