Uber Technologies UBER 0.00%↑ and General Motors’ GM 0.00%↑ Cruise late last week announced a multiyear partnership that will bring robotaxis to the rideshare platform. The companies, which plan to launch the partnership next year, will offer a number...
Strengthening its portfolio of robotics systems and sensors, Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Robotics has announced that it has acquired the Duro product line from Swift Navigation. Financial details were not disclosed.
Swift said the acquisition also supports its shift to a software-only service...
Ambitious plan sees full highway V2X integration by 2036
Saying it will save lives, the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) late last week announced its national deployment plan for vehicle-to-everything, or V2X, technologies that it plans to roll out nationwide by...
Location data provider Placer.ai recently raised $75 million to expand its valuation at nearly $1.5 billion, according to TechCrunch. The company, which combines AI with other data, offers location-based analytics for retail, real estate, financial services, healthcare and others.
Placer.ai did...
TrustPoint Awarded $3.8 Million in SpaceWERX Contracts
TrustPoint has announced it has been selected by SpaceWERX for two Direct-to-Phase II contracts, worth $3.8 million total, to focus the company’s GPS-independent ground control segment and an advanced PNT security application demonstrations. ...
Seattle-based fleet tracking company Zonar Systems last week laid off 57 employees as parent company Continental considers spinning off its automotive business, according to GeekWire.
Zonar, which was founded in 2001 and employs more than 300 people in North America,...
Two major legal proceedings this week focus on location privacy…
The Texas Attorney General's Office has sued GM GM 0.00%↑ over the alleged unlawful gathering and sale of location information from 1.5 million state drivers. According to the lawsuit, data from 2015 and later OnStar Smart Driver and other...
Woolpert received a five-year, $50 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract to provide professional and non-professional mapping and management services for projects in Europe.
Woolpert said it completed a five-year, shared-capacity GIS/mapping, surveying, and photogrammetric mapping services contract under a joint venture...
Gurtam has announced that its Wialon fleet management and IoT platform is now installed in 4 million vehicles in 160 countries. With this milestone, the company says it is one of the largest fleet management, GPS tracking and IoT software platforms installed...
The Indoor Lab to Install Innoviz Lidar at Major U.S. Airports
Innoviz Technologies INVZ 0.00%↑ entered into a distribution agreement with The Indoor Lab to deploy InnovizTwo lidar at Denver, Tampa, and Nashville International airports. The Indoor Lab is pioneering the shift from cameras to lidar-based solutions, the company said.
The Indoor...
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