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F3 keynote: Flashy, cool and polarizing — inside Tesla’s real lessons

10 November 2021

Much has been written about Elon Musk and Tesla’s rise to prominence, but few authors have explored that journey as extensively as Ed Niedermeyer.

Niedermeyer, author of “Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors” and director of communications for the nonprofit Partners for Automated Vehicle Education, has spent years exploring the company’s history and the decisions it has made, and along the way he has made a few friends and many enemies. And that’s OK because Niedermeyer believes...

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Ford to run self-driving cars on Lyft network later this year

21 July 2021

Ford, Argo AI to run self-driving cars in Lyft network

Lyft will begin running autonomous vehicles within its rideshare network before the end of 2021 through a partnership with Ford and Argo AI.

The three companies announced an agreement Wednesday morning that will place self-driving ride-hailing vehicles on Miami city streets later this year and on Austin, Texas, roadways in 2022.

“This collaboration marks the first time all the pieces of the autonomous vehicle puzzle have come together this way,” Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) co-founder and CEO Logan Green...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ford-to-run-self-driving-cars-on-lyft-network-later-this-year

Lyft had visions of building an autonomous car. What happened?

5 May 2021

Lyft explains decision to sell self-driving car business

When Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) launched Level 5 in 2017, it had grand plans for the autonomous vehicle (AV) division.

“This is too strategic an area for us not to be a player,” Luc Vincent, the Google executive tapped to lead Lyft’s efforts, said at the time. “We want to take an active role.”

Lyft’s decision to start Level 5 came shortly after competitor Uber (NYSE: UBER) launched its own autonomous driving project. In December 2020, Uber sold that money-losing division to Amazon-backed Aurora. As part...

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Toyota subsidiary to acquire Lyft’s self-driving vehicle division

27 April 2021

Woven Planet Holdings has agreed to acquire Level 5, the self-driving vehicle division of Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT). Woven will pay $550 million in total cash for the division, founded in 2016 at Open Platform. The sale price includes $200 million in upfront cash and $350 million in additional cash payments over five years.

The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. It is expected to close in Q3 2021.

Woven Planet Holdings is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp.

“T...

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Amazon is serious about self-driving technology, eyeing multi-billion dollar acquisition

27 May 2020

Amazon is under discussion with self-driving technology startup Zoox in an acquisition attempt that would value the company at less than the $3.2 billion it had when it raised funding in 2018. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the companies are still in talks, and a finalized agreement might not be reached for several weeks.

Zoox was founded to develop software and hardware needed to create an ecosystem of electric-powered self-driving taxis, which users can call on via a smartphone...

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Autonomous container terminals vs self-driving cars: Differences and similarities (Kalmar)

19 December 2018

In recent years, the development of autonomous cars has progressed rapidly, while automation has similarly been gaining ground in the constrained environment of the container terminal. How will the development of autonomous road vehicles influence the future of terminal automation? What are the differences and similarities between the two fields?

Where we are today

At the time of writing (end of 2018), autonomous cars are still at the experimental stage. Almost always, a human is in the driver’s...

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