Amazon is not building its own autonomous vehicles; but it has right ideas to make them work in its favour
Sheldon • 8 years agoAfter building drones that would help with last mile deliveries, autonomous driving would indeed seem like the right use of autonomous technology in the commercial space.
Alphabet's Waymo to sue Uber and Otto for allegedly stealing self-driving system designs
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoGoogle's self-driving car division, is suing Uber and its self-driving trucking company for allegedly stealing self-driving system designs
High pay was a reason why a lot of engineers quit from the Google self-driving car project
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoGoogle's self-driving car project, now called Waymo, has seen its fair share of departures over the last couple of years. But a latest report in Bloomberg gives a very unconventional reason for the departure of some employees - they were reportedly paid a lot of money. And that is being debated as one of the reasons as to why they left.
Uber is looking to establish itself in the long-haul trucking business
Fp Archives • 8 years agoWith its recent acquisition of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber Technologies Inc.is plotting its entry into the long-haul trucking business, aiming to establish itself as a freight hauler and a technology partner for the industry.
Uber buys self-driving truck startup Otto; teams with Volvo
Fp Archives • 9 years agoRide service Uber Technologies Inc said on Thursday it acquired self-driving trucks startup Otto and formed a $300 million alliance with Volvo Car Group to develop self-driving cars.
Self-driving cars: Google awarded patent for self-driving delivery trucks
Tech2 News Staff • 9 years agoGoogle has been awarded a patent for a self-driving truck concept that will potentially be used to autonomously deliver parcels to customers.