Sebastian, Florida-based Triton Submarines recently handed over a new deep-diving, three-person submersible to Norwegian marine research non-profit REV Ocean. Named Aurel ..
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Norwegian marine research non-profit REV Ocean has begun operating a new type of work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that was designed to be capable of reaching de ..
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It’s no secret that self-driving vehicles are a thing. From trucks to passenger vehicles to middle-mile delivery vans, companies across the transportation industry are doing everything they can to get drivers out of vehicles.
But they can only do so much. Currently, there exists no overarching federal legislation for the regulation of driverless vehicles, with the only framework in place being a patchwork of state-by-state regulations and statutory requirements. That has severely limited their...
Autonomous vehicle company Aurora has shown images of an autonomous Toyota Sienna that it said has been designed specifically for ride-hailing operation.
The company posted a blog detailing the vehicle, which is based on the Toyota (NYSE:TM) Sienna Autono-MaaS (S-AM) mass-produced prototype. The S-AM is Toyota’s hybrid-electric powertrain. Aurora said tests will be conducted over the next six months and that “we’ll mature this initial development fleet in Pittsburgh, Dallas, the Bay Area and...
Crowley Fuels recently took delivery of a new 55,000-barrel articulated tug and barge (ATB). The 410-foot (124.9-metre) Aurora/Qamun is the second in a series to join the ..
As chief scientist for Uber ATG – the company’s self-driving vehicle division that was sold to Aurora in December 2020 – Raquel Urtasun played a firsthand role in developing the technology that powered the division’s vehicles.
With nearly two decades of machine learning and artificial intelligence experience, Urtasun has developed expertise in the space and is a leading voice in North America for the technologies. In her “spare time,” she is also a professor at the University of Toronto.
On...
Stakeholders debated at a congressional hearing Tuesday the extent to which the government should be involved in protecting the workforce against potential negative consequences of vehicle automation.
As the trucking industry advances from semi-automation to driverless trucks, one concern drivers have raised is their eroding privacy as autonomous systems make increasing use of in-cab video monitoring.
“Heavy-duty truck driving is already a highly surveilled occupation; can you speak to the impact...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lawmakers-raise-driver-privacy-concerns-on-capitol-hill
Aurora, Europe’s first maritime value chain project for liquid hydrogen, launched by BKK, Air Liquide, and Equinor to build a complete liquid hydrogen supply chain for ships. The post BKK, AL,…
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TuSimple, the first autonomous vehicle software maker to go public, raised $1.36 billion at $40 per share, slightly above the high end of its estimate. Shares begin trading Thursday on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol TSP.
TuSimple has a valuation of $8.49 billion based on 212 million registered shares.
Prior to its initial public offering (IPO), the San Diego-based startup privately raised $800 million over five years. Most of that came in recent months as it pulled in...
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