LAS VEGAS—Setting an autonomous oval racing speed of 173 mph, Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) team PoliMOVE from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and the University of Alabama won the Autonomous Challenge @ CES. PoliMOVE competed at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a field of 5 teams from 5 countries representing...
Despite 75 percent less attendees, companies rolled out products and services
LAS VEGAS—Organizers of the CES 2022 trade show here said that attendance was down nearly 75 percent for this year’s conference. However, most vendors at the traditionally huge conference,...
Scaled back conference meant more personal interaction
LAS VEGAS—CES was noticeably scaled back as many automakers and suppliers pulled out of the massive electronics conference because of increased risk from COVID. Prior to the conference, General Motors, BMW, Mercedes and several location companies cancelled their...
HERE Technologies, appearing virtually as did most location industry companies, made a number of announcements at CES, centering on its HERE Navigation cloud-based navigation product for passenger cars, electrical vehicles, commercial vehicles and trucks.
Since these the products were announced, seven OEMs have chosen...
Infineon Technologies and Deeyook have announced a partnership to offer location solutions. Deeyook, a location-as-a-service (LaaS) company, has invented and patented a tracking solution to determine indoor and outdoor locations of items, assets, and employees, the company said.
Both companies will...
(Photo: Ford)
Ford has partnered with Beijing-based NavInfo on next-generation location-based services that will be tailored to future connected vehicles, according to published reports. NavInfo already works with BMW, Daimler, Volvo and Toyota.
The article says that the companies plan...
By Trevor Curwin, Sheeva.ai energy and smart cities
Another year is almost in the books, and in the world of location-based services, it’s been another year of disruption caused by continuing Covid impacts, booming economic drivers, and years of digital...
After months of negative crosstalk, it appears that Comtech and investor Outerbridge Capital Management have agreed on who will be on the location company’s board of directors.
Outerbridge, which owns 4.9 percent of Comtech’s stock, just a couple of...
In what appears to be its first partnership with a satellite navigation company, Ligado Networks has partnered with Point One Navigation to provide satellite capacity to support Point One’s Polaris GNSS correction service.
The partnership will provide L-Band service to electric vehicles with...
Worldwide Market Challenging During Pandemic...
The location industry of 2021 had a mix of good and bad news, ranging from billion-dollar public offerings and new products to global threats to satellite navigation signals—all during a worldwide pandemic. The editors of Location...
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