Topic: Autonomous car

Autonomous car, Nissan

‘Internet-connected vehicles number one application by 2020’

The rapid pace of digitisation is transforming the component-driven automotive sector to a software- and solutions-focussed industry, accelerated by consumers’ evolving digital lifestyle expectations and demands for new and innovative services. By 2020, internet-connected vehicles...Read more
|Comment|author: Marieke Van Gompel
Nvidia processor

Nvidia launches mobile processor for autonomous vehicle

Nvidia launched a new mobile processor for the next generation of autonomous vehicles, called Parker. The company reveiled the architecture and underlying technology of this processor at the Hot Chips conference in Cupertino, California. According...Read more
|Comment|author: Marieke Van Gompel

Google’s self-driving cars use horn as warning

Google’s self-driving software is designed to recognize when honking may help alert other drivers. In the May self-driving car report, the company said it taught its vehicles to distinguish potentially tricky situations from false positives.  For example,...Read more
|Comment|author: Marieke Van Gompel
Volkswagen Passat

Volkwagen and Gett work together on autonous cars

The Volkswagen Group invests 300 million dollar in the Israelian company Gett. With this investment, the manufacturer wants to open the way for new mobility concepts. Gett’s technology leverages big data, cutting edge predictive algorithms,...Read more
|Comment|author: Marieke Van Gompel
NXP’s Autonomous Vehicle Platform BlueBox

NXP launches autonomous vehicle platform

NXP Semiconductors have come up with a new BlueBox Engine that is expected to speed up the process of production of self driving cars. In autonomous vehicles systems, multiple streams of sensor data are routed...Read more
|Comment|author: Marieke Van Gompel

Google hires test drivers for autonomous cars

Google is seeking drivers to test its driverless cars in Chandler, Arizona. “Test drivers play an important role in developing our self-driving technology,” said Brian Torcellini, head of operations for Google’s Self-Driving Car testing program....Read more
|Comment|author: Marieke Van Gompel